Thrower Marker Drill
Setup
- Groups of three
- One disc per group
Objective
- Learn to pass around a defender
Area
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Functions
- One person is the thrower, one is the marker, and one is the receiver. The thrower attempts a pass to the receiver, while the marker attempts to block
- The thrower then becomes the marker, the receiver becomes the next thrower, and the marker becomes the next receiver
Safety
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CHANGE IT ideas
- Coaching: encourage players to pivot when they throw
- Game rules: limit what the marker can do if there is a newer player throwing – eg: stand further back, cannot move their feet, etc.
Four Person Variant
This variation of the drill is used by the marker to practice forcing the thrower to only pass in a particular direction, and for the thrower to practice making a pass against the force (a “break” pass).
Three players set up in a triangle. One starts with the disc, with a defending marking them.
The marker chooses which way to “force” the thrower – marking on an angle that blocks off a pass to one receiver, while allowing a free pass to the other receiver.
The thrower has five seconds (counted by the marker as if in a game) to try and make a “break” pass to the blocked off receiver, as per the regular drill above. After five seconds without a pass, the thrower should instead make a pass to the open receiver.
Regardless of who the throw goes to, the thrower follows the pass and becomes the marker as per the drill above.
CHANGE IT ideas
- How to score: use scoring to incentivise break passes (eg: 1pt per successful break pass) or applying a defensive force (eg: 1pt for the marker successfully forcing a pass to the open receiver)
- Area: increase or decrease the distance of the throws
- Time: shorten or lengthen the time the thrower has to try for a break pass