Trailing Edge Catching in Ultimate Frisbee 

Rowan thank you for what you do. I'm unable to play anymore but I still appreciate your commitment to educating this community, you rock 🤘

Thanks for this nice explanation. Never thought of it like this !

Thank you so much for making this! When you are in a game, are you looking to see what the throw was so that you know the rotation? Or is it mostly chemistry and knowing what your teammate would have gone with in that situation?

Nice suggestion on practicing my just letting the disc go by during catch and swooping it up with the appropriate (right or left) trailing edge grab. Think I'l at least try that.

hmm i was thinking why did you got trailing edge, it looks like right hand woulda worked. but your explanation cleared it up, if you went for right hand the disc mighta bounced right off

I understand the logic perfectly. I've experienced trying to catch a flick that I can barely touch with my left hand and it spirochetes off with no chance.of me catching it. Thorwing little vertical backhands between each hand, you can let the disc hit your hand on the edge of the palm on the thumb side and even if your hand is "too far" inside, the disc just climbs back into your hand. It's like sidespin on a disc hitting the rail, if you shoot pooll: If, say, the cueball hits adjacent rails, it spins long because the first rail gave it running english. If it hits opposite rails, it comes up very dead - losing speed and coming off more perpendicular than you expect. Unfortunately, translating this knowledge into action - beiing able to assess what's happening quickly and being able to throw myself horizontally, or just being able to close on things fast seem like much bigger problems for this old man. Very cool video, though, Rowan. Thanks for elucidating these very interesting - and useful for someone a little more athletic - concepts.

One other question, when we warm up, we're often throwing face to face. But in game, the catches we drop are the ones we're running laterally to, or chasing down. Reads from up high, etc, that don't often happen in warm up. Is there practice for that other than "get in a game situation"? Same for hucks. We warm up throwing from a static position. But in game, we catch a disc with momentum and sometimes throw it immediately. the momentum often throws off my throw, (i.e., too much disc speed and it turns over too much). How do you fit this into practice?

Is this something you can see in flight? Or do you have to begin to translate "this was a right hand backhand" to know which edge?

Hello