Ultimate | Catching Drills

Get your partner to throw slightly to one side of your body Practice catching using the closest hand to the disc Form a “mouth” between fingers and thumbs of the catching hand, with the fingers up and the thumb pointing down Note: it’s good practice to always try to catch with two hands whenever possible; this drill is to help teach the skill of catching with a single hand when the disc is off target

Get your partner to throw slightly to one side of your body Practice catching using the closest hand to the disc Form a “mouth” between fingers and thumbs of the catching hand, with the fingers up and the thumb pointing down Note: it’s good practice to always try to catch with two hands whenever possible; this drill is to help teach the skill of catching with a single hand when the disc is off target

Get your partner to throw slightly to one side of your body Practice catching using the closest hand to the disc Form a “mouth” between fingers and thumbs of the catching hand, with the fingers up and the thumb pointing down Note: it’s good practice to always try to catch with two hands whenever possible; this drill is to help teach the skill of catching with a single hand when the disc is off target

Open your arms, both pointing in front of you, with one above the other as though they were crocodile’s jaws 2.                   Lightly throw the disc up around chest height 3.                   Catch the disc by firmly bringing your hands together on either side of it, moving your hands if necessary, to create a loud “clap” sound with the disc between your hands 4.                   Keep your eyes on the disc right up to the moment that the disc has been caught

Open your arms, both pointing in front of you, with one above the other as though they were crocodile’s jaws Lightly throw the disc up to knee height Crouch on one knee, turning your body slightly to one side to open up the side of the body to the disc Catch the disc by firmly bringing your hands together on either side of it, moving your hands if necessary, to create a loud “clap” sound with the disc between your hands Keep your eyes on the disc right up to the moment that the disc has been caught

No discs are required Players jog around in random directions, aiming to avoid each other When the teacher shouts "FREEZE", all players stop immediately The teacher can then shout out instructions from previous drills, such as "Kneeling Clap Catch" or "Backhand Pivot"; players mimic these movements to reinforce the previous lessons

Get your partner to throw slightly to one side of your body Practice catching using the closest hand to the disc Form a “mouth” between fingers and thumbs of the catching hand, with the fingers up and the thumb pointing down Note: it’s good practice to always try to catch with two hands whenever possible; this drill is to help teach the skill of catching with a single hand when the disc is off target

Open your arms, both pointing in front of you, with one above the other as though they were crocodile’s jaws Lightly throw the disc up around head height Catch the disc by firmly bringing your hands together on either side of it, moving your hands if necessary, to create a loud “clap” sound with the disc between your hands Keep your eyes on the disc right up to the moment that the disc has been caught

Open your arms, both pointing in front of you, with one above the other as though they were crocodile’s jaws Run forwards towards the disc Get a partner to lightly throw the disc up, around head height Run through the disc, catching the disc by firmly bringing your hands together on either side of it, moving your hands if necessary, to create a loud “clap” sound with the disc between your hands

Run into space and have a partner throw the disc towards you Put both hands together, index fingers touching, so all of your fingers on both hands form a flat shelf with the thumb pointing down to form a “mouth” between fingers and thumbs Bring your hands towards the disc and catch the disc at chest height by pinching it firmly between fingers and thumbs Keep running all the way through the catch; only slow down once you have hold of the disc

Run into space and have a partner throw the disc around head height and slightly to one side of your body Practice catching using the closest hand to the disc Form a “mouth” between fingers and thumbs of the catching hand, with the fingers up and the thumb pointing down Keep running all the way through the catch; only slow down once you have hold of the disc Note: it’s good practice to always try to catch with two hands whenever possible; this drill is to help teach the skill of catching with a single hand when the disc is off target

Run into space and have a partner throw the disc around head height and slightly to one side of your body Practice catching using the closest hand to the disc Form a “mouth” between fingers and thumbs of the catching hand, with the fingers up and the thumb pointing down Keep running all the way through the catch; only slow down once you have hold of the disc Note: it’s good practice to always try to catch with two hands whenever possible; this drill is to help teach the skill of catching with a single hand when the disc is off target

Run into space and have a partner throw the disc towards you Put both hands together, little fingers touching, so all of your fingers on both hands form a flat shelf with the thumb pointing up to form a “mouth” between fingers and thumbs Bring your hands towards the disc and catch the disc at hip height (or lower) by pinching it firmly between fingers and thumbs Keep running all the way through the catch; only slow down once you have hold of the disc

Run into space and have a partner throw the disc around knee to hip height and slightly to one side of your body Practice catching using the closest hand to the disc Form a “mouth” between fingers and thumbs of the catching hand, with the fingers down and the thumb pointing up Keep running all the way through the catch; only slow down once you have hold of the disc Note: it’s good practice to always try to catch with two hands whenever possible; this drill is to help teach the skill of catching with a single hand when the disc is off target

Run into space and have a partner throw the disc around knee to hip height and slightly to one side of your body Practice catching using the closest hand to the disc Form a “mouth” between fingers and thumbs of the catching hand, with the fingers down and the thumb pointing up Keep running all the way through the catch; only slow down once you have hold of the disc Note: it’s good practice to always try to catch with two hands whenever possible; this drill is to help teach the skill of catching with a single hand when the disc is off target

Run into space and have a partner throw the disc around head height and slightly to one side of your body Practice catching using the closest hand to the disc Form a “mouth” between fingers and thumbs of the catching hand, with the fingers up and the thumb pointing down Jump, and catch the disc at chest height Keep running all the way through the catch; only slow down once you have hold of the disc Note: it’s good practice to always try to catch with two hands whenever possible; this drill is to help teach the skill of catching with a single hand when the disc is off target

Run into space and have a partner throw the disc around head height and slightly to one side of your body Practice catching using the closest hand to the disc Form a “mouth” between fingers and thumbs of the catching hand, with the fingers up and the thumb pointing down Jump, and catch the disc at chest height Keep running all the way through the catch; only slow down once you have hold of the disc Note: it’s good practice to always try to catch with two hands whenever possible; this drill is to help teach the skill of catching with a single hand when the disc is off target