How to Mark in Ultimate Frisbee (feat. AJ Merriman & Luke Rehfuss)

This video is split into two parts: 1) marking fundamentals and 2) learning how to execute the more advanced triangle marking scheme in the game of ultimate. Find what section fits your skill level and interest! Happy marking!
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[@warnerbrockman8525]

Perfection. Love how you put in game clips! I'm excited for the next vid!

[@JonnyMalks]

Thank you so much for your support!

[@sethhage2289]

I'm excited too!

[@IHACKER316]

AMAZING Video , I REALLY hope you do more videos in this style. Yes , rise up done a similar video , but the game evolves and I love the little bit extra pro tips that make your videos elite. Please do videos on cutting , hucking , throwing in the wind , breaking the mark , you are awesome, thanks for the video

[@JonnyMalks]

Thank you for the support!

[@MrHardgabi]

great

[@lionelscott-harston6386]

Great video, subbed

[@JonnyMalks]

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[@yangfan66]

Nice video, thanks a lot.

[@JonnyMalks]

You're so welcome! Glad it was helpful!

[@TheWaugh751]

Very helpful

[@JonnyMalks]

So glad to hear it! Thanks for watching!

[@cainkindly]

Hey, love the video, can you explain why being square is key? Like, what goes wrong if your not?

[@squidge903]

This looks more straight-up throw to me, how do you actually hold a force? Ie - If you're chasing the thrower's pivot, how are you not broken right away by quick throw, or by a non-pivot throw?

[@JonnyMalks]

I'm exaggerating the angles to get a decent camera view. The difference that a triangle mark creates between "chasing the thrower's pivot" and using the movement of that pivot in order to generate a better mark is all about taking away the largest angle possible. If you are too close, then responding to the pivot foot will get you broken by a quick throw, like you say. However, if you take a step off and follow the triangle pattern, using STRAIGHT lines rather than curving to stay close to the thrower, you will be able to take away the largest area downfield.

[@iamonthecan12]

Eh. I always see the traingle mark being broken time and time again, especially on dump swings back towards the middle. Good handlers can easily get around it with all kinds of throws, even in windy conditions. I find it way more effect, especially when forcing a flick, to be perpendicular to the handler's pivot foot without straddling and, instead of looking and reacting to the handler, look down field at what the handler is looking at and see if any of your teammates have been broken and if their cutter is wide open. It's a more efficient and smarter mark, especially when you 100% know that a cutter has beaten your man to the break side or a cutter is beating the crap out of your teammate for a potential 50 yard huck to the endzone. When you see these cutters and you know the handler is licking his lips to throw those passes, that's where you can actively take away that throw by adjusting your mark to cause the handler to hesitate just for a brief second to maybe not throw to that wide open cutter and have the stall count go way higher. I get a ton of errant passes when doing this mark and get way longer stall counts. Handlers also know that they can easily break you by faking you with their eyes if you're looking at their eyes. It's pointless when you have a good handler. They can't fake you when you exactly what they're looking at downfield. The other advantage is when you're allowing a throw to the sideline, you know exactly when the handler will throw and you can prevent a handler cut up field by immediately jumping and taking away the space the handler wants to cut to for a give and go. In that same situation you can communicate to your teammate to switch and also take away that handler cut upfield while you transition to taking the mark on the sideline with the opponent who just caught the disk. In short, this mark allows you to know what is happening on the field in real time instead of having to react to the handler or what your teammates are saying downfield or on the sideline. You can react way quicker, not exhaust yourself with pointless movements / guessing game and can make more effective adjustments to stop wide open passes and get the stall count much higher to force last second errant throws

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[@JonnyMalks]

Thanks for your support, and sorry for the inconvenience! My contact email has been updated in the "about" section.