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Tactics for Covering the Pull
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This article offers tips for ultimate frisbee players on how to best cover a pull. It begins by emphasizing the importance of positioning and how to best position oneself in order to anticipate what the pulling team might do. It also suggests that players maintain an open stance to the thrower and use their peripheral vision to track the disc. Additionally, the article discusses the importance of reading cues from the thrower, such as how the disc is held and how the thrower is positioned. It further explains that a good defender should never try to guess what will happen and instead focus on being ready for anything. Finally, the article promotes the idea of using body language to deceive the thrower and suggests that players be comfortable with both initiating contact and avoiding contact when defending.
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