Flatwork Compass with Otto

Kris & Otto work another round of the Flatwork CompassThe Flatwork Compass is a disc dog form that separates the Flank from the Pass, creates a reliable trigger, and exposes the team to all of the key elements of Team Movement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW7Czz-7ows&list=PL8zWXaJfi1-synGOkBJ7u4p-WkotsL3LR... More after some instruction on moving towards the dog and blocking the dog’s line with positional pressure. This is a critical aspect of disc dog flatwork that is required to control Team MovementTeam Movement is how dog and handler move, as a team, out there on the field. It is a judging category in some organizations and certainly is a focus of many judges, players,... More and transition from exterior to interior play.

More Proactive Handler Movement

If you have watched the rest of this series, you can see that Kris is getting much better and proactive handling. He is reliably reading the dog and setting the dog’s line. This is one of the big hidden lessons of the FlatworkFlatwork is the stuff that happens between the catches. How the team moves and transitions, often without the disc, is flatwork. Flatwork concepts in disc dog are taken from the agility and herding... More Compass.

They’re ready to put it into action by mixing in some flatwork.

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