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    Tag: Setting the Flank


    Setting the Flank is a skill used to create lateral, cooperative movement. To Set the Flank a disc is thrown laterally, usually to 10 or 2 o clock in order to create useful angles for cooperative play.

    Throwing out in front or directly out to the side creates linear chase and linear approaches. These lines are not very flexible and often hard to work with when it comes to flow, sequencing, and creative transitional play.


     

    Throwing to Create Disc Dog Shapes

    How and where we throw the disc has great bearing on how and where our dog moves. This sounds elementary, but the application of this knowledge is not…
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    Ron November 17, 2020
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    Slowing Down a Disc Dog

    Slowing Down a Disc Dog with Team Movement & Flatwork

    Obi has come a long way. He is paying attention to his handler, he's following his handler's movements and respecting and responding to positional pre…
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    Ron October 26, 2020
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    disc dog team movement and leaping

    Making the Play with Eppie | Disc Dog Team Movement and Leaping

    We have been working this week on collection and thoughtful pursuit using upside down throws. Putting that into a pattern or flowing flatwork is a bit…
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    Ron October 19, 2020
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    disc placement shapes and team movement

    Disc Placement, Shapes, and Team Movement | Flamingo & Flamingitis

    Creative releases are often quite difficult to drop into your Team Movement flow, especially counter clock releases. The Flamingo and Flamingitis thro…
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    Ron October 7, 2020
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    Team Movement Transformation in 7 Sessions with Obi

    Flatwork with Obi, aka: "Not a Border Collie", has been almost a weekly feature on DiscDogger Weekly. Obi is Apryl's dog, so the videos are pretty muc…
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    Ron October 7, 2020
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    A Dog’s Eye Perspective | The Flatwork Compass & Crossing Pass with Loot

    The movements of the Flatwork Compass are both how humans move to throw and how humans move dogs. The stepping forward for the Flank pushes the dog ou…
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    Ron August 8, 2020
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    Shaping the Around for Lateral and UpField Movement

    Go Around is a standard Set Up Move in disc dog freestyle. It creates timing and position with movement and is the standard set up for toss and fetch.…
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    Ron July 4, 2020
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    On Shapes in Disc Dog Freestyle

    Shapes are more than just the trail left by the dog on the field, and the patterns created by the dog after the catch. Shapes differ from Flatwork, an…
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    Ron April 28, 2020
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    Patron’s Choice: Shaping the Leaping Catch | Freestyle and the Leaping Catch

    Shaping a Leaping Catch can, and should be a full time job. Always throw with the intent to deliver the leaping catch unless working something specifi…
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    Ron February 1, 2020
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    Patron’s Choice: Shaping a Leaping Catch | Making the Play

    So you know some of the concepts and functions of the Leaping Catch. You can throw with precision and accuracy in both space and time.…

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    Ron January 27, 2020
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    Patron’s Choice: Shaping a Leaping Catch | Contracting the Flank – Look Here!

    Patrons Only Sneak Peek... Public Access Jan 10 | Contracting the Flank reduces the lateral outrun of dogs and tightens up the around movement. It is …
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    Ron January 2, 2020
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    Patron’s Choice: Shaping a Leaping Catch | Expanding the Flank – Get Out!

    Patrons Only Sneak Peek... Public Access Jan 10 | Where, when, and how the disc is placed while Expanding the Flank depends greatly on what the handle…
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    Ron January 2, 2020
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    Patron’s Choice: Shaping a Leaping Catch | Three Types of Go Around

    Patrons Only Sneak Peek Access... Public Jan 9 | How does your dog perform the Around? It it tight as a drum with the dog hugging your knee-pit and br…
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    Ron January 2, 2020
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    Patron’s Choice : Shaping a Leaping Catch | Leaping Functions

    Sneak Peek for Patron’s only... Public access Dec 27th | Functions of canine leaping and how leaping catches function by Ron Watson
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    Ron December 21, 2019
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    Patron’s Choice: Routine Building Vol 1 | Of Forms and Purpose

    Sneak Peek - Patrons Only… Public Release Dec 16th | Think Forms Not Drills - A drill is something an athlete does to get better. Drills help you …
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    Ron December 9, 2019
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    Throwing On Flank vs Setting the Flank

    An illustrated look on the effects of reward placement on the shapes and lines that a disc dog runs during a round of disc dog freestyle.
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    Ron November 26, 2018
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    Disc Dog Flatwork | Flank Mechanics

    An illustrated look at the mechanics of the Flank in disc dog freestyle and flatwork.
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    Ron November 23, 2018
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    13 Laws of Flatwork for Better Team Movement

    1st Law of Disc Dog Flatwork There is Always a Flank If the handler has a toy, there is always a flank. It might be…

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    Ron January 1, 2018
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    xs and os of disc dog freestyle

    Vocabulary of Xs and Os

    A handy list of Disc Dog Flatwork and Routine terms.
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    Ron November 8, 2012

    A Pendulum for Better Flatwork and for Big Leaping

    The Pendulum pattern is created using alternating clockwise and counter clockwise "Arounds". This balanced approach slows the dog down and helps dog a…
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    Ron October 31, 2012
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