Chess is basically a war between two people, but played with the pieces on the board. The chess player is the coach at the sideline and the pieces are the players on the field. It is all about outsmarting your opponents and capitalising on your opponent's mistake.
Rule of the game.
1. Never let your opponent come back when you are leading. The more you are leading, the more motivated your opponents will be when they make the come back. What's worse is when you have field your best players for all the points and they still make the comeback. The worst situation, they win the game when the margin is huge.
2. Always castle and protect your king. The king is the most vulnerable piece on the chess board. But it is also the most important as the loss of the king = to loss of the game. Protect your weakest players and develop them to their potential. Work on their weakness first and the player will transform. Working on their strength does not increase the effectiveness of the player significantly.
3. Never allow yourself to get pin. Even if you get pin, find a way out. Never get trapped. If trapped, make sure you have a plan.
4. Plan 3 moves ahead. Enough said.
5. Control your emotions. Be patient. Wait for your opponent to make mistake. It is all about personality. Always play your game according to your personality. If you are type A, fake fast, cut fast and always yell at the thrower to get the dump. If you are type B, relax, fake convincingly and wait for the dump. Never do the opposite...
6. Setting up your traps! Never make a move that make the trap so obvious. Set it up. Disguise your intentions and distract your opponents. Let them worry about the first threat. When they are busy handling the first threat, execute the second trap and this time, the second one is going to be more deadly. Game over. And remember, once the opponent falls into your trap, do not allow them to come back or they will be more vicious than before. Think about getting the disc all the time, faking your opponent. If you turn the disc over, good luck. You will have to pay.
7. Sacrifice. Pieces are sacrificed to get a bigger gain. Players must be willing to sacrifice for the better of the team. Be it training harder,getting lesser playtime, shouting and encouraging at the sidelines or risking their bodies for a layout D. Make sure your sacrifice is worth a bigger gain or you risk playing on an unequal field. i.e. if you layout D, make sure you get the disc, or your opponent will gain a few yardage while you are still moaning on the ground.
8. Control the middle of the board. Depending on your strategy on in Ultimate, control the key areas is crucial. Hold your force and stop the open side at all cost. In chess, it is a battle of the middle. Make sure you gain control and you will have an easier time during endgame.
9. Invade territory. Patience. Do not push growth or the system will push you back further.
10. Are you offensively aggressive or defensively thristy?
11. Pawn chain is key to control. But the weakest link in the pawn chain is the last one. Lose that pawn and good bye to your chain. Always protect the anchor of your team. Protect your greatest asset especially when this asset is protecting and holding on to the rest.
Enough of talking cock.
Disc In! The Games Concept Approach to Teaching Ultimate Frisbee
"Disc In!" was launched on the 3rd of November 2007 during the National Sports Conference. This book is supported by the Singapore Physical Education Association (SPEA) and Icon books and multimedia pte ltd.
Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister for Education and Second Minister for Finance has kindly written the foreword to support this book.
This book aims to share best practices with physical educators, specialist, coaches and players. It also emplifies how teachers can contribute to ongoing research in sports and other fields.
This book is also written to increase the awareness of Ultimate Frisbee in Singapore.
Besides the description of skills involved in the game, you will also understand the skill developmental process (systematic flow chart), tactical problems, cutting for disc and handling framework. You will also find 12 lesson plans for teaching Ultimate Frisbee at the back of the book!
What can you do with this book? You can read it, keep it, share it, recommend it, but do not PHOTOCOPY it!
Each book cost $25 and proceeds from this book will cover the publishing cost and support SPEA in future events to increase the status of Physical Education in Singapore. Please support me even if you feel that you already know a lot about Ultimate. You might find something interesting.
If you would like to have a copy of this book, please e-mail me at discin@gmail.com to order.
Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister for Education and Second Minister for Finance has kindly written the foreword to support this book.
This book aims to share best practices with physical educators, specialist, coaches and players. It also emplifies how teachers can contribute to ongoing research in sports and other fields.
This book is also written to increase the awareness of Ultimate Frisbee in Singapore.
Besides the description of skills involved in the game, you will also understand the skill developmental process (systematic flow chart), tactical problems, cutting for disc and handling framework. You will also find 12 lesson plans for teaching Ultimate Frisbee at the back of the book!
What can you do with this book? You can read it, keep it, share it, recommend it, but do not PHOTOCOPY it!
Each book cost $25 and proceeds from this book will cover the publishing cost and support SPEA in future events to increase the status of Physical Education in Singapore. Please support me even if you feel that you already know a lot about Ultimate. You might find something interesting.
If you would like to have a copy of this book, please e-mail me at discin@gmail.com to order.
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