After games on Saturday, players from Showdown will be hosting a skills clinic. Here is info from from two other similar clinics we have hosted: the Midwest Throwdown Skills Clinic, and the Philly Fusion Skills Clinic.
You can register for the event here. Feel free to browse the station descriptions for each of the clinics to get a sneak peak of what we will be offering!
Breaking The Mark
This clinic explores the techniques and strategies to breaking any mark. Learn how to make your mark seem non-existent.
Instructor: Cara Crouch
Club: Texas Showdown (Austin, TX), formerly Atlanta Ozone
College: University of Texas Melee, Callahan Winner 2005,
All-Region 2003-2005
Other: member of Team USA 2009, UT Melee Coach 2007-2009,
USA Ultimate Certified Level 1 Coach
24/7 – How to Get Open
We’ll go over cutting basics, technique and body mechanics of different types of cuts, and tricks to use to get open on someone one on one.
Instructor: Jess “Venus” Huynh
Club: Texas Showdown, formerly Portland Schwa
College: University of Southern California Hellions of Troy, University of Oregon Fugue
Instructor: Marjo Manalang
Club: Texas Showdown
College: University of Texas Melee
Throwing for Distance & The Pull
In this station, you’ll learn how to get your big throws to go further. You’ll also learn how to pull or refine your pull to stay higher, go further, and float going both up and down wind.
Instructor: Holly Greunke
Club: Texas Showdown, formerly Boulder Rare Air and Madison Jazz
College: University of Wisconsin, Callahan Runner-Up 2007, All-Region 2005-2007
Other: Wisconsin Bella Donna Coach 2009, USA Ultimate Certified Level 1 Coach
One-on-one: Gaining the Edge on Defense
This clinic will focus on how to dictate on defense and neutralize the advantage the offense has of choosing where to cut. We will talk about positioning, microcharging and reading the disc in the air.
Instructor: Tina Woodings
Club: captain of Texas Showdown
College: University of Texas Melee
Other: University of Texas Mayhem Coach, Ultimate Players League of Austin President
Instructor: Shelby Kuni
Club: Texas Showdown
Other: NCAA Soccer National Champion and All-American (University of Tampa)