Match Defence

'Man' offence and defence are huge parts of our ultimate experience. We play 'Man' on most turn-overs and as the basic formation for much of our Ultimate lives. Personally, I have increasingly been getting into tactical discussions and coaching efforts for Mixed teams and on the fringes of discussions for a Women's team. And you know what, in these contexts, calling it 'Man' just sounds dumb.

I've always thought it was a little silly but I'm a pragmatic fellow and until a similar and appropriate one syllable phrase came along I was happy to continue with the status quo.

But that has changed. Our charming Kiwi mastermind, 'G' Glenn Weber, has introduced us to a great replacement that fits, 'Match'. Its short, it sounds similar and it works. We already talk a lot about match ups in 'Man', there is very little

Old habits die damn hard, I promise you. We have been working with 'Match' and not 'Man' for almost a year now and we still have to correct each other. It takes long-term commitment and an active decision from the team leadership to shift terminology.