Circle Drill

To run this drill properly, you need about 14 players. 11 of the players are on offense and stand in a circle. The remaining 3 players are on defense and are in the center of the circle. The circle should be at least 30 feet across. These numbers are all adjustable depending on the number of participants you have.

The goal of the drill is for the offense to keep completing passes between each other while the defense tries to force turnovers. Each player on the offense can throw to any other player on offense except for the two players closest to them on both sides. The defense is arranged with one player marking the disc and the other two playing a loose cup to try to poach passes across the circle.

Hammers and scoobers over the heads of the defenders are not allowed. Players on the offense cannot run into the circle to catch a short throw, but they can run out of the circle to catch a long throw. Each set of defenders stays in for five minutes. If an incompletion occurs, the guilty party must do a lap around the circle.

The strategy for the offense is to keep moving the disc as fast as possible to tire out the defenders. The defense must work hard to force incompletions.