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Looper
Picture the situation when the offense
gets the disc near the left sideline and looks down the line
for the huck. To stop this, most defenders on the disc will
force middle, and the defenders on the deeps will cheat towards
the line. This sets up a great little play I like to call
the Looper (which happens to describe both the cut and the
throw). I will describe the situation for a right handed thrower
on the left sideline; everything is reversed for a lefty or
ambidextrous person on the right sideline. If the player busting
down the line sees this situation, they should break hard
right and loop back towards the other sideline. All the other
players are typically out in the middle of the field, so this
cut will go on the other side of everyone. If the defender
was cheating towards the line, the cut should be quite open.
When the thrower sees the looping cut, the throw to make is
a high, diving forehand. Not quite a blade, but at a 45 degree
angle or so. This throw is high enough to go over everyone
in the middle of the field, and it is fast. It will also be
easy to get off because of the force middle. This play also
works well on the opposite sideline using a hammer.
References:Ebb & Flow http://www.menalto.com/EbbAndFlow/drills.html
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