Step 1

Set up for junk defense on a vertical stack Marks 1 + 2 man mark their handlers tightly - force is flick Mark 3 man marks front of stack tightly to stop reset/easy break Mark 4 is first man covering the under cuts on the open side - he will take any man coming into his space of the lane Mark 5 covers breakside undercuts and watches for overhead throws to offense 4/5/6 calling for a poach throw to them breakside Mark 6 is the second open side lane under cover and a transition between mark 4 and deep. Mark 7 is last man and takes anyone running deep.

Step 2

Offense 5 makes an under cut to the open side - mark 4 picks him up

Step 3

Offense 5 goes deep from his under cut - marks switch so that mark 6 is now responsible for a long up line throw, mark 4 covers anyone else making an in cut (offense 4)

Step 4

If offense 5 keeps going deep er than mark 6, he is switched to mark 7 who will cover deep. Mark 6 remains alert for in cuts to the open lane from offense 6 or 7.

Step 5

Offensive players clear back to the stack (in different order), junk defense resets to original position too.

Step 6

Breakside cuts are covered by mark 5,

Step 7

If breakside cut (offense 6) then cuts open side mark 5 leaves him to be picked up by our open side defenders (mark 4)

Step 8

Offense 6 goes long and gets picked up by mark 7 - mark 6 is aware of throws to hit offense 6 in the transition space

Step 9

Clever offenses will try and overload the lane defenders (mark 4 and 6) by using more than 2 players cutting at different angles into the lane (flatter and steeper). In this case we can let the disc move close to the sideline and set up again - the closer the disc is to being trapped on the sideline, the more effective poaching the lane is because breakside throws get harder.

Step 10

Initial cover from that pass: Mark 4 becomes our force - forces are 50% of the defence at any point because they take away half of the pitch. HUGE job Mark 7 covers the quick deep shot to offense 6

Step 11

Rest of offense join stack, with exception of offense 2 who remains as the other handler. Junk defense reset to original coverage - 2 on the under open lane, 1 deep, 1 breakside, 3 man marks

Step 12

This defense can either be used to keep poaching the open lane for as long as possible, or as a transition defense. Is transition we will switch to tight man marking after a particular trigger: - numbers of passes - certain point on the field