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The 2-3-2 zone is similar to the 3-3-1 zone except it drops one of the players in the cup to assist with the deep looks.

Step 2

In this variation of the zone, instead of forcing middle, the cup will force a designated sideline when the disc is in the middle of the field and the closest sideline when the disc is swung. The wall is primarily responsible for stopping the under cuts in the middle and force side of the field...

Step 3

or cutting of the continuation cut, in order to buy time for the cup to catch up, in the event that the disc is broken.

Step 4

In general, the defense is giving up the break side flat.

Step 5

Defenders will stop chasing any cuts into that area, but still need to be aware of players in that spot, in the event that the disc is swung.

Step 6

The break side wall cannot get too spread out, otherwise it creates too big of a gap in the middle of the field. D7 cannot chase, because he has to respect the deep release. Leaving D3 and D4 to cover 3 people; O4, 05, and 06.

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For the cup, the non-mark cannot get too sucked into stopping the dump.

Step 8

Doing so will create an swing situation...

Step 9

Which makes stopping the continuation near impossible.

Step 10

for example, an under initiation cut

Step 11

then an under continutation cut.

Step 12

So, lets go back to where this all started to go wrong, when the non-mark over pursued the dum

Step 13

The non-mark needs to stay out of this area, unless the stall count is high before the handler initiates the dump and the swing really isn't an option or a high percentage look.

Step 14

The non-mark can give initial chase,

Step 15

but he needs to settle in to take away the swing angle, and communicate with the mark off to take more of a 3/4 mark, stopping the dump primarily, and the I/O secondarily, while trusting that the wall will still be able to take away the under cuts.

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The non-mark is in a similar boat with the strike cut...

Step 17

He should not over pursue the strike cut, at the risk of giving up the easy swing. In a sense the strike is like a crash, and should be communicated so that the middle wall can help chip in.

Step 18

Worse case, the offense gets a reset on the stall count and is trapped even closer to the line.

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