Step by step 9 steps
  1. Step 1

    Red on D. Blue on O. Pull goes up.

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  2. Step 2

    Blue gets into a standard "Ho" (horizontal) stack. 3 handlers back, with 4 cutters downfield in a straight line across the field.

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  3. Step 3

    FIRST CUT. Also called the "initiation" cut. This comes from one of the two cutters in the middle. In this case, we'll have 6 cut first. 6 starts by setting up their cut deep, planning to make an under cut (a cut towards the handlers). Meanwhile - 4 and 7 (the "wing" cutters) are standing still and waiting. They are letting the play develop before beginning their own cuts.

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  4. Step 4

    As 6 finishes their cut by coming under, 5 sets up their cut. 4 and 7 are still waiting to make their cuts.

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  5. Step 5

    6 doesn't get the disc so they clear to the nearest sideline. This opens up the middle of the field. 5 now has more space to cut , and makes an under cut towards the handlers. NOW 4 and 7 start to get active. As 6 clears, 7 begins to move slightly into the middle of the field to prepare to cut.

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  6. Step 6

    5 doesn't get the disc, and clears to the sideline. This opens up the middle even more, and 7 now has the entire middle of the field to work work to make an under cut. 4 - who had still been waiting and watching the play develop - is now preparing to make their cut, just like 7 did.

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  7. Step 7

    7 finishes their cut by coming under. 4 times up a cut off of 7, and 5 and 6 are now the ones waiting on the sideline to time up their own cuts to fill the space.

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  8. Step 8

    And the cycle continues. This time 6 makes a bigger deep cut from the sideline, doesn't get it, and comes back under to the opposite sidelines. 5 fills the open space with a cut.

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  9. Step 9

    5 gets the disc.

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