Step by step 9 steps
  1. Step 1

    #1 stays in the middle and puts on an active straight up force. #2 and #3 stay in front of their players and discourage passes that gain metres up the line. #4 and #5 plug the gaps to stop passes to defence's #4 and #5. #6 is an active short deep discouraging the over the top throw and putting additional pressure on any mid to long throws. #7 is the deepest and discourages the deep throws.

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  2. Step 2

    If offence move the disc to the side #1 doesn't follow. Whoever is on that side forces middle. #5 as the plug wants to discourage the throw up the side line. and #6 covers the throw to the middle.

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  3. Step 3

    Little passes that gain a metre or two are okay, the idea is to make them throw sideways so much that an error is forced or for them to take a risky throw over the top.

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  4. Step 4

    If they swing it, and offence comes forward, the plugs need to cover that pass and the side defence needs to force middle quickly.

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  5. Step 5

    If they get the pass up the field through the middle, #4, #5 and #6 don't put a mark on and shuffle back to stop any continuation.

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  6. Step 6

    #6 covers the middle here to discourage the throw to #5.

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  7. Step 7

    The dump pass to #2 is okay as long as it's backwards or sideways, we don't want #2 to cut up the line and gain a wide open throw to the deeps.

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  8. Step 8

    #4 can cover that while #2 keeps the mark on.

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  9. Step 9
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