The pull - we don't have to set up in groups, but I've kind of lumped people together by what they'll do in the defense. #1-3 are the cup, 4 and 5 are the wings, 6 short, 7 deep. In this play, we are forcing flick (to the right)
The basic setup - 1 is on the mark and calling the stall count, 1 and 2 are close enough to reach each other if they both went for a disc thrown between them. 3 is offset, covering the throwing lane for the natural forced throw. 4 and 5 are covering the "up the sideline" throw, 6 is filling the middle and lightly cheating the gap between 2 and 3, while 7 is holding the back line.
We've forced a throw to the mark side, offense should have someone crashing toward the disc that 5 will pick up. Note that 1 has cheated a little more toward the middle of the field, and is now really trying to cut off the throw back to the other two handlers. Defensively, 6 has crashed down tight to stop poppers from getting inside the cup and resetting the count. Also, for the wings - if I'm #5 and this offensive player is really hugging the sideline, I'll get a little more to the inside and toward the cup. A tight space throw that has to come over two people to reach its target is great for this defense. We are looking to force high-risk throws.
This is the most likely way for the disc to advance is for us to overcommit too early - here, the offensive player has made a look to the open field, 1 and 2 adjusted, while 3 was not as quick to follow, a popper crashed in and will get the disc in that space.
This is where we DON'T want to be - wing 4 let things get away from them and now the disc is in open space, and the offense has a 4 on 3 advantage. A smart thrower will immediately break throw to the middle and now the whole field is chasing. Our adjustment is in the next slide.
This is a much better position for us. Our cup is still forcing flick, but now instead of overcommitting, we're really offering only one low risk throw - and that's the trap throw of letting the popper go all the way to the sideline.
This is our goal as a defense - to force them into this sideline trap. Defensively, 2 has taken over the mark on the sideline, taking away the middle of the field, 1 has slid off the mark and is focused entirely on the dump, while 3 is filling the throwing lane up the sideline. On the back side of this, the offside wing can kind of pinch down, especially if the popper is not a threat to throw hammer over the top.
so it got off the sideline. defense resets quickly and 1 takes over the mark again. it is likely that if this throw happens, then we're going to chase all the way to the far side against a smart middle handler. Notice, this isn't our reset position yet... here, we're chasing.
The throw, as expected, swings to the far side. We're still forcing flick, so this is the reset. Notice that the offensive deep cuts are active all the way through this setup. 7 can't go to sleep.
play continues with this back and forth until they make a mistake. then it's our time to score.
They've attempted to use the gap between 2 and 3, an aggressive step by the short deep (6) allows a nice play. Transition to offense.