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The point of this is to introduce the basics of forces and marks. We'll start with the idea of a force. Blue is playing offense in this direction.

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This is an example of a flick, or forehand force. The easier throw to make is to the free side of the field.

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The reason a force works is because there is one person called the mark whose sole job is to not let the handler throw anything to anywhere but the force side to the field. Since the force is a flick force, the mark is letting the handler throw to the right side of the field in order to guarantee that no throws will go to the left side of the field.

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In general, the mark should move back and forth along this line to seal off the left side of the field. Its generally no more than 3 side-to-side shuffles. (click "next step")

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The mark's job is very important because all other defenders play defense based off of the assumption that no throws will be made to the left side of the field, so the set up looks like this:

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Again, this is because the mark will not let a throw be made to the left side of the field.

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Now defense gains a small advantage by knowing that cutters will only get throws to the right side of the field, so the defense sets up on the ride side of the cutter to make the throw harder.

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