Pull.
Receive.
Set. Upfield lane poaches on either side. Two defenders (#2,#6) taking away under cuts (priority towards the center of the field) and two (#1,#7) taking away deep cuts (priority on last back, also based on where #2 and #6 are)
Disc is swung. D#5 sprints to cut off the upfield continue to O#7, but does not worry about a short side-line continue because that will allow a trap (shown later). D#4 sprints to cut off the pass upfield to the center of the field. D#3 moves over to take away the straight cross-field swing, and threaten the centering pass. D#1/7 drop to cover the cutters going deep. D#6 positions himself facing away from the disc, but in place as part of a pseudo-cup, taking away whatever man attempts to cut back towards the thrower in that area. D#2 shades over to anticipate Offense #2 or O#6 cutting behind D#4 for a short over-the-top.
O#6 begins to cut into the poach, so D#6 will cover him for two steps. O#4 moves away from D#3 to facilitate an easier dump-swing.
D#6 takes away the crash only to the line between D#5 and D#4
O#6 clears, D#6 moves back to position watching O#7 and O#2 to prevent cuts toward the center on this side. D#6 does not take away the around throw to O#7 because that will allow a trap.
O#5 puts an around throw to O#7 on the side-line. This gives the defense a chance to set a variation of the classic trap-cup on a lees talented thrower, with D#6 moving into the upfield position (still focusing outward for active cutters), D#4 taking mid-cup, D#3 shifting into the IO slot, and D#5 challenging all dump throws. D#1 plays like a true deep-deep for this one situation, while D#2 plays like a pinched-in wing in a 4 man cup, and D#7 plays as the same-side pinched-in wing. O#7 looks to give back to O#5.
As the dump is thrown, the trap situation ends and all positions return to their prior responsibilities. The only easy look for O#5 is to dump back to #4, though there is a possibility of the cross-field hammer to #1. We'll explore this later.
On the swing, D#2 and D#6 need to man up on whatever cutters are moving in the center of the field. D#5 and D#3 move back into their original lane-poaches. O#4 looks to complete the swing to O#3.
On the swing, D#3 sprints to take away the directly up-field continuation to O#6, almost manning up on him until crossing to the sideline-side of O#3 with the disc, at which point D#3 closes in to force back toward the center. D#4 and D#5 move into their poach positions, with D#5 shading to take away the no-yardage-loss pass right back to the center handler. D#2 now is covering in-cuts towards the disc, so is filling the upfield part of the pseudo-cup facing away from the handler.
As before on the other side, the cutter pops, the defender takes away the pop up to the point of losing formation, then drops back upfield.
D#2 drops, recognizes that O#6 is the only offense on this side of the field, so mans up. D#4 and D#5 adjust accordingly.
D#6 covers the second popper approaching the cup until close enough to switch with D#2 or D#1. At this point, D#2 needs to recognize that O#6 is too close to the sideline to be important and prepare to switch to O#2.
D#6 then switches to the popper exiting the pseudo-cup. D#2 needs to keep an eye out for the slashing pop by O#6, while focusing mostly on taking away the up-field centering pas to O#2.
The offense could attempt to continue to swing, as shown above, but now we will look at how to adjust on a cross-field hammer/blade look.
The throw finds O#7 uncovered on the opposite side of the field. D#7 immediately drops to cover whoever cuts deep, D#6 mans up on whoever gives a centering option, and D#1 drops to cover whatever deep look may be developing from the other side. D#5 starts sprinting to close off possible space upfield of the disc, D#4 sprints to get in position to take away the centering-upfield throwing lane, and D# 3 sprints to take away the centering-horizontally throwing lane. D#2 looks to man-up on any other cutter moving toward the center.
In this situation of fast side-to-side transition, D#6 follows O#1 all the way to the sideline, taking away the 10-yard strike gainer and trusting that D#2 and the handler poachers will be able to cover the centering passes. D#2 sprints to cover O#2.
D#6 moves back into position in the pseudo cup as O#2 pops in. D#2 drops to cover O#3 making a cut into the open space for an over-the top look, while D#3,4,5 set their positions.
Dish to O#2
Dish to O#5
#3 drops to original poach position.