Step by step 10 steps
  1. Step 1

    Classic 3 handler vert stack. Notice handler 3 sets up 45 degrees back to give handler 2 a larger throwing window.

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  2. Step 2

    Cuts happen from the back of the stack, toward the force side.

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  3. Step 3

    Here, cutter 7 makes a cut under and receives the disc. The other cutters need to push upfield, and the handlers need to move up and fill in the handler positions.

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  4. Step 4

    There is only room for three handlers in the handler set. One option would be for cutter 7 to trade places with handler 1, but assuming that cutters aren't as comfortable handling, the best option to make sure we don't lose a handler is to have handler 1 push slightly upfield into the break side, giving room for handler 2 and handler 3 to fill the space and have room to make handler cuts, but also making sure that handler 1 doesn't go too far upfield and encroach on the cutters.

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  5. Step 5

    If cutter 6 sees that cutter 7 is getting the disc under and makes a well-timed continue cut, cutter 7 can hit cutter 6 deep for the continue. This of course should only be tried if cutter 6 is open, and if cutter 7 has the confidence to make a deep throw.

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  6. Step 6

    OR

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  7. Step 7

    If instead of hitting a continue cut, if cutter 7 is not confident in a deep throw or cutter 6 doesn't get open, handler 3 can set up for a dump by first faking a cut upfield to get his defender moving away from the disc.

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  8. Step 8

    Then, handler 3 cuts back in for the dump from cutter 7. In this scenario as diagrammed, handler 2 also set his man up by faking upfield, and as handler 3 caught the dump, handler 2 cut back to get open for the swing across the field.

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  9. Step 9

    The dump swing brings us right back to where we started, but further upfield. Handler 1 regains his place in the handler set, and cutter 7 clears to the front of the stack.

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  10. Step 10
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