Offense

Breaking a Zone - On Offense

jknight

2 main ways to break zone: quick one-two passes between handlers to slice through the cup, and passes back to a release and then across to a ‘swing’ player further away, in order to drag the cup around. These are enhanced by good midfield movement, with wingers crashing toward the sides as the swings are taking place, and mid players crashing toward the cup as it is being dragged and there are holes. In this set up, the other team is using a zone defence with 3 in the cup, then one mid, two sides, and a deep safety. The safety is their fastest guy, who they hope will be able to get to any 40-60 yard long bomb before anybody else, regardless of how many people we have in the endzone. We've designated 3 main handlers, 2 wingers, and 2 other mids who rotate between going long and hitting the midfield. The non-handler positions are fully interchangeable and the more they switch the better and more confusing it is for the zone coverage.  

Drills

Форс. (шаг первый)

Nova

маркинг по форсу, не дать пробросить в закрытую зону. заставить хэндлера делать выпады или сделать обводящий бросок  

Drills

Monkey Box Drill

njyo

This drill is to practice presence of mind, flexibility, positioning, dynamic adjustment and communication between the defense. It can be played (offense:defense) 4:3 as a square or 3:2 as a even-sided triangle. The offense stands around 8-10 metres apart and is not allowed to move except the regular pivot. Their aim is to maintain the position of the disc by passing it around (stall count 10). Overhead throws are not allowed. The defense moves as a cup or in whatever lanes they prefer. Poaching off is not allowed, they have to close in onto the disc. Plotting, communication and gambits by the defense are encouraged. Whoever offensive player makes a mistake becomes defense in the box and the defender that was longest in the box becomes offensive player. Bad throws (interception, hits ground or off-target) are thrower mistakes. Drop catch is a catching mistake.  

Drills

Квадрат чоп-стоп. Шаг третий

Nova

Футворк с диском и тайминг. Тайминг - своевременное открытие на диск. Открываться на середину стороны квадрата нужно в такой момент времени, чтобы предыдущий получивший диск остановившись сразу отдал открывающемуся.  

Drills

Квадрат чоп-стоп. Шаг первый

Nova

Футворк без диска  

Drills

Квадрат чоп-стоп. Шаг второй

Nova

Футворк с диском (на бэкхенд)  

Offense

Vertical Stack: Angling the Stack

adrianliem

Sometimes there's an advantage to tilting or angling the Vertical Stack, particularly if you want to create space down-field for a huck. Here is one way to angle the stack as the disc moves down and across the field.  

Offense

Vertical Stack: Flow

adrianliem

Here's a brief look at the basics of maintaining flow with a Vertical Stack.  

Offense

storm reset

katherine-emily

Reset if first or second storm option don't work  

Offense

storm second option

katherine-emily

Second option if the huck isnt on  

Offense

Storm

katherine-emily

A play for if the pull is bricked.  

Offense

2 Handler Zone O

adrianliem

Typical Zone Offense involves 3 handlers back, spread across the field. But an alternative approach is to rely on 2 handlers, freeing up a player to help spread the field wider. With the 2 Handler set, 1 & 2 are the primary handlers, 3 & 4 are wings who can fill in as a third handler, 5 is the primary popper, and 6 is the continuation popper, with 7 as the deep threat. Handlers: Stay in the middle lane of the field, keep the disc moving and look for holes in the zone as the disc moves across the field. Wings: Start cutting from down-field to gain yards on the swing pass. Stay wide to help keep the field spread out. Poppers: Work together. Rely on one to be a primary popper, looking for the first break through the zone D, and the other to be the continuation. Deep: Be active in the back to help pull the middle of the Zone D back or out wide. Look for continuation cuts once the disc breaks through the holes. Here is a basic overview of what this looks like.