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This play is an option that can be used either
against teams that mark the stack cuts very well or in situations when you want
only your handlers to be involved. The premise is that a dump to the forced
side is an easy throw. From this throw a good handler can cut away into the
forced area. Since the defender is already on the non-force side (he was marking
after all) the path to the endzone for the handler is rather open. The play
starts by the on disc handler either checking the disc in or making a fake to
the stack. The dump handler checks into his defender and then swings back around
for the force side dump. As soon as the dump is thrown the first handler should
break hard to the corner. A quick catch and throw and you score.
If the dump defender is overly active and prevents
this throw then we produce two other possible cuts. Notice that as the dump
handler is cutting the offensive player at the front of the stack cuts out and
away. This is to clear out the first defender (who is usually the defender poaching
off into the throwing lanes). When the first option doesn’t present itself the
handler fakes with the disc to signal the second option is in play. At that
point both the second player in the stack and the last player make cuts. Against
a weak mark the front cut is a quick strike possibility. Otherwise, the deep
cut from the back of the stack will often succeed. Notice that the remaining
two players drift back and away to try and keep their defenders busy and unable
to help out. Soup's on.