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Set Plays - The Looper


Picture the situation when the offense gets the disc near the left sideline and looks down the line for the huck. To stop this, most defenders on the disc will force middle, and the defenders on the deeps will cheat towards the line. This sets up a great little play I like to call the Looper (which happens to describe both the cut and the throw). I will describe the situation for a right handed thrower on the left sideline; everything is reversed for a lefty or ambidextrous person on the right sideline. If the player busting down the line sees this situation, they should break hard right and loop back towards the other sideline. All the other players are typically out in the middle of the field, so this cut will go on the other side of everyone. If the defender was cheating towards the line, the cut should be quite open. When the thrower sees the looping cut, the throw to make is a high, diving forehand. Not quite a blade, but at a 45 degree angle or so. This throw is high enough to go over everyone in the middle of the field, and it is fast. It will also be easy to get off because of the force middle. This play also works well on the opposite sideline using a hammer.

References

 Ebb & Flow http://www.menalto.com/EbbAndFlow/drills.html