the free man, without giving the free man
too much time to plan a cut. The switcher
needs to talk to the other defender to
make sure the free player is picked up.
Once players have played together for
a while, they may be able to switch just
by glancing at each other and nodding,
or something similar. Switching is not
recommended for beginners, as it teaches
bad habits.
POaCHinG
Poaching is generally looked down
upon in Ultimate as “a bad thing”, mostly
because it is a sign of laziness in defence.
If used wisely and sparingly it can be
remarkably effective, but it leaves free men
around the field and can result in large
yardage gains for the offensive team if
punished. There are a number of different
ways of poaching.
The first is a straight out zone poach,
where the poacher takes up a position in
the main cutting lane and basically ignores
his own receiver. This is only effective
when either the thrower is weak or the
receiver is weak, so that the chance of a
pass from one to the other is small.
The second is a temporary switch,
where the poacher sees a cutter coming
from deep and switches for long enough
to discourage the thrower from throwing
to the cutter, before switching back to
his own receiver. The switch can involve
actual marking, or just a flaring out into
the cutting lane but has the same effect.
A third type of poach is an active
attempt to get a block. This involves
the poacher seeing somebody else’s
receiver in a position to receive a pass,
but where the pass if thrown could still
be intercepted. The poacher hopes that
by not watching the disc, the thrower will
think the pass is on, and hence throw it.
The poacher has to guess when the pass
will be thrown, and then turn around
hoping the disc will be there to intercept.
This can be effective if the timing is right.
With thanks to our Ulty mates down-
under, the Australian Ultimate website.
www.afda.com.
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