Boston Brute Squad vs Vancouver Traffic, USA Nationals 2021: Brute Squad – Poaching & Switching by Kimberly Yu

A deep dive into Brute Squad's poaching vs Vancouver Traffic, 2021 Nationals

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Brute Squad used both disruptive and reactive poaching to contain the disc and generate turns. Poaching off handlers Poaching off handlers slows down the offence and prevents offensive flow. Traffic had trouble moving the disc downfield efficiently because Brute Squad’s defence gave them small throwing windows. Read more: Off of the pull, poaching off handlers limits throwing options, which puts pressure on the thrower. Let’s take a look at this in action. Here, initially only one of the dump defenders […]

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