Ultimate Frisbee Analysis of Strategy and Tactics: Pony v Revolver, USAU Nationals 2018 by Brummie

Pony shocked Revolver with an innovative defensive scheme to win their first ever championship. But what did they do, how did it work and why was it successful?

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Objective: deny Revolver their primary offensive looks. For background reading on how Revolver like to play, read this Ultiworld article. In particular, Revolver’s love of the inside break using offset cuts – something they have learned from studying the top Japanese teams like Buzz Bullets – means that they like to use the middle of the field to exploit the mark and move the disc to the break side. Since Revolver’s other main method of attacking is to hit isolated […]

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