Defending Cutters: Orbiting Defence by Jimmy Mickle

Downfield defence isn't just about staying on the open side, it's about preventing the most dangerous options. "Orbiting" your cutter based on field position is one effective strategy for effective body positioning.

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Orbiting is the principle of changing your relative defensive positioning based on where the disc is and who has it. Defensive positioning needs to change to take away the most dangerous area of the field. Fig. 1 shows what some might think of “standard” force side defense. A has the disc, they are being forced flick (B is on offense), so the defender D2 is positioned on the flick side. This is the most obvious situation for when defensive positioning […]

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parkway says:

6th November 2023 at 23:50

If the blue arrow represents the direction the offense is moving, I believe it should be pointed downward in figures 6 and 7.

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- Brummie says:
  
  7th November 2023 at 13:04
  
  Good spot! Thanks. I’ve fixed those diagrams now.
  
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