Poaching: Flashing the lane by Brummie

Flashing the lane can help to disrupt an offence's rhythm

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Flashing the lane is a term used to describe temporarily leaving your defensive assignment for just long enough to deny a single throwing opportunity, before returning to your assignment before your player can punish your movement. An example might be running out from guarding a stationary stack player in order to get in the way of another cutter, as seen in Fig. 1 & Fig. 2. The key to flashing lanes effectively is to ensure that you keep your head […]

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