Zones: Transitions by Brummie and Jodie Palmer

Keeping an opponent guessing is a useful defensive strategy; here, we discuss transitions between different types of defence

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Many teams will opt to transition from their zone defence to a person defence during a point; this would typically be because: the offence has advanced the disc most of the way downfield, such that the deep threat is no longer a major issue the zone gives up short passes that could be effective when the disc is near the attacking endzone the zone has become ineffective due to throws that have bypassed the defence; note that these transitions can […]

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willmgoodwin says:

12th June 2018 at 19:45

In the first bullet point it looks like you meant to continue on talking about the silent transitions. Also I think the gif has been changed because it doesn’t show play

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- Brummie says:
  
  12th June 2018 at 20:05
  
  Thanks for the heads up; I’ve fixed the gif & text now.
  
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