When a defender is anticipating cuts into an area of the field, they essentially have a head start in the race into the available space.
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Often seen in a line trap scenario – particularly with side stack or split stack offences – many defenders will choose to occupy the cutting lane as seen in Fig. 1 rather than staying tight to their mark. The reason for this is because it gives them a shorter path to the two main open side points of attack as seen in Fig. 2. Being pinned to one side of the field makes playing offence inherently more difficult. The trick, […]
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