Breaking the Mark: Pivots and the Limits of Marking by Brummie

Despite the efforts of even the best defender, there is no mark capable of stopping all throws to half of the field. Careful use of pivots & release points can help you to break the mark easily

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By pivoting in all directions – not just backwards and forwards in a single plane – a thrower is able to release the disc from many points. Increasing the number of release points means a marker needs to deny many more options to throw. Let’s look at an example; Fig. 1 shows a typical scenario with a thrower and a cutter on the break side of the field. The shaded area shows the parts of the field that the marker […]

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