Using cutter momentum, aka "popping" - Flik

Handler Offence: Using cutter momentum, aka “popping” by Brummie

After catching the disc, you need to come to a stop as quickly as possible. However, sometimes that bit of momentum can be useful...

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Another potent weapon for changing the angles of attack is to use the momentum of a player to get the disc to a new position, rather than throwing the disc directly to that position. Consider Fig. 1; if A were able to get the disc to a spot X behind D1, then there would be the possibility of a free throw to C, which is currently blocked by the defender D2. Rather than take on the throw directly to C, […]

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