Cyclone: Timing multiple options by Brummie

Cyclone is effective when you can coordinate repeated cuts to the break side with effective pivoting action to minimise the impact of a good marker.

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Cyclone makes use of this by carefully timing and coordinating cuts so that as a thrower pivots forwards, a player cuts laterally from the open side of the field into this new, uncontested space. In order to ensure that the defender covering the next player in the cutting sequence gives up this lateral cutting option, there must be a real threat to the open side. By making use of the cutting pattern, the offence forces the defender to choose whether […]

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