Initiating movement by Frank Nam

This is a great play to get the disc moving in a vert stack. It utilizes the first three cutters in the stack. At one moment there should be three possible options:

1. A inside break to the third in the stack.
2. An open side under from the 2nd in the stack.
3. An around break from the front of the stack.

We’ve used Virtual Repetitions to record and visualise this play.

Bird's eye view

This view allows us to clearly see the spacing and timing required to execute the play well. The third in the stack goes once the path in front of them is clear. Notice how the attacking options generated are to distinct areas of the field, providing the thrower with more options.

Thrower's view

Let’s review those throwing options:

1. The initial Cut Underneath – Open Side from the first in the stack
2. If that first throw isn’t hit, the cutter cuts Open to Break Lateral, providing an opportunity to break around the mark
3. The second cutter in the stack goes Away to Open Under
4. The third in the stack Cut Underneath – Break Side, providing an opportunity to break inside the mark

The mark can only take away one of the break looks, not both; see Pivots and the Limits of Marking.

What is Virtual Repetitions?

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