Poaching off cutters in horizontal - Flik

Defending Horizontal stack: Poaching off cutters in horizontal by Brummie

Poaching off downfield cutters in a horizontal stack is also an effective way of forcing an offence to take secondary options rather than their primary options

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Poaching off deep When the disc is on the sideline, it is also wise to poach off the cutter furthest from the disc, putting them into a deep position where they can assist those defenders closer to the sideline, so the two defenders – D3 & D4 – covering cutters furthest from the disc should sandwich those cutters, with one, D4, guarding against any potential cuts underneath while the other, D3, poaches all the way over to the open side […]

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