Person Defence - Marking Strategies: Force Middle by Brummie

A Force Middle defence seeks to limit the ability of the offence to move the disc laterally, and to prevent an offence from being able to huck down the sidelines. Fig. 1 shows how a Force Middle looks vs a vertical stack; precisely the same as a one-way force would on the break side of the field, i.e. nearly straight up. As the disc swings, it is important that downfield defenders readjust their position to ensure that their bodies are […]