Triangle Poaching: Frankie by Brummie

Here we explain a poaching system used to limit the effectiveness of vertical stack

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Another variant of is used when the disc is on the sideline; a dedicated poach comes off the middle of the stack* to poach directly in front of the disc. This player is called “Frankie” and their objective is to prevent upline cuts from a reset, and to guard against lane cuts; this is shown in Fig. 1. Meanwhile, the dump defender pushes their player towards Frankie, while the mark goes parallel to the sideline to protect against inside throws […]

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