3-Man Cup

This is a zone defense.  There are 4 positions: 3 people in the cup, 1 mid-mid, 2 wings, and 1 deep.  This defense only works when there are poor weather conditions with either lots or wind, or lots of rain.

Cup:

There are 3 people in the cup each in one of the following positions.  Only one person is allowed to be within 10 feet of the pivot foot of the person with the disc.

• Mark:  He puts on an incredibly hard force and counts the stall.  He absolutely must keep the force at all cost preventing any and all swing throws.
• Mid:  Covers up field 10 feet away from the handler, generally he is straight up field from the mark, but may shift one way or another depending on communication from the mid-mid.
• Swing:  Covers everything from an arm’s length from the mid as far into the swing territory as he can.  He is not taking away the swing throw (if he does he will leave gaps in the cup…and no one likes a leaky cup) he is simply assisting with the incredibly hard 3-man force

Basic Cup: