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The standard zone uses a 3 person cup. A competent group
of handlers can usually move the 3 person cup around a lot.
In order to give a different look and make the handler passes
more difficult a 4 person cup can be used.
The cup plays
fairly loose. The top of the cup almost plays even with the disc,
sometimes even cheats towards the sideline. This makes for a very
small opening through the cup towards the sideline and for the middle
on that side to ignore it and instead cover the zone between the top
of the cup and the other top. When the thrower passes the
disc back for a
dump, the other side of the cup immediately goes to prevent the
swing pass and the other people in the cup converge on the dump.
The middles play the zones in the obvious holes. The deep does
a lot of praying. This is best used for only a few passes. After
the offense has lost a bit of yardage one of the top cup players
should drop back and play middle middle as the team changes to the
standard or rabbit zone defense.
This cup plays
fairly tight and forces the disc to the sidelines. The back cup
plays person-on-person with the dump denying the disc towards
the centre of the field. When the disc is on the
sideline the cup changes formation into a hard trap as shown on
the right.
The middles cover the zones through the obvious holes in the cup.
The deep does a lot of praying once again.
4-person cup preventing the swing
4-person cup preventing the dump
