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Often times the disc will start on the sideline or be moved to the
sideline because of the flow. If the defense is forcing the disc to
be thrown on the sideline (i.e. trapping),
the offense does not have
a lot of room with which to work. In this case, a special formation
is used to get the disc off the sideline and to break the force. This
set up is called a Berkeley. (See figure below.)
One player, the berkeley,
will initiate his/her cut about ten yards from the disc, even with the
thrower. Usually, the berkeley looks to cut towards the dump side of
the thrower. Once the throw is made, a person from the stack will cut
to the break force side of the field. The berkeley will receive the
disc and proceed to throw the disc to the cutter from the stack. If a
Berkeley is called, the berkeley cut must get open and the number one
priority of the thrower is to get the disc to the berkeley.
