The endzone is one of the most important spaces on the field to move the disc. When the disc is caught in the endzone that team scores a point. When discussing how to be effective in the endzone space deep throws are disregarded. When the offense is about 15 yards away from the goal is when the offense must make a significant change in how to approach moving the disc. This is because there is less field space to work with so the defense can generally condense and clog spaces that would normally be open. On the flip side, the offense only has to move the disc a few yards to score.
Offense Stacking in the Endzone
As a result of there being less space to move the disc upfield, the offense must change. Normally vertical stack initiates cuts from the back of the stack. In the endzone, it is important to initiate cuts from the front. This is because the offense must focus on moving the disc only a few yards to cross the goal line. The one in the stack now initiates cuts in a horizontal plane along the goal line to score. The disc is usually caught in zones 1, 2, or 3 as shown above in figure 1.
Handler Movement in the Endzone
Handler movement in the endzone becomes crucial to
maintaining possession of the disc. Within figure 1, the two handlers are set
up outside the endzone. The off-handler, the handler without the disc, has the
job of getting open in case the handler with the disc can not find a cutter
within 10 stall counts. Handlers have the option of conducting a strike move, as shown in figure 2. The off-handler makes a diagonal cut upline from the handler with the disc and advance the disc. Another option is a rail cut as shown in figure 3. In this instance the off-handler fakes a strike cut and comes backwards to catch the disc. Both of these handler cuts are good moves to reset the stall count and have more open looks in the endzone for the cutters.
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