Angled cuts
Why it works
A receiver gets open in the two steps after the cut, not during it, and a rounded cut spends both of them. Cones force the angle to be sharp because a cone does not move out of the way for a lazy one.
Run it
8 MINThree trips each, both directions so neither foot gets to be the good one. Eight minutes.
Say this
“Outside foot in the dirt.”
The outside foot is the only one that can push you across; the inside one just slows you down.
“Get small at the cone.”
Lowering the hips is what lets the plant hold.
“Two hard steps out of it.”
Separation is bought immediately after the cut or not at all.
Good looks like
- The plant foot lands beside the cone, never past it.
- Hips drop for one step and come back up straight away.
- The first two steps out of every cut are the fastest of the leg.
- The line the receiver runs has corners in it, not curves.
The mistakes
Planting the inside foot, which turns the cut into a slow arc.
Say: “Outside foot in the dirt.”
Running tall through the cut, which is why they drift wide of every cone by the third one.
Say: “Get small at the cone.”
Coasting out of the cut and then accelerating, which is exactly the half second a defender needs.
Say: “Two hard steps out of it.”
Three cones, walked through first. Ask for the plant foot and nothing else, and skip the throw.
Put a defender on the last leg only. The cuts stay the same and the last one suddenly has to mean something.