The electric slide is wedge defense with the "wall" of a wall
defense, also called a "2-4-1". In the electric slide, two players are
up on the handlers. One player will mark the offensive player with the
disc while the other player covers the dump. When the handler with the
disc does dump, the two defensive players slide over to cover them in
the same way. If the mark forces, the other defender only has to guard
the dump on the side his teammate is forcing. The other players set up
like a wall defense, with four players lined up across the field
stopping cutters and one player to cover deep throws. This player in the
back can call out cuts to the four in the wall to help them.
This defense works very well with forcing as long as the mark cannot be broken. But, this does give the offensive handler the opportunity to throw deep. If the offense is constantly completing long throws, the defense can adjust and move one person back in the wall to join the person covering deep; also called a "2-3-2".
This defense works very well with forcing as long as the mark cannot be broken. But, this does give the offensive handler the opportunity to throw deep. If the offense is constantly completing long throws, the defense can adjust and move one person back in the wall to join the person covering deep; also called a "2-3-2".