Handler cuts

Handlers frequently try to do too much. Dancing, juking, long cuts, etc. - I, like anyone else, am guilty of a number of these, but it's certainly rare that I try to do too much. Sometimes you're more open than you think and you have to take advantage. Getting up the line (upfield dump cut, strike cut, whatever you want to call it) is what defenders are constantly trying to prevent. So obviously that's the place to try and beat them. Try these 4 moves for getting open upline:

Swim move: While making a cut where your defender is in the way, act like you're swimming and move your arm over the defender, the pull the rest of your body through. Frequently used in the NFL and NBA as a way to get open, it's just not used frequently enough for ultimate. Caution: There may be some contact, so don't foul your opponent to do it.

Stutter step: Start running towards where you want to go. Stay on one foot a little longer than you normally would, as if you're about to plant and turn around. Instead, keep running in the same direction. Can be helpful if you turn your head or body in the other direction for a split second.

Curl route: Don't take a direct line to where you want to go. Instead, start running towards the person with the disc. Once you've passed your defender, curl the route so that you are already open up the line. Seal the defender off with your body so that bids are impossible (well they're still possible but the defender would have to bid through you).

Double cut: Similar to the stutter step, but with a longer follow through. Start running towards where you want to go. Stop and turn around, with a heavy plant and turn, as if you're not as good of a dump cutter as you actually are. Once the defender commits to your backfield cut, turn back up the line.

Bonus "move" = Make a break for it: Sometimes your defender is in the wrong place. Don't try to make a move or you'll fake yourself out. Just run.