Hex Offense

[Gavin Kistner]

I was talking to a few people about Hex Offense today at pickup. In summary (changed from the lies I told Toukan):

Players maintain (constantly re-form) a hexagon with one person in the middle, all players about 10 yards from each other, with the disc on a corner (not the middle).

Number one priority when you have a disc is to keep the disc moving. Throw to the first person you see who is open, even if it’s on stall one, looking at (in order): the person in front of you, the person who threw to you, or keeping the flow of the disc going. Make believable fakes. Unlike horizontal stack, everyone is equal. No one is blessed as a “handler".

Felix’s current page of details, including some analysis videos of people playing Hex:

http://felixultimate.com/2018/10/14/hexagon-offence-v2-3/

Decision flowchart snapshotted showing how the offense moves, whether you have the disc or not.

http://felixultimate.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/hex-movement-decision-tree-image.png

As a counterpoint, I’ve seen some discussion online where people claim that Hex is just a messy ho-stack. There are certainly similarities, with receivers looking for a quick bump and handlers weaving. 

From a teammate who has played with people who have played hex, I hear that it’s exhausting, requiring a lot of running.

However, I am intrigued by the concept of keeping the disc moving at all costs. About a year ago Booch told me that his goal at pickup was to get the disc out of his hands by a stall of 2 or 3. Just about every time he was successful I witnessed that it opened up huge opportunities on the field.

If enough people are interested, maybe we can put together a team at pickup to try running Hex as offense. If you’re interested, let me know via this list. (I’m interested in discussing its pros and cons.)

[chris wirth]

FYI, my team is going to play junk zone against the Hex.  Choose wisely.

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[Gavin Kistner]

We're all doomed.

Including your team, obviously.

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[Eric Peers]

Junk zone vs. a hex offense seems like a rookie move...

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[Del Fafach]

Would the JZ defenders be Hex offenders?

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[chris wirth]

Our offense is exclusively downfield hammers.  Almost no resets at all, which we eschew for being weak.

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[Paul Baker]

Awesome timing Gavin.  I just practiced with a team last night and that's what they were running (and we probably will be running this weekend in a tournament).  I was going to look it up today and try to learn it better. Thanks for the links.  One thing I like about how it runs is you dump back to the base of the hexagon and swing and it's not just a couple yard dump, it can be quite a long way back to the dump and it  really opens up the swing and the field in general.  The only problem is that it is very dynamic and not designed for old people.  But if the defense is all old too, then it might work in a slow motion, time-lapse sort of way.  Sort of like the normal, walk it up the field BLU games anyway.

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[Kate Wilsmann]

Who’s the rookie?

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[Kurt Nordback]

In

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[kevin vranes]

Seems like a prank. Wirth runs down the field after the pull yelling "WE'RE GOING TO THROW A HEX ON YOU, ROOKIES!!!"

And then Greg yells something unintelligible back about breaking hexes with voodoo chants.

General chaos ensues. 

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[Brian Anderson]

Yea I only think that works if Greg gets his nose pierced and puts a bone in it.

it's good to be back on this distro ;) 

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