Bow Tie

Coach’s variation from Kaley and Donovan

The play, beat by beat

1. 1X dodges to Right GLE, right handRight Crease picks
2. 2X carriesLeft Crease cuts
3. 3X feeds Left CreaseTheir Left Crease defender recovers
4. 4Left Crease shoots on goalTheir Left Crease defender recovers

Coaching points

• The onside crease man picks at the far pipe, about 5 yards off goal line extended. The far crease man cuts off it as X plants.
• X: drive and plant at goal line extended. The first pass goes to the first cutter on your first step back; the second pass goes to the picker, the other cutter, on your second step back.
• If you beat your man and nobody slides, take it to goal. If a slide comes, find the open man.
• Kaley and Donovan drill it 3v2 with a feeder at X, then 4v4 with a second attackman behind. The 1-4-1 around it here is our setting, not theirs.
• This is Kaley and Donovan's Bow Tie, a coach's variation. Their timing rule (first step back, second step back) is the part to teach.

How it was checked

Only one source describes it: one coach’s or one program’s own take. We found no second source to check it against. Coach’s variation from Kaley and Donovan.

More settled offense

• 2-3-1 Alley Dodge and Rotate
• Dodge, Pass, Pass, Dodge
• Pass Down, Pick Down