5 beats
- Beats
- Dodge
- Cut
- Clear through
- Fill a spot
- Their slide
- Recover
- Pass
- Shot: heavy dash into the goal
- Empty spot
- 5 yd stripes · not a marking
Settled offense · 2-3-1
Alley-Alley Mirror
Verified · checked against Belgium’s national team playbook and POWLAX
The play, beat by beat
- 1Top Right dodges the right alleyRight Wing clears through
- 2Crease fills Top RightTheir Crease defender slides (Hot)
- 3Top Right skips it to Top LeftTheir Top Left defender recovers
- 4Top Left steps downTheir Top Left defender recovers
- 5Top Left shoots on goalTheir Top Left defender recovers
Coaching points
- When one top middie dodges down his side, the other drops down his side at the same time, so his defender cannot help from up top.
- Once a slide comes, move it quickly to the backside: the mirror man is the skip. Stay high in your alley so the skip goes over the top, then step down into the gap.
- Left Wing is open once the backside help leaves him, but at a poor angle: the mirror man is the shot. A lefty is ideal as the mirror man on this side.
- The other mirror: X and the crease man move together on opposite sides (Belgium); in POWLAX's motions the crease mirrors the dodger.
- Someone gets back up top on every dodge, here the crease middie, in case the ball turns over. The wing the dodge comes at clears through (UVM).
How it was checked
Two or more independent sources describe every step of it. Verified · checked against Belgium’s national team playbook and POWLAX.
