5 beats
- Beats
- Pass
- Dodge
- Clear through
- Fill a spot
- Their slide
- Recover
- Empty spot
- 5 yd stripes · not a marking
Settled offense · 2-3-1
2-3-1 Alley Dodge and Rotate
Verified · checked against Lacrosse Unlimited and UVM Club Lacrosse, with Belgium’s national team playbook and Wikipedia
The play, beat by beat
- 1Top Left passes to Top RightTheir Top Left defender sags
- 2Top Right dodges, left handRight Wing clears through
- 3X fills Right WingLeft Wing fills X
- 4Top Right passes to X (now Right Wing)Right Wing fills Left Wing
- 5X (now Right Wing) passes to Left WingTop Right fills the crease
Coaching points
- Dodge opposite where the ball came from, and everyone moves with the dodge: the wing he runs at clears through, the middie behind him follows into his spot, the crease middie rotates up top.
- First look is the goal. If the crease slides, move it fast with the single to the wing, then fill the crease so both triangles are whole again.
- Never miss the rotation to X. Nobody behind the cage means a missed shot goes out the back, the most common way this motion breaks down.
- This is Lacrosse Unlimited's rotation, also run by Belgium. UVM runs it a little differently: its wing clears through and stops at the near pipe, and its drawn page pops the crease man to the opposite slot.
How it was checked
Two or more independent sources describe every step of it. Verified · checked against Lacrosse Unlimited and UVM Club Lacrosse, with Belgium’s national team playbook and Wikipedia.
