5 beats
- Beats
- Dodge
- Cut
- Pick
- Pass
- Roll / Slip
- Shot: heavy dash into the goal
- Recover
- Empty spot
- 5 yd stripes · not a marking
Settled offense · 2-3-1
Rope
Coach’s variation from Belgium’s national team playbook
The play, beat by beat
- 1Top Right dodges the right alleyTop Left follows into the point
- 2Top Right roll dodgesCrease picks
- 3Top Right throws it back to Top Left
- 4Top Left dodges, right handCrease rolls
- 5Top Left shoots on goalTheir Crease defender recovers to Crease
Coaching points
- Dodge hard down the alley: the defense has to believe it. The other top middie follows behind you to be the outlet.
- Roll back and throw it back. The crease middie times his pick so it lands as the ball gets there.
- Come off the pick and dodge down the other alley. The picker rolls to the cage. Shoot, feed him if his man steps up to you, or move it to X to attack the weak side.
- Attackmen, stay active and chase every shot.
- This is Belgium's Rope, a coach's variation. POWLAX runs the same roll back and re-dodge at the end of any motion; the timed pick is Belgium's.
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 Belgium’s national team playbook.
