Dodge from X (2-3-1)

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The play, beat by beat

1. 1Right Wing clears throughTheir Right Wing defender marks Right Wing
2. 2X dodges to the right islandLeft Wing fills X
3. 3X feeds Right WingRight Wing fills the crease
4. 4Right Wing (now Crease) shootsTheir X defender recovers

Coaching points

• Middies, get high: the crease middie clears out to the top of the box, so the attackmen have room. That leaves three up top (LaxLibrary calls it a 3-1-2; teams that count from the goal call it a 2-1-3).
• The dodge-side wing clears through to the crease first; the backside wing rotates behind to X to back up the shot. UVM's drawn page sends the dodge-side wing to X instead, after his clear-through.
• Read it: if they slide, feed the open man; if nobody slides, dodge to score; if an extra defender comes down, find the man he left.
• If the man in the hole gets back to the crease in time, swing it up top to the middie he left, for a step-down shot.

How it was checked

Two or more independent sources describe every step of it. Verified · checked against LaxLibrary and UVM Club Lacrosse.

More settled offense

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