Throw It Back vs the Box-and-One

Verified in part · checked against POWLAX and Belgium’s national team playbook, with LaxLibrary

The play, beat by beat

1. 1Umbrella Point passes to Umbrella LeftUmbrella Left pops
2. 2Umbrella Left passes to Umbrella PointUmbrella Point pops
3. 3Umbrella Point passes to Umbrella RightUmbrella Right steps down
4. 4Umbrella Right shoots on goalTheir LSM recovers

Coaching points

• Their box-and-one here is four defenders in a box and one locked on our crease man.
• When one defender is guarding two of you, hit the one he leaves. If he gets back, throw it straight back to the man who passed it to you.
• Swing it across the top until one of their top two has to split two of you.
• We want the best shot, not the first one: step down into the gap or the seam before you shoot.
• Top Center, step into the seam between their two top men: that is a shot.

How it was checked

A standard play the sources back, but a step or detail of it rests on a single source or on our own reading of them. Verified in part · checked against POWLAX and Belgium’s national team playbook, with LaxLibrary.

More man-up

• 3-3 Man-Up Swing
• Carry and Draw-and-Kick
• Skip and High-Low