4v3 Around the Box

Verified in part · checked against Lacrosse Unlimited and Zimmerman and England, with Lax Goalie Rat, Xcelerate Lacrosse, CoachTube, LaxLibrary and LaxAllStars

The play, beat by beat

1Ball Carrier carries, right handTheir Top of the Triangle marks
2Ball Carrier carriesTheir Top of the Triangle slides (Rotate)
3Ball Carrier passes to PointTheir Right Pipe slides to the ball
4Point passes to Far PipeTheir Left Pipe slides to the ball
5Far Pipe passes to Near PipeNear Pipe cuts
6Near Pipe shoots on goalTheir Top of the Triangle slides

Coaching points

Carrier, think shot until somebody stops you. When the top man comes, pass to the man on your left, then keep it moving to where each slide came from: point, backside low man, across to the dump man.
Attackmen, stay wide and in scoring spots and move to the ball to get open. Help is coming: you usually get about two quick passes (Lax Goalie Rat), so whoever catches it with his man late shoots.
If you have a lefty attackman, he is your near pipe (Zimmerman and England).
This is Lacrosse Unlimited's ideal flow (middie, A1, A2, A3) against Zimmerman and England's triangle. Lax Goalie Rat and Lacrosse Unlimited start the low defenders moving on Rotate; Zimmerman and England and Xcelerate start them on the first pass.
Beginners: the carrier does not throw down his own side (CoachTube). The point sits anywhere from 12 to 20 yards out and the low men from just above GLE to about 5 yards outside the crease (Lacrosse For Dummies, CoachTube); pick one and keep it.

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 Lacrosse Unlimited and Zimmerman and England, with Lax Goalie Rat, Xcelerate Lacrosse, CoachTube, LaxLibrary and LaxAllStars.

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The play, beat by beat

1Ball Carrier carries, right handTheir Top of the Triangle marks

2Ball Carrier carriesTheir Top of the Triangle slides (Rotate)

3Ball Carrier passes to PointTheir Right Pipe slides to the ball

4Point passes to Far PipeTheir Left Pipe slides to the ball

5Far Pipe passes to Near PipeNear Pipe cuts

6Near Pipe shoots on goalTheir Top of the Triangle slides

Coaching points

Carrier, think shot until somebody stops you. When the top man comes, pass to the man on your left, then keep it moving to where each slide came from: point, backside low man, across to the dump man.

Attackmen, stay wide and in scoring spots and move to the ball to get open. Help is coming: you usually get about two quick passes (Lax Goalie Rat), so whoever catches it with his man late shoots.

If you have a lefty attackman, he is your near pipe (Zimmerman and England).

This is Lacrosse Unlimited's ideal flow (middie, A1, A2, A3) against Zimmerman and England's triangle. Lax Goalie Rat and Lacrosse Unlimited start the low defenders moving on Rotate; Zimmerman and England and Xcelerate start them on the first pass.

Beginners: the carrier does not throw down his own side (CoachTube). The point sits anywhere from 12 to 20 yards out and the low men from just above GLE to about 5 yards outside the crease (Lacrosse For Dummies, CoachTube); pick one and keep it.