3 beats
- Beats
- Dodge
- Cut
- Slide
- Pass
- Recover
- 5 yd stripes · not a marking
Settled defense · Man vs the 1-4-1
Crease Slide with Two Crease Defenders
Verified in part · checked against Belgium’s national team playbook and LaxPlaybook
The play, beat by beat
- 1Their Point dodgesPoint Defender marks
- 2Their Point dodgesLeft Crease Defender slides to the ball (Hot)
- 3Their Point feeds their Left CreasePoint Defender recovers
Coaching points
- With two crease defenders, the one on the ball side is Hot. The other slides over and covers the crease.
- Second crease defender: slide over, cover the crease, and check the feed while it is in the air.
- The 3 comes from the backside: the far wing defender pinches in to the crease man who is left. Their far wing, farthest from the ball, is the man left open.
- LaxPlaybook runs the same rule against a 2-2-2: with two defenders on the crease, either one can be the hot slide.
- Beaten man: get to the hole and find the free man. The goalie tells you who.
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 Belgium’s national team playbook and LaxPlaybook.
