Pressure Non-Shooters

Coach’s variation from the Canadian coaching manual

The play, beat by beat

1. 1Their Point passes to their Top LeftTop Left Checker rotates
2. 2Their Top Left passes to their PointTop Left Checker rotates
3. 3Their Point passes to their Top RightTop Right Checker rotates
4. 4Their Top Right carriesTop Right Checker marks the ball

Coaching points

• Use it when your goalie handles outside shots well, or their top shooters are weak.
• The three low men lock their men: the two low corners and the crease man never get an easy catch.
• Two checkers play three shooters up top. Play lower than normal, even with the ball high. Pressure a shooter only when he comes inside the distance you agree on before the game.
• The manual's own warning: "While there is less pressure on the shooters, a defender cannot give up an uncontested shot." Less pressure is never a free shot.
• No rotation. From the Canadian coaching manual.

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 the Canadian coaching manual.

More man-down

• 4-Man Rotation
• 5-Man Rotation
• Box-and-String