Regular Clear (Timberlane)

Coach’s variation from the Timberlane and East Roanoke playbook

The play, beat by beat

1. 1Goalie passes to Right DefenseTheir Attack 1 marks
2. 2Left Defense cutsTheir Attack 1 denies
3. 3Right Defense skips it to Left DefenseTop Left cuts
4. 4Left Defense carriesTop Right cuts

Coaching points

• Goalie behind the cage. Their first attackman makes him throw to a wing defender; the second pressures that defender and the first stays on the goalie to shut off the pass back.
• Our three middies start onside, below the midline, and cut upfield over it. We time the cuts with the pass across; the playbook draws the cuts, not when.
• Defender with the ball: look for the middle defender cutting upfield if nobody covers him, or the far defender moving up the opposite wing.
• The far defender can carry it over or find the middle middie cutting upfield. When he carries over, a middie comes back onside.
• From the Timberlane and East Roanoke playbook (see Triangle Ride for the same drill from the riders' side).

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 Timberlane and East Roanoke playbook.

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