Crash

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The play, beat by beat

1Their Top Center dodgesTop Center Defender marks at the top of the 12
2Their Top Center dodgesTop Left Defender crashes in
3Their Top Center passes to their Top RightTop Right Defender recovers to their Top Right

When she beats her defender and has a lane to goal, someone, usually the goalie, yells "Crash!" The defenders around her collapse in the arc and converge on the ball. The lows stay home and pinch in on their own girls, so the dump pass at the pipe is never open: the girl left open is the one farthest from the ball.
Any pass into the middle is a crash too: feet in, sticks in, no contact.
Crash, then get out. In the 8 you are on the 3-second clock unless you mark within a stick's length, and you can't sit in her shooting space.
US Lacrosse warns that zones crash harder, so they get called for 3 seconds more often.

Two or more independent sources describe every step of it. Verified · checked against the US Lacrosse coaching curriculum and the IWLCA drill book.

3 beats

Settled defense · Man Defense

Verified · checked against the US Lacrosse coaching curriculum and the IWLCA drill book

1Their Top Center dodgesTop Center Defender marks at the top of the 12
2Their Top Center dodgesTop Left Defender crashes in
3Their Top Center passes to their Top RightTop Right Defender recovers to their Top Right

When she beats her defender and has a lane to goal, someone, usually the goalie, yells "Crash!" The defenders around her collapse in the arc and converge on the ball. The lows stay home and pinch in on their own girls, so the dump pass at the pipe is never open: the girl left open is the one farthest from the ball.
Any pass into the middle is a crash too: feet in, sticks in, no contact.
Crash, then get out. In the 8 you are on the 3-second clock unless you mark within a stick's length, and you can't sit in her shooting space.
US Lacrosse warns that zones crash harder, so they get called for 3 seconds more often.

Two or more independent sources describe every step of it. Verified · checked against the US Lacrosse coaching curriculum and the IWLCA drill book.