3 beats
- Beats
- Carry
- Cut
- Pass
- Slide
- 5 yd stripes · not a marking
Transition defense · 4 on 4
Fast-Break Defense
Verified · checked against Johns Hopkins (Janine Tucker, in the IWLCA drill book), Franklin & Marshall (Mike Faith) and the US Lacrosse coaching curriculum
The play, beat by beat
- 1Their Ball Carrier carriesRecovering Defender drops
- 2Their Ball Carrier passes to their TrailerHigh (first in) slides
- 3Their Trailer passes to their Low RightHigh (first in) drops
Coaching points
- Slow the ball, defend from the middle out, and still take something away.
- Get out of the 8 within 3 seconds unless you're marking within a stick's length (high school) or a stick-and-arm's length (college). Moving around inside it doesn't reset the count.
- The first defender in is the quarterback and the voice. On the ball, get in her hands and force a pass.
- The low defender is the key communicator: she sends the high defender to the ball and avoids a low-to-high slide. Defend the adjacent passes and leave the far player open.
- Recovering defenders listen to the goalie and funnel in. Their job is to stop the ball, even if they have to double it (Franklin & Marshall).
How it was checked
Two or more independent sources describe every step of it. Verified · checked against Johns Hopkins (Janine Tucker, in the IWLCA drill book), Franklin & Marshall (Mike Faith) and the US Lacrosse coaching curriculum.