Five on the Dice

Verified in part · checked against Boston University (IWLCA drill book) and Brockport’s Steve Wagner, with Achieve Lacrosse

The play, beat by beat

1. 1Top Left passes to Top RightTheir defender rotates to Low Right
2. 2Top Right passes to Low RightTheir defender rotates to Low Left
3. 3Low Right feeds MiddleMiddle pops
4. 4Middle shoots on goalTheir defender crashes in

Coaching points

• Five on four inside the 12: four on the corners of a box, one in the middle. Hold the shape, no more than two steps, and let the ball do the work.
• Move it around the box until the defense shifts late and leaves the middle open, then feed her. At first only the middle may shoot.
• On defense the one who is 'two' leaves the attacker farthest from the ball. Every pass changes who that is, which is what the offense is hunting.
• This is the 5v4 you get on a break, or the inside of a man-up once it is played as a drill. A real settled man-up is 7 v 6. From Boston University's 5 on the Dice (IWLCA drill book), a man-up drill inside the 12, and Brockport's Steve Wagner, who runs the same dice in transition.

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 Boston University (IWLCA drill book) and Brockport’s Steve Wagner, with Achieve Lacrosse.

More fast breaks and transition

• 4v3 Box
• Fast-Break Offense
• Slow Break