3 beats
- Beats
- Pass
- Cut
- Dodge
- Recover
- 5 yd stripes · not a marking
Settled defense · Man Defense
Force Wide
Verified in part · checked against the US Lacrosse coaching curriculum and Georgetown (Ricky Fried)
The play, beat by beat
- 1Their Top Center passes to their Top RightTop Center Defender sags
- 2Their Top Right dodgesRight Wing Defender sags
- 3Their Top Right passes to their Top CenterTop Center Defender recovers to their Top Center
Coaching points
- Pick one force for your team and teach it to everyone: take away the inside and force wide, or take away the strong hand and force the weak one.
- High school coaches often force outside; youth coaches may force weak-handed (US Lacrosse). This play draws force wide; the Force weak hand version draws the other.
- Georgetown (Ricky Fried): with the ball high, force outside on both sides, never into the middle. Wide, the angle to the goal is bad and the help is close.
- Close out on her inside shoulder, goal side. When she drives, stay on her hip and keep her going where you sent her.
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 the US Lacrosse coaching curriculum and Georgetown (Ricky Fried).
