3 beats
- Beats
- Dodge
- Cut
- Slide
- Double
- Pass
- Recover
- 5 yd stripes · not a marking
Settled defense · Man Defense
Slide and Double
Verified in part · checked against the US Lacrosse coaching curriculum and Achieve Lacrosse
The play, beat by beat
- 1Their Right Wing dodgesTop Right Defender slides (Hot)
- 2Top Right Defender doubles the ballRight Wing Defender doubles the ball
- 3Their Right Wing skips it to their Left WingTop Right Defender recovers to their Top Right
Coaching points
- The defender farthest from the ball marks two, so the ball can be doubled. She calls "I've got two."
- Beaten? Chase her back shoulder. The first slide (Hot) meets her in front, and everyone else rotates one toward the ball.
- The goalie tells you who is Hot and who is next. Janine Tucker's calls (US Lacrosse curriculum): "I got ball", "Help left / right", "Got your 2" (I'm your second slide), "Double", "Slide", "Crash", "Reset", "Bump", "Hold", "No slide".
- In transition and man-down, avoid a low-to-high slide (the IWLCA drill book).
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 Achieve Lacrosse.
