Transcript Zone Defense - Lacrosse Coach

Zone Defense
Amoeba - A match-up zone
Why Zone – Why match -up
• Basic Alignment – 2 triangles
SS
SS
LS
P
P
D
Principles
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Ball in your zone area – play as if man to man – aggressively
SS tries to force ball down sideline
Wing D try to force ball Down (up) sideline ( into LP’s Double)
D3 Plays ball behind , must see the whole field and must not get
beat by a sneak from X behind
LP doubles as ball moves from either S1 or S2 to D1 or D2
LP plays like a backer at other times and looks for flash cuts
Sticks to the passing lanes
The rule for any skip pass is that the closest player to the ball covers
the player with the ball .
COMMUNICATE –COMMUNICATE-COMMUNICATE
Vs 1-3-2
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SS1
SS2
LS
P X P
D
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• As ball moves around the perimeter, the top triangle
rotates ; S1 steps down and back; S2 steps down; LP
looks to double; If the Wing offense player moves the
ball to behind X, LP replaces S1, S1 replaces S2 and
S2 replaces LP’s triangle position; When they can
exchange to original spots, I encourage my players to do
so. In the picture above, D1 and D 2cover the crease
man with the help of S2 ; the bottom triangle does not
rotate , we just do not play as aggressively behind .
When ball is behind the others hold their positions ( Top
Triangle with the LP or S2 helping crease) and D2 and
D3, watching their pipes.
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Vs 1-4-1
Help is adjacent; protect the crease
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SS1
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LP XSS2 X
P
D
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P
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2-4
• Invert SS
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D
P P
LP
SS
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SS
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SS plays only at GLE;
diamond rotates
Drills
• Hub Drill
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D
Footwork and recovery is key – use a crease!!!
Options – add a football hand pad; add a QB dummy for a figure 8 or chop
Drills
• Slap
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D
Footwork and recovery is key – use a crease!!!
Options – add a football hand pad; add a QB dummy for a figure 8 or chop
Drills
• Over Top
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Coach
D
Footwork and recovery is key – Break down is key
X
Individual Drills
• Slap – use a football hand dummy