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Team Offense & Defense Fundamentals
RCL Players' Manual - Team Offense and
Defense Fundamentals
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Team Offense and Defense
• General Rules
• Defense
– Being an Active defense
– Slide, push, bump, & recover
• Offense
– Creating Space
– Working in Space
– Sets
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General Rules
• Lacrosse is a game of angles and opposites
– Angles: Shooting angles, defensive pursuit angles,
leverage, etc.
– Opposites: Redirecting on clears, getting the ball to
the backside on offense, dodging, etc.
• Space favors offense, Time favors defense
• Possession of the ball is priority # 1
– The crease attackman runs to every groundball, no
matter where it is.
– All attackmen converge, recover the ball, and reset
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General Rules
Alley
Scoring
Area
Alley
• The highest percentage of shots scored happen within 10 feet of the
goal. This is why we should work to get shots from this area on
offense.
• On defense we should work to defend this area. Defense should
operate from inside the scoring area first, then outside.
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Defensive Team Concepts
Goal: Take away space in the
scoring area
Peel/Recover
when hot man
slides
X
• Time Favors Defense
X
– Increase the amount of
time the offense needs to
get into the scoring area
• All defensive players must
work as one active unit to
succeed
Hot
X
V
• Always defend the highest
percentage areas first
• Slide to the stick and chest,
and recover quickly
• Force the offense to beat us
on the opposite side of the
ball
Bump
X
X
Push
X
V – Defender. Point of V is the direction hips are pointing
X – Offensive Player
 - Slide --> - Recover/Peel
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Defense
• Basic Rules
– The number one priority on defense is to defend the shooting
areas.
• Try to force your man down the alleys and to the corners of the field
behind GLE
– When in doubt about any positioning, go to the scoring area and
defend outward.
Alley
Shooting
Area
Shooting
Area
Shooting
Area
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Defensive Team Concepts
Active Voice
• Communication is king
– The only way we can operate as a unit on defense is if everyone knows
where their teammates are and what everyone’s responsibilities are
• Key Terms:
–
–
–
–
–
“I’m hot” – You are the man sliding to the ball
“Push” – You are replacing the man that slid at the same time he slides
“Bump” – You are replacing the push man
“Pick (left or right)” – Let your teammates know if a pick is coming
“Hold”/“Switch” – If you’re picked let your teammate know if he should
stay with his man or pick up your man
– “Man coming in” – There is an offensive player coming in who must be
picked up
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Defensive Team Concepts
Active Head:
M
D2
• Head on a swivel
– Always:
A
D1
• Know where your man
is.
• Know where the ball is.
– Don’t ballwatch
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Defensive Team Concepts
MAN
Active Feet
• Move with your man
– Maintain the BUM
triangle
• Ball-You-Man
YOU
BALL
M
D2
A
D1
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Defensive Team Concepts
– Slide hard to the body*
• Hips low, hands
together, stick on the
man’s hands
*2nd/3rd & 4th/5th grades:
no checking
– Man who got beat
should peel off, go to
the hole, and recover
– Always communicate:
• Who’s hot?
• Who’s the push?
• Who’s the bump?
X
X
Bump
Hot
X
V
• Active Slide
Peel/Recover
when hot
man slides
X
X
Push
X
V – Defender. Point of V is the direction hips are
pointing
X – Offensive Player
 - Slide --> - Recover/Peel
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Basic Team Defense – Important terms
• The Hole
– The area directly in
front of our goal
– #1 priority to defend
– Go to this area:
M
D
• If there is a
transition situation
• If you get beat
• If you are confused
about where to be
on defense
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M
D
D
The Hole
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Basic Team Defense – Important terms
• Slide
– When a defender has to leave
the area/man he is defending
in order to stop a bigger
offensive threat
1. When a defender slides, he
should approach in an athletic
stance and under control
2. Give a good hard stick check to
the man’s hands as he
approaches
3. Keep his stick on his
opponent’s hands/chest, applying
pressure
4. Follow through on his slide
with a hard push on the
opponent’s hips
X
X
X
V – Defender. Point of V is the direction hips
are pointing
X – Offensive Player
 - Slide
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Basic Team Defense – Important Terms
• Off-ball defense
– Flat Triangle/BUM Triangle
• BUM Triangle: Ball – You - Man
• When playing defense off-ball, you
should keep your hips turned
sideways
MAN
BALL
M
– Never fully face your man or the
ball
• When looking at the ball carrier,
keep your stick on your man
– This allows you to see your defensive
responsibilities and lets you see the
ball
A
YOU
– Head on a swivel
• Constantly be switching back and
forth from looking at your man and
looking at the ball
• Always know where your man is
• Always know where the ball is
V – Defender. Point of V indicates where hips
are pointing
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Basic Team Defense – Important Terms
• Split
– If you are playing on the
backside of the defense
when a slide occurs there
will be a brief time when
two men are unguarded
– Splitting is when you move
to the area between your
two responsibilities
– Your job is to occupy this
space until either:
• The defense recovers
• The player you are most
responsible for receives the
ball and you must defend him
X
X
X
X
Split
V – Defender. Point of V is the direction hips
are pointing
X – Offensive Player
 - Slide
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Team Offense
Goal: Create space for a shot inside the
shooting area
Space favors offense
Ways to create space: Movement
• Cutting after a pass
– Keeps the offense moving
– Can set up a give & go
M1
M2
• Cutting off-ball
– To receive a pass
– To clear space for a dodger
• Dodging
A3 M3
– Sets up draw & dump
• Picking
A1
A2
– On ball/off ball
– Pick & Roll
– Double Pick/Re-pick
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Offensive Basic Rules
• Keep Moving
– It is always harder to defend someone moving
rather than someone standing still
• When attacking the cage wait for the
opportune time
– It is important to create space for yourself
• Don’t drive into double teams, triple teams, etc.
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Half Field Offense
• Dodging from point positions as well as
from behind GLE on weak defenders
• Make defense move and then 2 passes to
weak side attack
• Dodge-Pass-Pass-Dodge
• Utilize the pick and roll
• More crease scoring options with 2 players
picking for each other
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Basic Team Offense
• Always be deceptive
– Whenever you do anything on offense (cut, pick,
dodge, shoot, etc.) try to bait/sell your defender
into thinking you are doing the opposite
• “Be a salesman”
– The goal for the offense is to create space
• The defense knows this, and is attempting to prevent
this from happening
• Deception will help to give us that extra bit of space
that separates a poor shot from a good shot, or a goal
from no goal
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Creating Space
• V-Cutting
– A V-Cut is done to prepare to
receive a pass
– To V-Cut a player should run at
his defenseman and then
change direction to open space
– It is important that the player
cutting does not stop his feet
when receiving the pass, but
rather runs through it
– Time your cut so you are
getting open when the passer
can pass it to you
Video: V-Cutting - Matt Danowski
– http://www.playsportstv.com/majorleague-lacrosse/matt-danowski_v-cut-forspace
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Creating Space
Cut after a pass:
• After any pass, cut somewhere
• Your cut should cause a shift of the entire offense
• This keeps the defense constantly moving and changing slides
• Creates confusion and can eventually create scoring opportunities
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Creating Space
• Off-ball cutting
– Cut through the scoring area to set up scoring
opportunities
• Fake one way and cut to the other direction
• Give the man with the ball a target
– Cut to the feeder, not the goal
Video: Cutting off-ball – Sean Delany
–
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LgRbOvLe30
M
M
A M
A
A
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Creating Space
• Off-ball cutting
– “Clear out”
• Cut through to create space for a teammate to drive
• Face the play and find space
– Your man may slide and you may get a chance to score
M2
M2
M1
M3
M3
M1
A
A
A
A
A
A
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Creating Space
• “Give and go”
– Throw a pass to an
adjacent teammate
– If you catch your defender
ball-watching, immediately
v-cut to the inside on your
defender
– Catch the ball and take a
good, quick shot
M
M
D
M
A
A
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Creating Space
• Feeding
– A good feeder must be intelligent
– Feeds require:
• Accuracy – Throwing an easily catchable pass
• Anticipation – Throwing to a spot where only your
teammate can get to, in a good place to shoot, away from
the defender
• Deception – The ability to fool the defense, so they cannot
anticipate your throw
– Keep your feet moving to keep the defense off
balance
Video: Feeding
– http://www.3dlax.com/content/progressionoffensive-ball-controlfeeding
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Creating Space
• “Draw and Dump”
– Draw a defender and
dump the ball off to the
open man
– You have drawn a man as
soon as he turns his hips
to you
M
D
D A
• Dump the ball before the
defender gets to you and
blocks your pass
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Creating Space
• Setting Picks
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Picks should be set outside the “tracks”
This is so the cutter can have the best shooting angle after the feed
The picker should go to an area and let the cutter run off his pick
Keep your stick between your shoulders with your elbows raised
facing the cutter to make yourself big
– The most important part of setting a pick is after the cutter rubs
shoulders with the picker, the picker “pops” to the feeder
M1
D3
Pop
M2
D2
M1
M2
D3
Tracks
A
D1
D2
A
D1
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Creating Space
Cutting off picks
• Run your defenseman in the
opposite direction that you want to
cut
• Change directions and run towards
the pick
• It is important to rub shoulders with
the picker to seal the pick
• You should continue your cut
straight to the feeder not to the goal
• After you receive the pass get
yourself to a good scoring area and
shoot
M2
M1
A2
M3
A1
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Creating Space
• Pick & Roll up top
• Two man game, man w/ ball must be
smart with the ball
M1
D1
M2
D2
– Man off-ball sets a pick for the man w/
ball
– Man w/ ball brings his defender into the
pick, rubbing shoulders w/ picker
• Important: Picker pops to the dodger after
rubbing shoulders and seals the defender
he picked with his back
– If the defender/s follows, roll back and
pass it back to the picker
– If the man w/ ball has space, go to the
cage and shoot
D1 M2
D2
M1
• Be safe with the ball. If all else fails run
away from pressure and reset.
Video: Pick & Roll from up top
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3sB3hS1pp8
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Creating Space
• Pick & Roll from X
– Same concept, just from another part of the field
Video: Pick & Roll from X - http://www.playsportstv.com/major-league-lacrosse/liam-
banks_the-pick-and-roll
D1
D1
D2
A1
A2
D2
A1
A2
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Creating Space
Double Pick - For X
• Two players (usually positioned
on the crease) create a wall by
planting w/ elbows out and stick
in between shoulders
• The cutter then rubs shoulders
with the outside man
• The two pickers then scatter, and
move to space facing the feeder
M1
M2
M1
M2
A2
M3
A3
A3 M3
A1
A2
A1
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Creating Space
• Double Pick
Up top
M1
M3
A3
A3 M3
M2
A1
M1
M2
A2
A1
A2
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M1
Creating Space
• Re-Pick
M3
– Used when two players
are on the crease
– One player picks, the
other cuts off the pick
– Then the cutter cuts
back and re-picks the
original picker’s
defender
– The re-picker should
then pop to space
A3
M2
A1
A2
M1
A3
M3
A1
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A2
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Working in Space
• “Caboose”
– When a teammate dodges, and your defender is the
slide man:
• Follow your defender to your teammate w/ the ball
• When your defender slides, pop to space and show your
stick on the outside
• Receive pass and cut to the scoring zone
– Always keep your feet moving
D
D
A
A
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Working in Space
• “Pop” to space
– Off-ball technique
– Simply moving a few
steps to space to
improve
passing/shooting lanes
– As offensive players we
must recognize where
the space is and exploit
it
M
D1
A D2
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