Transcript Defensive Strategies Presented by Jen Fallon University of New Haven Philosophy •What is your philosophy? •What do you want to be “known” for? •Do you have.

Defensive Strategies
Presented by
Jen Fallon
University of New Haven
Philosophy
•What is your philosophy?
•What do you want to be “known” for?
•Do you have a system?
•Get your team to buy into your
philosophy.
Individual Defense
•Be clear in your expectations.
•Help athletes identify strengths and
weaknesses.
•Be able and willing to adjust to what you
have to work with.
Basic Principles
• Communication is key.
• Develop a language everyone understands and
uses.
• Where are we forcing when we defend? To
help? To the outside? To non-dominant hand?
• How do we mark a cutter? Denying ball side or
goal side?
• Where are we picking them up on the
redefend, in the midfield and in the critical
scoring area?
Team Defense
•Why are you playing a certain defense?
•Spell it out. Give athletes rules and
guidelines.
•Be consistent and be clear.
•Consider size, experience, speed, what
your players are comfortable doing and
your opponent.
Basic Principles
•Double teams—when to help, when to
slide?
•Defending picks—do we stay or do we
switch?
•How are we going to defend a stack or
a “muddle”?
1. Pressure Behind
When to use it: Your team is good at
defending the crease and help
defense around the goal.
1. Pressure Behind
How to use it: a. Send defender behind
immediately—even out of transition.
b. Force the ball carrier out—away from
the center behind the cage.
c. Help must come from up top or
other side of the crease. Everyone else
be ready to slide!
1. Pressure Behind
How to practice it: Crease rolls with
pressure behind and help coming
from the top or other side of the
crease.
2. Double Team Defense
When to use it: Your team is quick
and comfortable taking risks. Can
contain and force in one direction
well. Capable double teamers
and good checkers.
2. Double Team Defense
Can be used to disrupt the
opponents offense and to create
turnovers.
2. Double Team Defense
How to use it: When the ball is on the
perimeter, defender should force one
direction. As ball carrier turns,
adjacent defender goes to double.
Everyone else needs to be ready to
slide. Most players in the double will
look for the first option.
2. Double Team Defense
• How to practice it: Double team
drills in the critical scoring area.
DOUBLE!
3. Sag Defense
When to use it: To clog space
in order to make it difficult
for opponents to penetrate
the 8m. Use it against teams
that have strong 1 vs. 1
attackers or feeds well
inside.
3. Sag Defense
3. Sag Defense
How to use it: On ball players
play no higher than the 12m,
always forcing to help. All
other players remain on the
8m. Watch 3 seconds.
3. Sag Defense
How to practice it: 1v1s from
all areas of the 12m with
help on the 8m.
Drills…
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8 M Pattern
Super D
1 vs. 1 in grids
Build up D
New Blue, New White
4 vs. 3
Midfield transition with boxes