And (4-5-6). Each Triangle Is Connected with a String, and As

Plays:

Formation:

We run a 1-3-2. This is referred to as a “motion offense”. PrincetonUniversity runs this. If we run it correctly, you almost do not need to call plays, as everyone is simply moving all the time in unison; whereby everyone knows where their fellow players are and will be. We will call this Gold. When we designate a 1-3-2 formation you always start from behind the net/goal. Meaning that 1 is behind the goal, numbers 2,3, and 4 are right in front of the goal and then further in front is 5 and 6. You determine if you are on the right or left Side by looking at/facing the goal.

View this motion offense as there being two triangles (1-2-3)

And (4-5-6). Each triangle is connected with a string, and as

A person moves into your space, you rotate away. Such

that if #6 ran down to # 3…#3 would rotate over to #2, and

because each is attached to a string, #2 goes behind to #1 and 2 3

#1 rotates up to #3. Again, imagine that both triangles are

attached on a string. As for the other triangle. If #6 came down 4

to #3 position, #4 would move over to where #5 was and #5

5 6

would go over to where number #6 was. Basically when one person with the ball moves, that person creates rotation everywhere. Lets focus on one player…#6. Assuming #6 has the ball and runs toward the goal (runs toward #3), his choices are as follows:

1)he can shoot

2)#6 can throw to #3 as he moves over to #2

3)#6 could throw to #1 who is rotating to #3’s position

4)If #6 is well covered and no one is open, he could turn around and throw to #5 who has moved into the #6 position.

Given the motion offense (“Gold”) a player with the ball always has 2-4 options…going to the goal however is always the first option. Just remember as a player moves into one of the triangle points each other player moves in the opposite direction.

The Fast Break:

We generally seek to run a “Power I”. The power I established by the 3 attackmen is set up on the opposite side away from the side that the fast breaking Middee with the ball who has initiated the fast break comes down from.

1A 2A

4M(with ball)

In the above example. The middee with the ball is coming down the right side. As such the center attackman runs up to the left side and creates the letter “I” on the left side. Obviously, if the middee with the ball came down the left side the
”I” would form on the right side. So what if the middee comes up the middle….In this case, as long as our middee is right handed, we will always assume the power is on the right side and the “I” would form on the left side.

PIKing:

Players away from the ball should Pik other players both with and without the ball. You never stand still. After you PIK you must roll. If you PIK someone without the ball, you roll to the person with the ball. If you PIK the defender on the ball then you roll to the goal. You never PIK without rolling.

PIK Plays:

Both Attackmen and Middees can call for PIK plays. An attackmen yelling for a middee to come down and PIK their defender would yell M1, while a middee yelling for an attackmen to come up would yell A1. However if an attackmen wants to simply fee the ball he would yell M2 and the opposite side middee would come down and PIK the opposite side Attackman. Similarly a middee wanting to feed the ball would yells A2, and the opposite side Attackman would come up and PIK the opposite side Middee. Simply the “1” means same side and the ”2” means opposite side. Because the A2 and M2 are PIKing men without the ball they will both roll back to the passer.

Substitution:

We will always have people in the substitution box. A separate coach will manage each of the positions..middee, attack and defense. The player on the field must run into the substitution box, before the substitute can come on the field. We will look to make substitutions both during play and when play is stopped by a whistle. The stopped play ones are easy, as the horn keeper will blow a horn (like in basketball) and the ref will hold up play until all substitutions are made. The harder one is substituting during play. As a general rule, we will NOT substitute Defensemen and Middees when we are on defense…..this would put us into a man-down arrangement and make us prone to being scored upon. Accordingly, if you are tired and need to come out “try” to wait until we are on offense. This does not go for attackmen, which we will substitute when we are on defense.

When making substitutions while on offense – 1) changing defensemen is easy as they are out of play on the other side of the field. The coach will yell to the defenseman to come out. If the far side defenseman (furthest from the bench) is coming out, we will switch the close side defenseman in the process so that the substitute does not have to run all the way to the other side of the field.

In the example below: If we were trying to get D3 off the field,

We would 1) wait until we are on offense; 2) As D3 starts

Running off the field we would have D1 run over to cover

D3’s man, so that when the substitute for D3 comes on the

Field he only needs to run down to D1’s position. This

Way we will be able to better cover any fast breaks.

O D1 O D2 OD3

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Sub side Mid field line

D3 needs to run off through the defense side. If he runs over the line, we will be off-sides.

For Attackmen, you must conversely view the substitution as a play. Where we can get their defensemen out of position:

OA1 OA2 OA3

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Midfield Line Sub

Side

In the example above, if A1 is coming off, we would have A3 run behind the goal, and A2 to move over to A1’s poison. As the Substitute comes on he would run straight to goal in hopefully an empty zone. If A3 comes off A1 would circle behind the goal and A2 would move over to A3 position. The substitution would take an angle to A1’s open zone. If A2 comes off – A1 behind and A3 over to A2’s position. If there is no fast break attackmen can shift back into their assigned positions.

Faceoff – We need to win these. The wing middees must sprint to the center field and help out. Depending on the amount of physical play, you will run a “man /ball” drill, where one man yells man and the other yells ball. If no hitting is permitted. You still yell man/ball and scare the other players… but simply block access by one player to get the ball, while the other one yelling ball goes for the round object. Stay low through this exercise and we will win these. If our guy/gal wins the ball before you get their run a directly to the goal and try to get ahead of the ball carrier for a pass. If we are consistently losing the face off, we will have one or both of the wing men line up deep on the wing lines and take a circular route through our defense are to the middle of the field… This will allow us to cover the fast break.

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O| O |O

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| X |X

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X| |

In the above example, where we are the “Xs”, lined up on our defensive side of the field, I have instructed the left side player to set up deep on the wing line. He would take a wide angle approach behind our center middee, covering for him if he gets beat.

The Clear:

We need to get the ball over mid field in 10 seconds. The goalie upon making a serve, will first look up the field. If nothing is there, he will roll back behind the goal. The goalie has 4 seconds to get out of the crease. That’s actually a lot of time…so we need to be patient. We never pass a ball into the middle of the field. If you are a middee looking for a pass, break to the outside….do not cut through the middle. Everyone should be doing a “V” cut to get open. We will also run an “L” clear.

D1 D3

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In the above example, the Goalie makes a save, and runs behind the goal. Both wing defensemen break to the side lines, while the center defenseman runs up to the far left side, looking over his shoulder as he runs for a pass. If D2 gets the ball he can run over the mid line, if a middee stays back for him…otherwise we are offside. The middee must hold up their stick and yell GO OVER - I HAVE YOUR BACK.