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The 4 Man Low Clear is particularly useful at the youth level as it gives an easy outlet to the ball carrier and eliminates the need for a long pass.
If you are a new to Lacrosse this may help you understand clears a little better.
These are a list of tips you want all your best d-men to follow in the course of a lacrosse game.
The Coach needs to decide the parameters of the substitution strategies. This is little more complex than you might initially expect. The Game is going to be hectic enough without compounding the confusion with disagreements or differences of opinion of who goes in when while the game is going on.
Depending on the level of play scouting an opposing team can be as little as seeing warm ups and talking to peers or as much as watching hours of game film. Either way it is good to know some basic things about your opponent before stepping on the field.
these 4 principles can set the foundation for every great lacrosse goalie.
Many teams, especially less experienced or skilled teams, can not handle pressure. When I coached games where both teams are less skilled I found a lot of success in forcing the offense to make quick decisions. Typically I found that they would go to the goal and run into the defensive help. Obviously putting pressure can work in other situations as well.
This is a daring defensive move that can catch teams off guard. You may also want to practice it because with under two minutes left if you need the ball this is a tactic you will need to try.
After the defense makes a stop and regains possession of the ball it is time to run the clear. Let's go over the basics of clearing
There is a coaching adage: "Offense wins games, Defense wins Championships". If the best defense is having the ball, the next best thing on defense is to have a capable goalie.
The idea of a Lock 2 Defense is simple: your two short sticks shut off and the long sticks play defense. This works fantastically against teams that are not well balanced on offense -- short sticks shut off the best two offensive players to let the long poles play!
I would use this if the other team has strong crease play, if they do not use a crease man such as in a circle offense I would not use it.
