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Defensive concepts, clears, slides, rides, and goalie-supported teaching notes.
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Adjacent slides give defenders a simple system for helping the ball when a defender gets beaten. Learn how to identify the first, second, and third slides while keeping the defense connected and ready to recover.
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The 2-2-2 crease slide gives defenders a simple plan for helping the ball carrier while protecting the middle. Learn how to identify the hot slide, find the opposite adjacent, and recover after the slide.
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The paint is the area defenders use to protect the middle of the field. When you're guarding the ball, you can step outside it. When you're off ball, you should stay inside it and be ready to help.
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The 2-3-1 crease slide package gives defenders a clear plan when the ball moves. Learn where the first, second, and third slides come from, how to protect the crease, and how to recover after a slide.
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The basic L clear gives defenders space to move the ball up the field. By spreading out, using the extra player, and moving away from the ball, the clearing team can create open passing options and make it harder for the riding team to defend.
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The Four Across clear gives the defense four players behind the cage and three players near midfield. It creates easy passing options, gives players room to build momentum, and can be especially useful against aggressive rides.
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Common mistakes youth lacrosse players make during clearing, such as rushing passes, poor spacing, and lack of communication, which often lead to turnovers. By addressing these errors with structured strategies and proper coaching, teams can improve their clearing game and minimize costly mistakes.
The backer zone is a great way to let your long sticks pressure the ball while always having the support of a floating defender behind them.
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What are you hoping for when you launch the ball down the field? It is not the ideal way to clear the ball, but we all have to play to our strength on the lacrosse field. Therefore if for whatever reason you need to chuck it down the field, have a plan.
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I had a very athletic defense with a very low lax IQ. They understood how to get after the ball carrier, press and stay on their bottom hand. But they did not understand off-ball team defensive concepts. Thus I created a few Defensive concepts they could follow regardless if we were in a zone, man to man or even man down.
The triangle zone defense is a unique way to use a 6 man zone where two separate triangles are function together in order to press the ball carrier and cover any seems in the zone. If you like being creative with your defense maybe you can give this a try.
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Feeling creative? This can be an interesting wrinkle to try in your defense that is not commonly used but easy to teach.
