The Zebra Pressure Zone is a men’s lacrosse defensive system that starts in a 2-2-2 formation before matching up. The defense should always rotate into the ball while communicating the formation, the number behind, and the number in the crease.
The defense applies pressure to cutters and the crease while playing the hands. Cutters are followed to the crease and passed off when necessary.
The top middie helps diagonally on the crease, while the backside GLE defender helps on the crease. The backer plays the ball side against an “one in” situation.
When there is one player behind, D1 strings to the ball.