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Attack Rotation Off of a Quick Whistle
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Attack Rotation Off of a Quick Whistle

Everybody says they like to play fast, but do they have tangible strategies to play faster? One such opportunity is the restart on a face-off whistle. This is typically a time of confusion with the offending player hesitating to get off or sometimes still trying to ask an official the nature of the infraction. Also typically your face off guy will run to the same side of the field each time as they are not always your must skilled offensive midfielder. This is an excellent time to: 1. Play fast creating confusion in the slides as your face off guy can be rewarded by going fast by having a clear path to the goal. 2. Open up outlets for your face off guy coming down with your scores being in a position to score

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On the face-off restart whistle (or anytime there is a restart above the restraining line), the team should be ready to initiate a "play fast" sequence — alternating the finish — forcing the defense to defend and the opposing coaches to coach (a.k.a. — yell "warnings" of the anticipated sequence — further causing hesitation of the defensive players — allowing the offensive team to play even faster).

On the whistle the two middies without the ball (on the wing on the face off)  should read there defenseman

If they are not running back on defense and staying with the middies up top then they can stay high up clearing space down low.

If they do run to the hole the two middies should run with them forcing those two middies who just entered the defense organize with their teammates to be the first slide.

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