Breakout - Players in our Defensive zone break out of the box; Attack drops into our offensive box o Red players represent long poles / Goalies; Blue players represent shot poles o Defense: The (2) low defenders banana cut and stay even with the goalie; the other defender breaks to the end of the face off restraining line on the substitution box side o Middies: the Long Stick Midfielder (LSM) breaks the side position located at the end of the faceoff restraining line away from the substitution box. A Short Stick Midfielder breaks to the midfield (mid position) and the other breaks to the top of the box (top position) o Attack: The top man breaks to the mid line in a C-cut, the two low attack C-cut to the front of the crease
Outlet pass away from the box - When the ball is passed to the wing away from the box side o Wing Defender with the ball (#8) moves up field with the ball o Side middie (#6) moves across midfield line and restraining line before cutting back out to the sideline o Top Middie (#4) moves toward the ball carrier on the non-box side o Mid (#5) comes back towards the ball carrier. o Point Attack (#2) drifts back in front of the crease o Backside Attack (#1) C-cuts up to the mid line o Ball side Attack (#3) breaks to the ally
Reverse pass to the box side Should the ball be reversed from the non-box side to the box side players will adjust - When the ball is reversed across field passed to the wing towards the box side o Wing Defender with the ball (#9) moves up field with the ball o Flyer Defender (#7) subs out at the closest cone o Sub Middie (#11) extends out of the substitution o Top Middie (#5) moves toward the ball carrier on the box side o Mid middie (#4) floats back to the center X o Extended middie / LSM gets back across the mid-line to maintain on-sides o Point Attack (#1) drifts back in front of the crease o Backside Attack (#3) C-cuts up to the mid line o Ball side Attack (#2) breaks to the ally
Outlet pass to the box side - When the ball is passed to the wing away from the box side o Wing Defender with the ball (#9) moves up field with the ball o Flyer Defender (#7) subs out at the closest cone o Sub Middie (#11) extends out of the substitution o Top Middie (#4) moves toward the ball carrier on the box side o Mid middie (#5) moves back to the Top position o Point Attack (#2) drifts back in front of the crease o Backside Attack (#3) C-cuts up to the mid line o Ball side Attack (#2) breaks to the ally
Reverse pass to the non-box side Should the ball be reversed from the box side to the non-box side players must adjust - When the ball is reversed across field passed to the wing away from the box side o Wing Defender with the ball (#8) moves up field with the ball o Sub middie (#11) gets back across the midfield line to maintain on-sides o Top middie (#5) moves toward the ball carrier on the box side o Mid middie (#4) floats back to the center X o Side middie / LSM ) moves across midfield line and restraining line before cutting back out to the sideline o Point Attack (#3) drifts back in front of the crease o Backside Attack (#1) C-cuts up to the mid line o Ball side Attack (#2) breaks to the ally
Goalie walks ball up field - When the goalie moves up the field with the ball o Defenders support Goalie Wing defenders (#9 & #8) stay even up to the box line Box side defender (#7) subs out o Midfielders rotate Top middie (#4)goes to Box Side Wing Line Sub middie (#11) looks to sprint out of the box to get open for the Goalie Mid middie (#5) moves to the offensive wing line on the non-box side Side middie (#6) stays put and reads the play o Attack moves for the ball Point Attack (#2) falls back in front of the crease Wing attack (#1 & #3) C-cut up to the midfield line Should our goalie get to the top of the box with the ball without a pass he will look to up and over pass to a corner of our offensive box to allow the attack the chance to gain possession by picking up a ground ball.