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Have a look at attached from yesterdays NCAA QF between Denver & Johns Hopkins
The ball is with the Denver player on left side of goal.
Guess what the defender nearest the goal does when the Denver middie dodges
The ball is with the Denver player on left side of goal.
Guess what the defender nearest the goal does when the Denver middie dodges
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I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED!!!
if he fell flat on his face then thats one of the best things to happen ever!!
if he fell flat on his face then thats one of the best things to happen ever!!
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The question should probably be why does the defender do this?
I've seen 2008 England U19s and England Seniors do this and it makes no sense to me
Can someone please provide a logical explanation as to why a defender would do this?
He goes behind goal to mark a player without the ball while the ball carrier has a free run to goal.
He takes himself out of a sliding position... WHY????
I've seen 2008 England U19s and England Seniors do this and it makes no sense to me
Can someone please provide a logical explanation as to why a defender would do this?
He goes behind goal to mark a player without the ball while the ball carrier has a free run to goal.
He takes himself out of a sliding position... WHY????
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Middie dodger has free run to goal
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Middie scores while defender is stood behind goal marking a player who doesn't have the ball
Please Explain Why
Please Explain Why
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My only suggestion would be that it is to close off the outlet pass. The slide is clearly not his to make (since you can see the defender just above the crease ready to slide in the first image) so moving out of a sliding position shouldn't matter? Perhaps they feel that by locking off the easy outlet pass, the double team is more likely to cause a turnover?
In this situation it didn't work because the slide came from too far away and too late!
In this situation it didn't work because the slide came from too far away and too late!
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This is a defensive schematic breakdown
I understand that the defender on the high crease is probably the "nominated" slide man but things don't always go to plan and by going behind goal he takes himself out of a potential cover position.
The first priority should be to protect the goal, in this situation he should have stayed in front of goal and become the slide and the high crease Dman could drop and cover the attacker behind goal if he comes round the front of the cage.
This situation was exploited by Denver more than once and cost Hopkins 6 or 7 goals, as they were more worried about an off ball man than the ball carrier in front of the goal.
The defensive scheme is flawed IMO if this situation is repeated
I understand that the defender on the high crease is probably the "nominated" slide man but things don't always go to plan and by going behind goal he takes himself out of a potential cover position.
The first priority should be to protect the goal, in this situation he should have stayed in front of goal and become the slide and the high crease Dman could drop and cover the attacker behind goal if he comes round the front of the cage.
This situation was exploited by Denver more than once and cost Hopkins 6 or 7 goals, as they were more worried about an off ball man than the ball carrier in front of the goal.
The defensive scheme is flawed IMO if this situation is repeated
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I'd be interested to know whether it was always the same dodger and/man behind.
Petro does tend to have specific plans for specific players, so I wonder whether he'd decided that on that dodge we close off the man behind? Had Denver scored a few in previous games by dodging and having x sneak behind a low crease slide?
In which case the short answer to "why would the defender do that?" would be "because in today's NCAA he's just a pawn who moves as dictated by coach rather than as seems best to him"...
Petro does tend to have specific plans for specific players, so I wonder whether he'd decided that on that dodge we close off the man behind? Had Denver scored a few in previous games by dodging and having x sneak behind a low crease slide?
In which case the short answer to "why would the defender do that?" would be "because in today's NCAA he's just a pawn who moves as dictated by coach rather than as seems best to him"...
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DanSawyer wrote:I'd be interested to know whether it was always the same dodger and/man behind.
Petro does tend to have specific plans for specific players, so I wonder whether he'd decided that on that dodge we close off the man behind? Had Denver scored a few in previous games by dodging and having x sneak behind a low crease slide?
In which case the short answer to "why would the defender do that?" would be "because in today's NCAA he's just a pawn who moves as dictated by coach rather than as seems best to him"...
Q: Why did he do that?
A: Simply answer is because Coach told him to
Denver's #33 & #22 received special attention (Denver's Top Scorers) and defenders seemed very reluctant to slide from them.
It's the degree of this "No Slide" policy that seems bizarre to me
There is no slide unless emergency, which is reasonable and then there is no slide under any circumstances...
Then there is the example above where you tell the defender to take himself out of a cover position to mark someone behind goal who hasn't got the ball
How dangerous is a player if you would rather mark them behind the goal where they couldn't score even if they did have the ball, than mark a player with the ball running at the goal unopposed to shoot at your goalie?
England U19s did this in 2008 vs Iroquois Nationals (game 1) and it drove me crackers
To see it by Hopkins and it cost them the game beggars belief
As to the slide isn't his so why worry theory, he is stood on the crease in front of goal the other defender is 10 yards away.
Later in the game they were in a circle offense and there was still No Slide even though the defender was adjacent
One argument I heard was they were defending with a crease slide vs the circle offense even though there isn't a crease attackman in the Circle Offense
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It feels as though there was a secret defensive coaches meeting that I missed where they described the Magic attack player who is a bigger threat to score without the ball than the guy stood in front of goal with the ball
Funny old game
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One last point
check out the movement of #33 red in the above photos
he stands still doing nothing and yet the defender takes himself out of the defense and helps create offense for the opposition
Dan mentioned pawns, well you don't give up pawns for nothing leaving the King exposed
check out the movement of #33 red in the above photos
he stands still doing nothing and yet the defender takes himself out of the defense and helps create offense for the opposition
Dan mentioned pawns, well you don't give up pawns for nothing leaving the King exposed
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Circle Offense from same game (ie no crease attack)
Part 1:
Middie on right has the ball
2 Hopkins defenders one on each side of goal at or just above GLE
Part 1:
Middie on right has the ball
2 Hopkins defenders one on each side of goal at or just above GLE
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Part 2:
Middie dodges his SSDM and runs to goal
Middie dodges his SSDM and runs to goal
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Part 3:
Middie shoots and scores
Notice the position of the 2 Hop defenders and their position relative to Part 2
These guys are Top Div I defenders, athletes and high Lacrosse IQ
Middie shoots and scores
Notice the position of the 2 Hop defenders and their position relative to Part 2
These guys are Top Div I defenders, athletes and high Lacrosse IQ
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Curiouser and curiouser...
I'm also a little puzzled by JHU #4. He seems to be doubling up, even on picture 1.
Is this a stretched zone Hopkins are playing? Seems to have the worst featured of zone and m2m: no slide but also no sagging to the ball by the furthest men (GLE).
I'm also a little puzzled by JHU #4. He seems to be doubling up, even on picture 1.
Is this a stretched zone Hopkins are playing? Seems to have the worst featured of zone and m2m: no slide but also no sagging to the ball by the furthest men (GLE).
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Playing possible devil's advocate, do Denver usually pass early? Are Hopkins not sliding because Denver have been prone to dodge and immediately pass, without going to goal directly?
Just a thought...
Just a thought...
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DanSawyer wrote:Curiouser and curiouser...
I'm also a little puzzled by JHU #4. He seems to be doubling up, even on picture 1.
Is this a stretched zone Hopkins are playing? Seems to have the worst featured of zone and m2m: no slide but also no sagging to the ball by the furthest men (GLE).
It looks like they're running adjacent slides. You can clearly see that both #4 and the JHU defender the other side of the dodger are getting ready to slide (depending on which way he goes). What I don't understand is how #4 messed up his slide so badly that the dodger slipped between the two of them.
On another note, i'd be interested to see a similar breakdown of Cornell's defence vs Virginia this weekend. In quarter two (7-0 virginia), Cornell's defence struggled repeatedly against one Virginia play in particular. Virginia would have the ball in the attack (either behind or on the wing) and the rest of the offensive players would assemble in a vertical line down the middle of the pitch. They would then all split off in different directions and at least one UVA player was always open. It was frustrating to watch the Cornell defenders losing their man by simply ball-watching or not guarding them tightly enough.
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If you look at Photo 1 again from the goalies perspective, there is nobody in front of him for 18 yards.
He must feel lonely out there
They are playing an adjacent slide but #4 is too far out so has a bad angle and was late
what still bugs me is that when the scheme has broken down, the 2 defenders on GLE have cement boots on and simply watch the middie run in and score
is that really team defense?
Make a play
He must feel lonely out there
They are playing an adjacent slide but #4 is too far out so has a bad angle and was late
what still bugs me is that when the scheme has broken down, the 2 defenders on GLE have cement boots on and simply watch the middie run in and score
is that really team defense?
Make a play
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Rotisserie wrote:On another note, i'd be interested to see a similar breakdown of Cornell's defence vs Virginia this weekend. In quarter two (7-0 virginia), Cornell's defence struggled repeatedly against one Virginia play in particular. Virginia would have the ball in the attack (either behind or on the wing) and the rest of the offensive players would assemble in a vertical line down the middle of the pitch. They would then all split off in different directions and at least one UVA player was always open. It was frustrating to watch the Cornell defenders losing their man by simply ball-watching or not guarding them tightly enough.
This was a different scenario for me, rather than a defensive schematic breakdown, the goals were a result of great offensive ball & player movement.
#6 Steele Stanwick created a mismatch problem for them, he was capable of dodging his defender and going to goal or if they slide to him, he was able to find the open man.
It was a case of excellent execution and hard work, the rest of the Virginia players worked really hard off ball to create space and get open.
since Shamel Bratton was kicked off the team, the ball moves around the perimeter a lot quicker and forces defenders to make a lot more decisions.
Example Virginia's 4th Goal:
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Part 2: UVA set a Pick on Ball to create separation
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