Template:Clearing by Mikey Thompson

Clearing by Mikey Thompson

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  Clearing Terms and Locations

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  Good Spacing

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  Diamond Clear

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  32 Clear

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  Clear Against a 10 man ride

Terms for clearing https://my.justplayss.com (for animated playbook)

• Call out Coffin if you go against a 10 man ride and dump to the box away attack man
• As the defender clears, the clearing middie should stretch his way up the field
• If defender goes over the opposite side middie needs to get back. Look to draw the middie covering same side middie and then dump

Rules of Clearing

• Rule 1: Use the whole field
  • its basically a full field man up
  • Good spacing screenshot
• Rule 2: Make sure when you force the ball it is worth it
• Rule 3: Use the transition rules
  • Never let the ball beat you to the cage
  • If you have the ball and not covered, get someone to cover you as fast as you can, so you can make the next pass
  • If you are covered move the ball
• Rule 4: Never sub your short sticks during the clear
• Rule 5: Do Not clear the ball up the box side until all subs have occurred
• Rule 6: Identify the attackman 'Name has attack' aka "aidan has attack"
• Rule 7: Shortern your passes
  • Advance the ball out of your own box before maing passes down the field
  • Make a 15 or less yard pass
• Rule 8: Midfielder furthest from the ball has onside responsiblity
• Rule 9: Never overthrow the over pass except if you are the goalie
• Rule 10: Switching fields is fundamental (get the ball to the weakside of the field)
  • Just as it is important to get the ball to the backside in offense, switching fields is how to create open looks in the clear

Types of Clears

Diamond Clear

• Closes defensemen runs to the box to get the clearing middie on the field (CM is a good stick handler)
• When goalie is walking up the field, cheat ball side to shortern the space and increase the distance to the weak side defender

32 Clear

• Get your ss middies in the middle of the field and low
• defender runs off and clearing middie comes on

Clear against a 10 Man Ride

• Spread two attack really far and low (so goalie has to move alot)
• Stack ss1, ss2, LSM, CM at the box moving
• Move the ball quickly
• If someone has a long shot call it out and have attack back it up. Shoot it at the top of the goal, so it goes in or goes over
• When you have no one to pass to, throw it to the coffin

Situational changes

• If all 3 attack crowd the goalie, run the 32 clear so two SS middies are low for the quick pass

3 v 2 or 4 v 3 clearing Drill

• Defense and goalies are behind the goal in 3 lines
• 2 Lines of attack at the top box, 2 attack in the box, can't leave the box and work a 3v2 clear to the top of the box