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Ken Clausen - Applying Pressure on Defense - 10/18/2021

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Defense is about dictating where the offense is going, controlled aggression
Strategy as a player
strategy as a coach/team
things to consider:
- What is my strength
- What is my opponent's weakness? - what can you do to play off it
- What is the situation (time, location)

Split the field into quarters this helps to determine what you do next

Simplify and strategize, split field in half/quarters
Hands cant control feet
Get player in 1 hand - this dictates how you control the player. offense can't pass or shoot in one hand
Occupy his mind by moving your stick, dictate and control the situation
communicate to each other on opportunities. Talk and give eachother tips on the guy your playing, what he does this, you can do this. When you rolls left/right throw the back check. Might take 4 quarters to be able to apply the wisdom
applying pressure off ball

Defensive Tidbits

Keep your feet moving, lift when the hands go up, back check
urgency getting in and out when you are on the backside or your guy passes the ball
What is the worst shot I can make him take, stay settled, stay patient
When a guy is one handed, get after that hand, get aggressive. Except if he is dodging and can't shoot with that one hand
Be in the skip lane, peak at the skip lane, look away, and jam your stick up to get the ball in the skip lane
Stealing space as the off-ball defender and occupy skip lanes
applying pressure as a team, team defense to exploit 1 players weakness
Clogging up the middle
Dictate, don't make it easy for the offense to do what they want
Tie up his hands to disrupt
As a defender, if your adjacent, you see the ball, you see your man, look for the skip lane too

Drill: Offball shuffle, be threating

Tucker Durkin - Atlas - show and retract the slide footwork popping back and forth
Create illusion that you are sliding

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