LOGIN TO CREATE PRACTICE PLANS

In this Fast Break Series, we will introduce 7 different types of Fast Breaks. Things to remember with offense and defense are as follows: Offense: - Stay wide to make slides longer - Draw a defender (hips move towards you) and then move to the open man. - Point attackman must move up and towards the ball as if attacking down the center and through crease. This will make passes to down low attackman easier. - Recognize if a defender is anticipating too eagerly and be ready to skip the pass. - Always look for where the two on one is and pass to that direction. Defense: - Want to stay as compact as possible given the goalie\\\\\\\\\'s range for saving outside shots. - Want to communicate slides. - Want to try and hedge and force players to rotate ball and not have to slide with all three players (most common at the point spot). - Sticks up in the passing lanes and be ready to break down in case the offensive player tries to just run right by you. In the top variation, it appears to be a classic fast break and the midfielder coming down the field Once the midfielder gets fairly close to top defender sliding, the bottom left attackman will cut through the crease and do a quick question mark to be a quick dump off option The premise behind this is that the midfielder is a huge threat and is a great ball handler and finisher. The defender will come over to slide, but won\'t anticipate having to play one on one defense (which is not normal in a transition break). The midfielder will run right through the slide and take the show down the alley or be ready to hit attackman who did the question mark in the crease or the far right attackman. Point attackman will just rotate to top in case midfielder rolls and hit the point.