INTERMEDIATE

• Demo (1 min):  Trail Checking

• Arrange players in one or both ends of the floor depending on numbers, at the crease and shooter or mid-boards and point areas of the offensive zone.  Have them stationed on their proper floor sides, with the defender standing a step behind the offender, and a step in toward the inside lane.  The other way to orient the drill is for defenders to start standing in the shooting lane, closing the gap and running a step past the offender ("over-committing"), putting them into the same relative position a step behind the offender except in a more dynamic and game-like fashion.  

• Variation #1 (10 min):  "On-Ball Trail."  Each time the coach blows the whistle it alternates which sides turn it is, otherwise rotating clockwise or counter-clockwise.  Players on defense try to not allow the player on offense to get a quality shot.
  

• • If the player on defense somehow recovers into defensive position, coaches should let the players play 1 vs. 1 for no more than 5 seconds maximum before blowing the whistle for the other side to take their turn.

• After a player plays offense, they then move into the defensive position the next time around, either on the same-side (Variation #1A) or the opposite-side (Variation #1B).  Have players switch starting positions (crease to shooter and vice-versa) halfway through the drill.