BEGINNER SET PLAYS

1. Delay ("Bench Seal")

• Run mostly when an offense has the “short change” (usually in the 2nd period), a “delay” is where the fourth player (see bench order) off of the bench deceptively seals their check, leaving the fifth player open to receive a pass for a screen shot (Option #1). 

• Usually the player setting the seal at the shooter position is a big physical player, able to drive their check backwards with their body momentum.
  

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  Both players should be on their proper floor sides, and the fifth player off of the bench should be one of the team’s premiere shooters (play makers).  

  The pass can come from any player on the far-side.  If the seal doesn't work, the pass should still be made to the 5th player and the second option is another pass to the far-side crease player for a quick stick shot (Option #2)
  

• Note:  This play can be run at any time in theory, whenever the ball is on the weak-side.

2A. Isolation-Play ("Iso")  

• An "iso" is an attempt to isolate a team's best offensive player (playmaker), against a mediocre defender.  For this play, four offensive players “overload” one side of the floor, leaving one player on the opposite side with plenty of space to try a one-on-one move towards the net. 

• The weak-side starts with an empty crease set-up and all other players starting spread.  The high offensive player passes to the low player at the mid-board (as shown in diagram), or crease position (not shown in diagram), fakes a cut to the net for a give-and-go, but instead sets a cross pick on the far-side high defender.

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  • While this is happening the low offensive player attempts to beat their check 1-on-1 (Option #1).  If they are unable to generate a quality shot, the second option is to pass to the far-side high player coming overtop of the pick (Option #2), or any other players who attack the net on the back-side of the play after the 1-on-1 attempt.