ADVANCED SHORT HANDED

• Starting in a two player high triangle, the ball-side defender is slightly higher, standing in the shooting lane and passing lane, with their stick up (Rotation #1).  The off-ball high defender sags until they are split between the shooter and the crease player and level with the mid-boards, with their stick in the passing lane ready to pick-off any passes to the crease. The low defender should be positioned in the passing lane, between the off-ball crease and on-ball shooter.
  

• When the ball-side shooter passes the ball to the same-side crease player, the low defender should play cat & mouse, with the off-ball high defender also ready to slide down to cover the “crease-to-crease” pass at "GLE" (Rotation #2).  If the ball gets passed back up to either shooter, the high defender on that side approaches in the shooting and passing lane, with the off-ball high defender again splitting the off-ball shooter and crease player, with the help of the low defender (Rotation #3).  Any time the ball gets swung from shooter to shooter, the low defender switches from one side of the crease to the other (Rotation #4).
  

• If the offender’s string together multiple skip passes consecutively, one of the defenders should yell “hold” in an attempt to re-establish proper positioning; preventing over-committing and confusion. 

• This defense can be very effective but requires smart defenders with quick feet.