Tenants of Penalty Kill

• Take away the Knowns
  • Areas of the Field: Bases, Crease
  • Personnel: Shooters, Inside Finishers, Strong Hands
• Dictate the Situation
  • Understand the Knowns
  • Identify Personnel, Strengths, Objectives of the Man-Up (i.e. 1 Player with 90% of Goals)
• Communicate: Got ‘2’
  • Allow us to Play 4v4 when Communicated, Matched up Ball-Side
  • The Best ManDown Players Cover 2 at Once
• Contest Everything
  • Down a Man, Effort must account for Extra Player
• Play through the PK Stop: +6 Seconds
  • Finish the Man-Down/PK for an Extra 6 Seconds
  • Cover up Quick when we Reset to 6v6
  • Dead-Ball: WIN THE WHISTLE
• Best Player is the Goalie
  • Force Shots we can handle in the Cage
    • 15 Yard CONTESTED Shots
  • Use your Instinct, Trust your Gut
    • TRUST IT

Stance

• GREAT STANCE: APPROACH & OFF-BALL

Approaches

• Broken Down, Crouched, Stick Out: HEAD OF Stick/Top-Side
• Approach, Stick Out, Turnà Stick into the Lane. Limit Extra Steps.

Communication

• Talk to Teammate In-Front & Behind you: Push & Pull on a Rope

Pressure on Corners

• Enough to Play & Stop the Ball
• Aware of Over-Extension on Ball Movement
• Save Energy, Save Space on Non-Threat Passers: Read Body Language

Stick Action: Sticks up: Build a Forest

• Above a 45 Degree Angle Above your Shoulder
• Match Sticks: ex) Scrape Stick into ThrowBack Lane

“I’ve got 2, Split 2”: In certain scenarios, you can dictate where the Ball Goes

• If choosing between Low & High, Take away the Knowns (Low/Base) and Funnel Pass to Higher Player.

Scenarios

Roll-off Throwback to X: Stay at GLE

Carry from Behind: Who stops th Ball?

• Original Ball Stopper Carry with Across Front of Cage or Behind Pressure

Passer from Behind, at X: Why do we play and Pressure the Ball Behind?

• Limit 2 Guys Playing 1 Behind the Goal
• Gives us Direction and Flow of our Defense behind the Ball-Stopper
• When Scouting: When we know Direction they want to Go with the Ball from X, we will push them away from that Direction.

2-Men Behind

• Sit on the Pipes, Let them Throw Back and Forth
• OPTION: Could JUMP/RAPTOR on 2-men Behind Throwback

“Don’t Be a Robot”: Read the Situation, Understand Tendencies of Opponent, React and Move Quickly as a Unit