Man-Up - “Quaker”

This Man-Up play is an effective way to get into a 3-3 with some motion to keep the defense off-balance. It starts in a 2-3-1 and moves into a 3-3 when the ball arrives to the X attackman. When your X Attackman pushes the side there are a few options available. He can:

• Move the ball forward to the wing for a shot if the defense is late to rotate

• Skip the ball through the defense to top center or back side wing if the defense collapses on the cutters

• He could even turn the corner and finish if the D is worried about the passing

Once the ball moves to the wing - if there is no shot:

• The top center guy should step into shooting space for a “one more” - step down shot

NOTES:

• You’ll want your biggest shooters on the wings: lefty on left wing and righty on the right wing (as goalie sees it)

• If the defense plays this well and and closes out on the shooters, you have morphed into a 3-3 where you can work from there for the rest of the man up opportunity or reset and run it again.

• This play works both directions so you should run it in the direction of the strong hand of your X attack so they can be feeding with their dominant hand.

• While this is being described as a play - at the higher levels, this can just be part of a scripted movement and make decisions based on your read of the man down defense that is being run.