BEGINNER SET PLAYS

1A. Pass Low - "Pick Shooter - Bench Side" ("Sneak") 

• Note:  This is the set-play used most often during a delayed penalty situation or as a "sneak" play.  During a "sneak," the crease player on the bench-side needs to run hard to the bench as the play is developing, in order to get the goalie back onto the floor.

• The goalie gets pulled and the ball is passed to the far-side away from the bench (eventually getting it low), with all players occupying their respective defender.

• The extra attacker comes off the bench out of the offensive door, on their proper floor-side, and cuts through the middle.  The ball carrier on the far-side reads the defense and passes to the cutter if they are "naked," otherwise the cutter stops in the middle and picks east-west for the same-handed shooter.

• If the middle defender closes the gap on the shooter (Option #1), the passer also has the option of the "roller" (Option #2) or the point player, who finds a soft spot at the top (Option #3).  

1B. Pass Low - "Seal Shooter - Off-Ball"

• The point player passes to the opposite-handed shooter, who passes to the same-side crease player ("getting it low"), which triggers the play.

• The ball carrier carries it up to the mid-boards, while the player in the middle sets a pick on the off-ball crease defender and "rolls" to the net (Option #1).  

• If this player is covered, the off-ball crease player should be open at the mid-board soft spot (Option #2), otherwise the off-ball point player also seals the off-ball high defender and the shooter fills into the point position (Option #3).