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.
  

• 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 strong-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. 

• 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.