#2 Defensive Clearing
Key Requirements
Gear: Mouth Guard, Game Shoes, Stick, Pads (Optional)
Time: +/- 10 Minutes
Members: 5+ (1 Instructor, 2 Long Poles, 1 Goalie, 1 Middie)
Communication Points: Shouting “switch” “help” and “clear”
Get Started
- To begin, the instructor points in a direction and calls “GO.“
- The athletes slide in that direction.
- The instructor points in a different direction.
- The athletes call “Switch” then slide that direction.
- The instructor points in one last direction.
- The athletes call “Switch” then slide that direction.
- The instructor calls “Down.”
- The players hit the ground on a burpee and get back to their feet.
- The instructor takes a soft shot on the goalie, which the goalie saves and yells “Clear.”
- Both long poles curl out 5 yards above GLE toward the box lines and the middie streaks toward the box at midfield.
- The pole opposite the box calls for help, catches the pass mid-route, then looks across the field to his co-defenseman.
- Long pole #2 calls for the pass, catches it and immediately looks up at the substitution box.
- The middie streaks down from the box area, calls for and receives the pass, then turns and runs the ball toward midfield to end the drill.
