Just watching the Capital-Leaf game and this is what I see Washington doing. On the pk teams have the first three in the corner and the extra F near the dot where D2 is.
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T4 Swarming in the Defensive Zone
Key Point:
When the puck is loose in the defensive zone along the boards or in the corner the defenders collapse and outnumbe the attackers by swarming.
Description:
Defense Swarm when the offensive player is facing the boards.
Puck at the half-boards
- F1 the low forward plays the puck carrier.
- D1 cover support player.
- F3 slide down along boards to get loose puck.
- D2 support from near the dot.
- F3 has net and mid point coverage.
Puck in the corner.
- D1 play the puck carrier and F1 support and
- D2-F2-F3 have the same coverage.
Ottawa - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqgV1lQSqWA
Phoenix - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ5K9wqoihk
Washington - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AGxbzYlNg0
U of Wisconsin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxXavoQBT_M
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Yeh!! I just checked the site stats and we just passed 11 million hits.
Have always been a fan of the DZ Overload. Because I was a poor player when there was pressure on me and no place to go, the belief is that others may get jittery too. At tomorrow nights Womens Clinic we are going to utilize this concept. One if the main points will be to prevent the pressured player from being able to make a hard wrap around. If they have that option they are highly likely to take it and then we just wind up reverting back to 'home plate D'. The other thing to consider is having the weak side player move into a good break out position should we gain possession.
I would love to hear from others about their experience with DZ Swarming and plan to share what the clinic women's group felt about this.