4v4 Y drill

The goal for the defense to practice how to slide and recover efficiently.
The offense should be learning how to draw a slide and move the ball quickly looking for a shot. 

• 4V4 with  two players up top, a player in the crease, and a player behind. Thus the “Y”.

• You could also run this with two behind, one in the crease, and one up top, and start the ball up top

• The ball starts with the player that is isolated up top or at the bottom

• We want the player to drive hard and necessitate a slide.

• Ideally you have a mismatch in favor of the offense starting with the ball in order to force the defense to slide.

• This should be very quick, Dodge hard, pass, pass shoot, done and ready to start again.

• The drill ends when the ball hits the ground

  • If you want to work on clears the drill can end after the defense makes picks up the ball and makes one pass

  
  
  Reason coaches work on 4V4 in some variation:

• It allows the player's room to see the field and their options better and gives them space to work offensively. 

• Even though we might only have four players on offense we can still emulate offensive sets and strategies with just the four offensive players, making the drill more game-like.

• Defensively, in 6V6 you can have a first and second slide and still have two defensive players with no immediate obligation. In running a 4V4 drill every player on defense must clearly communicate their role.  Ie… Hot, second, right, left etc….

• The slides are a little farther challenging the defense to make quicker decisions.