2-3-1 Triangle motion

There are many versions of the motion offense.  Many coaches like to put it in terms of 2 triangles.  This helps create a clear divide between the midfielders and attack.  It can confuse the slides for the defense while creating a balanced attack and giving you multiple options. Once you learn the foundation of the motion offense, with a little practice and creativity, it will start to appear that your team has a massive playbook when in reality they are just following a few basic principles.  At the core of this offense is the concept of maintaining space.

Here are the basics:
- 2 triangles function as a unit
- when the ball passes from one triangle to another, the triangle from where the ball came from rotates towards the ball
- When a dodger runs with the ball his triangle maintains the same spacing
- When a dodger runs with the ball the opposite triangle rotates towards the ball.
- You can use all 3 of these roationts or just 1, whichever is the best for your team.

Things to look for in my experience running this:
- When a midfielder dodges down the alley and he rolls back, the player he is  passing to will be wide open because he was originally in the crease and therefore there is a good chance that his man slid to the ball.
- When you are man up and the midfield passes down to the attack, that attackemn should be a skilled feeder because all 3 of the middies rotating could be open due to the rotation through the zone.
- When dodging from X the player coming across in the triangle tends to be open for the back door cut more often than not.