Due Date: December 3, 2023
Points: 10 Questions – 10 Points

Assignment #4 – Defense

For this assignment, parents, please help watch the video below and answer the following questions (typed directly into the box below, answered as a video or take a photo of handwritten answers):

  1. What is the difference between ON ball and OFF ball defense?
  2. What are the ABCD’s of on-ball defense?
  3. Where is the “Strike Zone”, the area that you should put the head of your stick on the ball-carrier?
  4. What do you like about the defender at 7:10 in the video?
  5. At 7:33 in the video, the midfielder is using a “Top Side Approach”.  What is this and where do your feet face?
  6. At 8:00 the defender throws 6 check attempts, what types are they?
  7. What does it mean to “Close the Gate”?
  8. What does “V to See” mean?
  9. At 11:54 why does the off-ball defender spin around?
  10. At 12:33 what does the on-ball defender do to get into position?

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