Defense: Slide from the Crease

This video demonstrates how to slide from the crease in an odd-man situation:

• The video shows how to defend against a midfield
  dodge, but the concept is the same from behind;

• Defense rotates to the ball;

• The defenseman farthest from the ball must cover 2 players.

1. The key to success is communicating a 2nd slide to
   back-up the crease defenseman;
2. When executed properly, this slide package forces
   the offense to make a difficult skip pass through traffic to hit the open
   man;
3. Off-ball defense must keep their sticks up, ready to
   pick off a skip pass;
4. Everyone must fire in and out quickly on a piston.