WATCH STEPH
Smith played basketball growing up in New Jersey, and that helped him understand two-man games and their variations — picks, slips, pops and more.
Matheis played hockey, but he said he watches Golden State Warriors superstar Steph Curry and looks to translate what he sees to the lacrosse field. “After reading this
article, watch box lacrosse or watch basketball. At the pro level, they pick constantly,” Matheis said. “When you watch Steph Curry play, he is always running around picks, running through picks, getting himself open that way. You can also watch pick and roll situations. That’s good to visualize.”
66 TELESCO Defeat a pick with
communication — between the guy getting picked and the guy who is covering the picker. Our Lehigh defense has different options. We can play through the pick, or switch or double. Usually, the guy who is guarding the man setting the pick (Lehigh’s Chris Appell) lets you know where you are, where the pick man is and what to do. At times, it
might make more sense for the guy that is playing on-ball to say,
“Switch.” That has to do with the situation, if it’s a short-stick or a long-stick defending or two long-sticks.
it depends on their personnel,
too, if it’s an attackman or a midfielder or two attackman. If it’s an attackman, you’re trying to stay on him as much as you can. You have to be aware where you are on the field, too. Right on goal-line extended, it’s tougher to see because you’re focused on playing your man and making sure he doesn’t have that step on you to turn the corner and get a shot.
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I didn’t see the pick man in this instance. My short-stick (Appell) knew that, because I was playing on-ball pretty hard. He decided to switch it, because I was kind of blindsided by the pick. He communicated that to me right as the pick was coming. It was a pretty easy to switch. I was able to jump on his guy right away and he was able to defend mine. For the guy covering the man setting the pick, we like to say, “A yard by a yard.” Stand a yard behind him and a yard to his outside shoulder. That way, if he does set a pick and I have to switch, it’s easier for me to match up with my new man. If the pick man is setting one up at minus-3, three yards behind the cage, and you’re looking behind the goal to the left, we would be at minus-2, two yards behind and a yard to his left shoulder. Against a slip pick, there has to be even more communication, because it looks like the guy is setting a pick and then kind of jumps out of it real quick. If we switch that, it can be confusing, because the guy that is about to get picked has to run and find the guy who slipped it, which is a bit more challenging.
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