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Mount Ida College Located in Newton, MA. 5 miles outside of Boston. Division III Lacrosse Program 6x North Atlantic Conference Champions 3 NCAA tournament appearances Moving to GNAC (Great North Atlantic Conference) in 2011 2010 NCAA Statistical Champion: Man Down Defense - .907

Man Down Defense Why is it important? Last year Mount Ida had 107 penalties totaling 90 minutes of penalty time. We played a total of 19 games totaling 1140 minutes of lacrosse 12.6% of the season was spent man down

Man Down Defense Man Down Defense/Special Teams will make or break your team Could be the difference between a win or a loss When successful can be a momentum swing for your team Need to invest time into developing your MDD as you do your offense and regular defense. Personnel Strategy Practice

Man Down Personnel Find the right players for the job Don’t let their “position” get in the way Attributes of a good MDD player Fast Aggressive but controlled Fearless Experienced and quick thinker

Man Down Personnel Attributes of a good MDD player (cont.) Long Good and quick hands Good stick skills Develop back-up players for your MDD unit

Man Down Strategy Hold ‘em vs. Bring It On Your personnel and your opponent’s skill will ultimately determine your strategy. Develop both and look for opportunities to turn your disadvantage into an advantage Play to your strengths Exploit opponents weakness

Regular Basic Man Down Set – Box and 1 Effective against 3-3, 1-3-2, Wheel Four poles on perimeter, zone, sticks to the inside defending passing lanes Defensive midfielder locked on crease Defense rotates opposite ball on skip pass Weak side defender helps crease/cutters

Regular

Regular

Diamond Basic Man Down Set – Diamond Effective against the 1-4-1 3 poles on perimeter. Defensive midfielder and 4th pole on crease. Engage from crease on drive from “X” Topside pole sloughs in to help on crease

Diamond

Spartan Basic Man Down Set - Spartan Effective against 3-3 3 pole front across top, defensive midfielder bottom left and 4th pole bottom right. Weak-side defenders help backside when ball is on the wing or at “X.”

Spartan

Alcatraz Advanced Man Down Set – Alcatraz Shutoff best player/biggest EMO threat Defensive midfielder locks on target 4 poles in tight box zone

Alcatraz

Australia Advanced Man Down Set – Australia Box and 1 set When ball goes to “X,” left or right defender will pressure ball Top-side defenders help

Australia

Bingo Bingo can be used in in basic man down set or Diamond Jumping the pass before EMO gets settled/comfortable Signal is sent in from bench or with defensive midfielder to jump the pass on the 1st, 2nd or 3rd pass. Defender jumping the pass must press out hard and get stick on hands. Put the ball on the ground. Must be able to recover

Bingo

Bingo

Chris Widelo, Associate Head Coach Questions Contact Information: Andrew Fink, Head Coach aefink@mountida.edu (617) 928-4731 Chris Widelo, Associate Head Coach cwidelo@mountida.edu