Screen and Slip
Off-Ball Movement
Legend
- player
- defender
- coach / parent
- ball
How it works
Set a legal off-ball screen and then slip to the open space when the defender cheats around the screen.
What you need
- lacrosse stick
- lacrosse ball
- cones
- goal
Your focus
Screens and slips are advanced off-ball movement concepts that create high-percentage shots. Training both the screener and the cutter in a single drill builds the two-player chemistry that makes this action dangerous.
Screener sets a legal screen (stationary, legal position) on the defender guarding the cutter.
Cutter uses the screen to get open.
Screener reads the defender: if defender goes over the screen, screener slips to the open space.
Ball carrier delivers to either the cutter or the screener based on the read. Run 8 reps.
Goal
You're there when the slip to open space creates a clear passing lane, screen set, defender committed, ball delivered before the defense adjusts.
Helpful cues
- Screen must be stationary, don't move into the defender
- Slip hard when you see the defender cheat over the top of your screen
- Ball carrier: read the first open player, then deliver, don't hold the ball
Adjust the challenge
Make it easier
Strip it back
No ball; cutter and screener walk through the movement pattern only.
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Add the next challenge
Second defender helps on the slip; screener must choose to slip or re-screen.No account needed
Build a practice plan
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