There are many different ways to play the ball when it is behind but now we are going to talk about as the ball approaches the player to goal. The first you need to do is step and get your foot against the side of the pipe. We do not want to step outside the pipe because it does not do any good, you cover behind the goal. So we are going to step to the pipe and if need be, we can lean against the pipe. But what we do not want to do is get all scrunched up. We are going to be in our normal position. Now, as the shooter comes around, it is important that we stay on the pipe. We do not step away from the pipe. If we are going to step anywhere, we are going to step towards the shooter. But we are never going to step away from the pipe.
Here is an example what happens if you shoot away from the shooter as he comes around the goal. Shooters coming around, I am stepping away and I give him that whole side to shoot at, okay. That makes it easy for the attack when to score. Here is how to should look as the attacker comes around. Attacker is coming around. I am stepping into the pipe. I am against it. Now he shoots, now I have got my stick here and my body here to cover it up.
Now we will do what happens if the shooter comes around and drops his stick low, which should be something that shooters do not do but they obviously do that a lot. Here we go. He is coming around. I will step into the pipe, he drops his stick. I drop my stick and I can cover up. We will try out more time. When he drops his stick, he really eliminates his options. He can only shoot low. So here we go. We will try out again. Step into the pipe, he drops his stick, I drop my stick, so I matched it right there. But the key is I am stepping to the pipe.
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