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Message: [QUOTE="PhatOrange, post: 4191675, member: 229"] Saw this thread while posting my job opening ad. You ask an interesting question. For those of us who like to talk shop I think this is a cool thread. I'm always looking for new ideas. To your question, run it in practice and see what happens. It's a bit hard for me to picture but I'm picturing everyone on one side of the center line or z-line as we call it. I'd think that would be too congested and don't ultimately see a benefit. I think you're better off with the balance even if there's no lefties. That said you need innovation and changes to fit your personnel. Cusealum87 mentions the Canadian boxers making it work. A couple of years ago while coaching a 6th grade club team as we gave up like 5 man-down goals I wondered why everyone runs a standard 2 high, 3 low man-down at that level, myself included, since the man-up is always a standard 3-3 that begs easy step down shots. So I flipped it. I ran 3 high and 2 low and just pinched the two close long poles to the crease. It worked (just as Army's worked against SU lol). But the 3 offensive mids up top now had a defender over them, and at that level no one knew what to do and kids don't complete too many passes in a row before the ball is on the ground. Even the high end team that could run a wheel struggled with it. I don't think I did anything innovative but at that level everyone runs standard stuff, you can really gain an advantage when you flip the standard script. Not having at least 1 lefty is a conundrum for sure but at a minimum have some kids learn their left enough to set up their right. I find you can get away with not passing with the weak hand, it really only limits you in two areas; dodging left from X and dodging left from midfield But big picture it's kids who can't catch with the weak hand or dodge w/the weak hand that hurts the most. If they can at least cradle left and change hands back to the right on a split or roll that'll help the overall offense. I always tell kids to at least learn your left enough to set up your right. [/QUOTE]

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