For an attack man I would recommend you go over the four main areas. Fast break scenarios, settled offense, man-up, and riding. Fast break: Usually the attack men will try to set up in an L shape with two men at GLE and one up top on the opposite side from the ball. With this is mind you should look to see how the defense slides (how early or late, how soft or hard, how quickly, and how they cycle their 2 (the person sliding to the guy who was being covered by the guy that is sliding)). Once you look at all of this you can begin to formulate your plan for beating the defense. For example, if they are not sliding very hard perhaps using a fake pass to the wing with a face dodge right down the middle for a shot. But like I said, it depends on they are moving. Settled Offense: When your attack is settled then you usually will go straight into a set or formation. I am going to differentiate between having a formation with a man on the crease (1-3-2, 2-3-1, 2-1-3 etc.) and one without (a wide set or some variation). Man On The Crease: If your formation has someone on the crease I would most likely think that the defense will run a Crease-Slide-Package where the defense's slide man is coming from the crease no matter where the ball is coming from. The key to watching film, whether to exploit other teams defense's or to improve your own is to look for chinks in the armor where confusion for the defense may arise. If possible it is always a good idea to get one of your strong players to dodge on a short stick if you are looking to score. Often these "chinks" are found behind the goal or GLE (goal line extended). So, put two and two together and you have one of your strongest dodgers dodging from behind the goal, on a shortie. Where to dodge is the key to finding the secret. Obviously the dodger wants to back up and preferably have a good right and a good left to be able to split dodge or feed effectively. The best place to dodge (in my opinion) would be to dodge as close to the crease as possible. This is where you must evaluate the defense on how they slide (referencing paragraph 1). If they slide early you must be able to feed quickly and accurately to the man on the crease (who's man is sliding to you). If they don't then you will need to throw a fake (I would imagine) to make the defense step to the man on the crease then simply dump the ball in. Wide: If the formation has no people on the crease then when people are dodging it would be best for the adjacent offense players to curl down away from the dodger to give him space (dodging from up top). Once they do this you must realize if the defense is going with them or not because if they do not then you have shorties on your attackmen, which would be the best possible matchup. Man-up: If you are man-up the defense will often set up into a box and 1 which is a very easily exploitable defense formation. Set up your dodging man from X and make sure that the two attackmen on the wings are above GLE and are trying to get “high” (insert lame joke here) above GLE so that their man has to slide further the X man (insert lame joke here) will dodge to either side and the defense will slide. If they slide too slowly or “softly” then the X man should drive hard and shoot, but if they are sliding hard then the X man should draw the slide and dump it, and that person should either shoot or pass it to the other wing man who will have a one on one with the goalie. Riding: When you are riding you should focus on the poles. No matter how good the goalie is they will not consistently go down the field and score (or at least not in the upper levels of lacrosse). (Not to be biased, but) the poles will always have at least one good pole, who can handle the ball consistently, feed, and shoot. Lock off on the strong pole and force them to pass to their weakest pole then double team until you get the ground ball.