High school student Charlotte de Vries competes in soccer and field hockey in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Passionate about teaching, Charlotte de Vries instructs children on the basics of field hockey and donates a percentage of her earnings to charity.
One of the core field hockey strategies is triangle passing, which allows teammates to maintain possession of the ball as they move it upfield. The player with the ball and two other teammates form a 90-degree plane.
This opens passing opportunities in two widely different directions, which makes it difficult for any one defender to guard against passes. Once the ball has been successfully passed to another player, teammates upfield and downfield move into positions as new points in a triangle that again has the ball handler at the crux.
In triangle formations, a quick shift to defense may be necessary or the ball may move into an unexpected position. This makes the triangle variable, ever-shifting, and not always in optimal alignment.
