Zone defense at this age serves no purpose other than to win. It does nothing for their development.
True, because they will never play a zone defense as they advance through high school and into college. If they are playing the ball in their zone, communicating and recovering away from the ball, how is this hampering their development.
Clearly a comment from someone who knows nothing about lacrosse.
I have coached and ran a zone defense with both younger teams and less skilled teams. A zone defense does more not less to develop skills that will translate in HS and beyond. The type of defensive look is also determined by what the offense is running. If you do not like what the defense is doing....beat them.
