Im a little lost in your explanation but I do understand the LW Lock. The way to beat it is to go back D to D and go up the weak side.
The key to execution the LW Lock is F1. Has to take an inside out angle and prevent that D to D pass.
With an overload on one side you want to go weak side. It’s a numbers game. That’s the risk you take. But when doing the LW Lock F1 has to be disciplined and force play up the wall.
Hope that helps
Left Wing
Here is a video of a modification of the lwl that we used with college women. We are playing vs the University of Calgary here. I think Dean was an asst. coach this season and took over the next 2 years. We are blue. #10 is the left D and #5 is the lw.
http://hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20080727110408764
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Left wing lock question . I understand the principals of this FC initially . What happens if the oppositions goes d to d and tries to break out on the right side ? Does the RD pinch down ( now becoming the FC ) with LD filling his spot and the LW filling LD spot ? So now you need either C or RW to get to the blueline to fill LW spot . Or do you simply let them break out against the 3 man wall with the 2 FC forwards backchecking ( back pressure ) . Hope you understand my question .
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I play it like you said first. The LD slides over and fills for the RD who checks their LW. The C and RW checked one D each and whoever is on the puck side pursues the puck and the farthest away comes back thru the middle. The LW covers the middle point.
So the C and RW pressure the D, your LW their RW, Your RD their LW and your LD is a defensive defenseman (libero) always on the strong side.
Their are other ways to play it but I found this to work well.