Canada's clinic vs. El Salvador shows promise of new pace-and-space offence - Sportsnet.ca

But as good as this tweak to Canada’s offence has been for its guards, this was a team that reached No. 4 in the world mainly on the back of its talented bigs who primarily ply their trade on the low block. And it’s been a harder adjustment for some of them.

“At times, it’s hard to find where I fit in this offence because it is, at the moment, I know this is going to change, but it is very guard-dominated,” said veteran Canadian forward Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe. “So it’s just finding the areas where I can score, where I can get the ball. And it’s a similar situation for Miranda , Kayla , Laeticia . So we’re just learning, just finding where we fit into this offence and how we can be effective.

This is an issue that Thomaidis and her staff are well aware of and have been trying to find the equilibrium between playing more up-tempo and finding looks down low. “We’re really trying to find a balance between playing with pace, yet still getting some touches with our forwards,” Thomaidis said. “I think we can sometimes get lulled into this dribble drive and the ball not getting inside, but we really need to make sure that we are getting some touches inside. We have some great athletes that can score from there and score in a one-on-one situation. And so it’s finding that right balance right now.

So, for as dominant as Canada was against El Salvador on Monday, they are still very much a work in progress, and likely will continue to be even after the AmeriCup right up until the ball tips off in Tokyo at the Olympics.

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