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This is another type of stance, that sometimes face-off men use, to mix up their style of face-offs. This stance used to dominate the game, however after the recent rule changes, the knee down stance has become more dominant. However, the standing up stance is starting to make its way back into the game, and coming more common. This is because now that everyone is becoming so used to the knee down stance, standing up catches people off guard, and sneaks the ball out sometimes. This stance, is a bit more complicated because of the foot placement and your butt placement. Like in the photo above your right roof should be angled towards the ball, but not any further past the plastic of your head because that is in the neutral zone. Your left foot should be somewhat angled towards the ball and about where your butt end of your stick is. Your butt should be not too high in the air, and your knees should be bent. Your elbows should be inside both of your knees. Your right hand should be in the underhand grip, unlike the photo and the last stance. This is because the primary move of this stance is to sweep and rake the ball out quickly. This stance is great for stopping a fast break and creating a 50/50 loose ball and tie up a man who is quicker than you

Check this out for more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM0y27biYmo

Now that you know a little about what the face-off man does, and what his primary goals are, let me start to explain and break down a basic stance. This stance is called the knee down stance, for obvious reasons. Here, your right knee should be on the ground angled towards the ball, not straight forward towards your shaft. Your left foot should be even with about the butt end of your stick. Here is a photo of what it should look like.

Now, your hand placement should be what is known as motorcycle or “moto” grip. This is because you grip the shaft like you would drive a motorcycle. Your right hand should be as close to the plastic of the head, but not touching the plastic because that is illegal. The left hand should be about shoulders width, down the shaft, not too close or too far down the shaft. This is because when rotating in a 50/50 battle, this gives you the perfect quickness and strength to win the battle. This is by far the most common and dominant stance in todays game. I would definitely, recommend getting very familiar with this stance if you trying to learn to face-off.

Also watch this if you are interested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM0y27biYmo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face-off