5/13/2017 - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
15 Min	Triangle Passing Drill This drill is meant to be an alternative to line drills and gets many touches for kids passing and catching. Have your kids get in groups of 3 and form a triangle Make sure kids are moving their feet slightly when catching and throwing Do some of the following Pass and Catch with the outside hand, switching hands Pass all righty or lefty Push Pass Throw backs, kids starting moving in one direction and throw back to the person behind them Catch and Roll dodge Ground ball roll while rotating 3 guys in a line with quick passing
10 Min	4 Man Breakouts https://youtu.be/Nwsyjv7gKQE 1 Goalie and 4 players Goalie starts with the ball in net, 4 players circle the crease Coach blows the whistle, 4 players break out into a box Goalie passes to one, then the ball moves around the box to the guy at the opposite end GLE Next 4 guys rotate in
5 Min	Water
10 Min	Man Up & Man Down Talk Offense: Swing It and drive Defense: Box and 1, teach sliding Man Up Lineup Attack: Sam, Ty, Marcus Middie: Harrison, Dax, Luke Brower Man Down Lineup Defense: 4 long poles Middie: Gus or Luke Brown
15 Min	Man Up vs Man Down Competition Rotate defense in and a few middies Man Up Rotate a few middies Guys not in the drill Power and Finesse Line up your players at the mid line Put a bunch of balls next to the players Put a few attack about 10 yards from GLE on one side A player at the top, takes a high velocity shot from a distance of just inside the box line He then runs and takes a feed from an attack player and takes a quick stick shot in front of the crease (Either quick stick or one cradle and shot)
5 Min	Water
20 Min	Diamond 2 Man Game This drill is an on the crease two man game with two defenders. The objective of the drill is to pass the ball around the goal and make a pass to an inside guy who is cutting or picking to get open. This drill involves at least 8 players Setup 4 players in a diamond pattern around the goal (with the top player near the top of the box) Put 2 offense and 2 defenders in the crease Add a goalie The 4 diamond passing guys pass the ball around the goal, holding it for a few seconds The inside offensive guys look to set picks, do picks and rolls, and to play the 2 man game Defense is reacting to where the ball is with sticks up The outside players look to feed an inside guy (they cannot shoot the ball) Players on the inside should play for about 45 seconds then rotate (if a goal is scored outside players grab another ball) Defense should keep sticks up, check sticks, look to intercept, talk to each other
5 Min	Water
20 Min	4 on 3 fast breaks
5 Min	Water
10 Min	1 on 1's and 2 on 2's Top and Bottom
5 Min	Sprints