10/01/2017 - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
10 Min	Warmup Keep Away Build an area with cones about the size of the top of the box to the mid line Have 6 defenders and 5 offense Offense keeps the ball away without going out of bounds If ball turns over, subtract a defender and add an offense Variation: If ball touches ground, turnover
5 Min	Water
10 Min	Fumble Ground Ball Drill This drill is a 2v2 that works on ball/man teamwork on ground balls, and helps offensive players to circle back or get to green space to make a quick pass to his teammate. Start with two lines of guys in two different colors Coach gently rolls out a ball and a 2v2 battle for the ball As a player gains possession of the ball he is immediately jumped and double teamed by the two opposite players This forces the ball carrier to run out of pressure through circling back or running to green space The player then looks to pass to his teammate
5 Min	Water
10 Min	Stations: Attack & Defense Plays and Midfield Split Dodge Towards Goal Station 1 - Tim/Mark/Matt - Attack vs Defense Plays Station 2 - Dave - Midfield Split Dodge shooting towards goal Midfield Split Dodge The split dodge may be the most important dodge for a midfielder Dodging with both the left and right hand is important We dodge to the goal in a north/south fashion and not east/west Kids dodge from both sides of the alleys to the goal and shoot Player can redirect out and look to pass to the coach if doubled (coach yells out "doubled")
5 Min	Water
15 Min	Man Up & Man Down Station 1: Man Up Team - Dave and Tim Man Up Team: Attack: Ty, Sam, Marcus, Sully C. Middie: Harrison, Dax, Brower, Sully R Team learns the man up play Station 2: Man Down Team - Matt and Mark Team learns man down Slide and recover, sticks up in the passing lanes Man Down: Defense + Brown, Bennett
5 Min	Water
15 Min	Man Up vs Man Down
5 Min	Water
20 Min	Cabrini Hub Drill to 4V4 A great drill that is done in two phases. The first phase is used for defensive positioning and footwork, and offense swinging the ball around the goal. The second phase turns into a 4v4 with offensive players working on specific techniques. Put a goalie in cage, add 4 cones around the goal in a diamond shape Divide teams up with attack and some middies on one team, defense and some middies on the other. Spread these players around the field at the cones Phase 1 of the Drill - Defensive Footwork The offense looks to swing the ball around the goal, they must stay in their cone zone As the ball is passed to the offensive guy, the defender sprints towards his man applies pressure. Defenders accelerate and arrive under control, using toe to heel transition. The defender can check the hands of the offensive guy, who is pretty much locked to his zone When the ball is passed, that defender very quick moves or recovers back into the hole Defensive Coaching: Approach, Break Down, Toe to Heel weight transfer, arrive with check, recover back to the hole Phase 2 of the Drill - 4v4 with offensive techniques - Coach initiates phase 2 with a whistle blow The offensive players begin in the diamond formation and we add techniques or little rules to the play Offensive Coaching Must Begin: Invert Middies, Pass Down - Pick Down, Aggressive drive to the cage, Off Ball Pick, Isolate the short stick defender, Create picks to force short stick vs attack
5 Min	Water
15 Min	Huntley Canadian Shooing Drill Canadian players catch and shoot with their inside hands. We teach kids to catch on the outside, and run down the alley with their stick to the outside for shooting. Coach Huntley has done statistical analysis to determine you have a 25% increase chance of scoring if you shoot with the inside. So if going down the right alley, catch across your helmet and shoot with the left hand. Place two lines of kids at the top of the box at the alleys Place a bunch of loose balls behind the goal on each side Put a player the right side at the 5 by 5, he feeds a guy running down the right alley with his stick in his left hand The key is to make players shoot with the hand that is inside to the alley That player shoots far side pipe, and then immediately scoops a ball from the opposite side behind the goal, curls and feeds a guy coming down the alley on the same side. Keep repeating on both sides of the alley
5 Min	Sprints