10/08/2017 - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching Paul to stay and play goalie Bring faceoff stick
30 Min	Face Off Clinic with Jake Mullins
5 Min	Water
15 Min	Face Off into a 4v4 or 5v4 The goal with this drill is to get a lot of reps from faceoffs and wing play Make this drill competitive and keep score Divide your kids equally into different colors, with attack, middies, and defense spread across both teams Move your goals in for a shorter field and put 2 goalies in cage Have 1 defense man and 1 attack man at each end of the field Have 3 midfielders from each team at the midfield line Do a faceoff whoever gains position takes the ball down and tries to score, if they don't score the opposite team has one chance to clear it. If after the clear there is no goal, then we re-face off A variation is to add two attack per team so after the faceoff it turns into a 5v4 instead of 4v4
5 Min	Water
10 Min	Face-Off to Fastbreak Put a goalie in the net and 3 attack and 3 defense Have your middies at the midline in two lines on opposite sides of the field 4 middies are in the drill at once. Two middies face off, the middie line on their butt end side is on their team We do the face off, the face off guys, look to pop the ball out to a wing guy, the wing guy that wins it goes down for a fast break, the other players are out of the game play Keep score on each side of the midfield Alternatives: Have a chaser middie after 2-3 seconds and have the face-off middie go mono vs mono
5 Min	Water
10 Min	Clearing Stations Split kids into these 3 groups: Attack, Middie, Defense Defense Group with 1 goalie Have 3 defense cluster in front of the goal Goalie with the ball yells clear, 2 defense go to the side at GLE, 1 goes top right Goalie passes to one at GLE, that D passes to the other GLE D, and then passes to the D near the mid line Rotate all Defense in Midfield Group with 1 goalie location at the midline Two midfield stand about 10 yards apart passing to each other Goalie yells clear and they pass to the goalie Both middies banana cut out and goalie passes to one. The other Middie takes off down field, banana cutting to receive a pass from the first Middie Attack Group 3 Attack take the field 2 attack stay near the midline and 1 attack is halfway to goal from the midline Coach passes the ball to one of the top attack, the attack closest to goal runs to X The other high attack takes off down the field looking for a pass. Takes the pass and either shoots or passes to the guy at X X attack goes around goal and looks for attack that made the pass driving to goal Original attack breaks to goal looking for a pass and goes to X, attack adjust to 2 GLE and 1 at x
5 Min	Water
10 Min	Mule Drill http://www.laxcoachmike.com/fullmembers/2015/08/article-the-mule-drill-pfeiffer/ This is a 4v4 drill which incorporates GB, 4v4, and Lock Off Drill Put a goalie in cage Divide kids evenly into two different colors Place 1 of each color at the 4 corners Roll a ball and a 1v1 GB happens, whoever wins the GB is on offense The 3 off ball defense "lock on" their man. This forces the 3 other offensive players to work hard at getting open Each of the 4 offensive players must touch the ball before going to cage Offense must look to set picks and work together to get open Make it competitive, offense gets 2 points for scoring, defense gets 1 for stopping play
5 Min	Water
15 Min	Half Naz Shooting Drill Half Naz Shooting Drill Create 3 lines of kids 1 Line outside of the top of the box 1 Line midway between goal and top of box 1 Line behind the goal on the same side of the field as the other 2 lines Balls should be at the top and side lines Top line, passes to the behind the goal line, that player runs behind x and passes to the guy that fed him Side Line, then passes to the attack coming around X and he quick stick shoots Players rotate from bottom to top
10 Min	John Hopkins 3v2 Challenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivm2d55bOY8 Great competition drill that teaches soft hands on offense and quick ball movement. Have the kids split up with dark vs light Have each team run for 5 minutes in offense and defense and keep track of who wins Setup 5 cones around the goal, the cones are in a star pattern with the top of the star at the top of the goal about 10 yards away Have the defense on the back 2 cones behind the net Have the offense on the top 3 cones Place a goalie in the net and use tennis balls Coach throws a ball to an offensive player and it turns into a 3v2 Defense has to adjust to the man and talk to stop the ball from going in the net The losing team has to do extra pushups or sprints
5 Min	Sprints