9/2/2021 - Practice

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
5 min	Warmup jog three times around the field
10 Min	Over the Shoulder Passing
7 Min	Keep Away 3 v 4 or 5 v 6 Passing - Be Comfortable with Panic Setup out of bounds 3 Offensive guys vs 4 defense guys passing Use the cage as help
10 Min	Bucket 1 on 1 Drill This drill teaches a defender how to properly push their man out of the shooting zone Defense drop their sticks and use stubs or no sticks Place a ball bucket on the field Have an offensive and defensive line Offense line starts with the ball about 5-10 yards from the bucket Defense must use their feet and push the offensive guy out of the zone Offense scores by getting the ball into the bucket Back to Goal turn and save
10 Min	Tap The Hat A good 1v1 or up to 3v3 drill to teach a kid how to approach a running offensive player. You put a cone in the middle of the box Put a line of kids at the top of the box Put a line behind the cage The person behind the cage throws the ball to the player at the top of the box The person who threw the ball goes and plays defense on the person he just threw the ball to, but first he must tap the hat (cone) You can make this 1v1 to start and move it to 3v3 Blind Reaction off the Wall Goalie stands facing wall Shoot Tennis Ball Rapid Fire Shooting Line up 20 balls 10-15 yards from cage Shooter shoots, goalie saves and throws to the side, the shooter shoots as quickly as they can Goalie should return to a good stance as quickly as possible
10 Min	Stacked Sliding Drill Teaching kids defensive slide sets is important but difficult to implement in a game due to the chaos. An important principle for defenders to learn is how to slide and recover. 4 offensive players in the four corners Put a goalie in cage and put 3 defenders stacked in a straight lin in the middle of from the crease Assign a number 1,2,3 to each of the defenders or call out their names The offense should move the ball, keep spacing, and shoot only off a pass across the crease or skip pass The defense will have to come out and slide to the ball and recover. The coach calls a number 1,2,3 and the designated player with that number is the player who must make the slide and recover As the ball is passed, a coach calls another different number and the assigned player slides aggressively to the ball. The first defender recovers to the inside hole, stick to the inside and in the passing lane, with head up looking for the next dangerous guy
15 Min	4 v 4 Escalation
20 Min	Crossfire Passing
20 Min	6 v 6