5/16/2023 Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
8 Min	Riding 7 vs 6 Keep Away Build a 20 yard by 50 yard coned in area Have two teams, each with a goalie Have 7 guys (1 goalie) clearing the ball in the box, and have 6 riding team covering 7 Count the number of passes, keep a total count, as soon as ball is dropped, goalie out/in and other team starts with the ball
20 Min	Stations: Two Game Situation Stations 2 v 2 from x and from the top Work on two man principles: pick/role, pick/slip, seal pick, pass down/pick down 1 on 1 Cuts A drill designed to help kids cut to get open, and the covered player to catch a ball while under pressure. Put a goalie in the goal Put balls and A behind the goal Top of the box, have a defensive line and and an offensive line On whistle the top offensive guy, v cuts and attempts to get open The Attack man navigates to either side and looks to feed the cutter After the play is over rotate players
10 Min	Continuous 3v2 with Swaxlax
10 Min	Defense Slide, Recovery, Collide Drill Goal of Drill: Sliding and Recovering. Slide with a good angle, contain the dodger, call away and cover the inside 4 players and a coach in the drill Start with a coach in the middle as a crease player and 2 defensive player in the hole 3 Cones up top to show where they dodge from Line of players at the top, first guy goes without a ball or no stick (to focus on beating his man) 5th guy is playing straight up defense to try and force the guy down the alley or pick a side Inside a guy is the slide man, he is covering the coach, yells "Hot", slides under control, then calls the "away" Cover man holds the coach and then pops up when away comes Rotate to the next position. It goes dodger, defender, slider, cover man
20 Min	Rides vs Clears Walkthrough of the Clear and Rides Rides: Endline Clear: Carolina Ride - Force the over pass or the cross field pass, bump the riders to ball side zones Goalie Clear: Middies Lock, two attack press ball and next adjacent, 1 attack to the middle top of box to be able to slide quickly Clears: Terms: Boston (box side), Detroit (middle of field), Seattle (Far Side of Field) Union Clear:
30 Min	6 v 6 with Missions Coaches give up to 3 phases of missions to the players Offense example: Phase 1: Run tango, phase 2: two man game at x with timed cutting, phase 3: hawk Defense example: Phase 1: Amigo (3 man press), Phase 2: Long pole heavy on the ball, Phase 3: Double Early Goal is to throw different looks at both the offense and defense to see how they react and execute