2/20/2017 - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
25 Min	Player Introductions Names on Helmets Coaches Introduction Coaches Expectations If you come with the right attitude every practice, we will make you better No messing around, take practice seriously and you will earn fun No shooting balls when someone is in the net, we don't want unncessary injuries Pass to the open man This is rec lacrosse, goal is for everyone to work on all areas of their lacrosse game We will practice with both hands, really make an effort to use both hands About the Kids Ask How Many Kids have never played before Ask kid to say their name and their favorite sports team
5 Min	Active Stretching
10 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	Round Up A great drill that allows for many touches with ground balls and provides a competitive relay race for kids. Divide kids into 4 equal groups Place 4 cones at equal distance away from a center point At the center point, drop all your balls, 20+ balls recommended Have your kids line up on the 4 cones Blow the whistle and the kids run into middle to get ground balls and run back to their starting cone When the player scooping the ball returns past the cone, the next player goes Any ball racked, must be dropped, players can only scoop up one ball at a time Note: Variation is to have coaches in the middle checking kids sticks
5 Min	Water
10 Min	Defense Funnel Drill Teach the kids how to properly backpedal, not to over commit, push the hips Setup 2 sets of cones about 2 feet apart One set of cones is halfway from the box to the goal going from the middle of the field diagonally down to GLE The other set of cones starts about 5 feet from GLE and goes diagonally out towards the alley Have 2 lines one behind the goal the other at mid line 2 players go out, defense backpedals until hitting the cones and then pushes their man's hips funneling them out of scoring position
20 Min	2 on 2 top and bottom
20 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