6/10/2017 - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
10 Min	Line Drills Righty outside with a shallow arc Lefty outside with a shallow arc Ground balls righty Ground balls lefty Rightly inside quick sticks Lefty inside quick sticks
10 Min	Dragon 4v3 A good before game warmup Line the midfield at the top of the field in 3 lines 3 Middies, 1 drops in to play defense 2 Attack and 2 Def lines to the side of the goal Goalie in Net 15 seconds to score or drill over
5 Min	Water
10 Min	1 on 1 Ground Ball - Pass Pass Shoot Drill This drill mimics the need to make a pass quickly after successfully scooping up a ground ball. 2 players, a coach, and a goalie are required 2 players line up at the top of the box and the coach gently rolls out a ball The 2 players fight for the ball, the first person to get it passes to the coach on the sideline, and then breaks to the goal to catch a pass (give and go) Upon receiving the pass, the player attempts to score The player that does not get the ground ball, plays defense
10 Min	Spider Drill http://laxpower.com/laxnews/news.php?story=51130 The goal of this drill is to get a ground ball and transition to either offense or defense through the concept of "ground ball - pass - pass". Divide your attack and defense with different colors Split your middies between the two colors Put a goalie in the net Have two lines of kids behind the goal at the end line Coach should be at the restraining line with the balls (top of the box) Coach calls out a combination of players example: "Three O, two D" or "four O, Five D" Coach rolls out a ground ball and the players compete for possession If the offense players gain possession, they play to the cage If the defense players gain possession, they clear to the midfield line (even if man down) Coach calls out next players as the ball hits the restraining line Focus on "ground ball - pass - pass" every time the offense gains possession of the ball. Have the guy scooping up the ball run to open space to make a pass
10 Min	Defensive Lock Down 3 Man Press (ball-1-2 press) Show kids how to do the 3 man press against a 2-3-1 and 3-2-1 Kids should continue to call out numbers, all 1's lock on their man and run hip to hip Have a shadow offense work with the defense
5 Min	Water
20 Min	6 on 6
10 Min	Water
10 Min	West Genny or John Hopkins