4/28/2017 - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
10 Min	Horsey Drill https://www.hoganlax.com/horsey-drill1 Take your attack and a few middies that want to play attack Make two lines at the end line behind the goal First line breaks right, turns at GLE, switches hands and passes back to the first guy in the 2nd line, who is now standing center goal. The 2nd guy, catches with the stick forward and does the same thing on the opposite side Make sure on the turn, the person dodges first then changes hands. If you are going left, you catch left hand, if going right you catch with the right hand Variation: Make 3 lines, 1 at x, 2 at either side of GLE. X guy starts with the ball drives to one side, that side GLE guy clears through, and the far side GLE gets to X where its redirected back to the topside guy clearing through.
10 Min	1v1v1 Ground Ball Transition 1v1v1 GB Transition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFBXWgeg3kc Fast paced ground ball to transition drill emphasizing "GB - Pass - Pass" Use a full field for transition play Create 3 lines of kids at the end line behind the goal and outside the box Create 2 lines of kids to be used as transition players (on the same side line of the field) First line of transition players should be in between box and the mid line Second line of transition players should be in between the box and the mid line at the other end of the field Coach stands by the 3 lines of kids and gently rolls a ball out X1, X2, X3 all fight for the ball (every man for themselves) Whoever wins passes to the first line of transitions players and that man passes to the second line of transition players Right away the two in the line that lost play again 1v1, the winner passes to the next transition Finally the guy that lost twice, does it 1v0 and passes to the next transition Each player rotates to the next line Have the last transition player come down and place the ball near the coach
5 Min	Water
15 Min	Salisbury Motion Offense to 4v3 Drill can be run as a 3v2 or 4v3, starts as a motion/transition offense drill and then morphs into a 3v2 or 4v3. http://www.laxpower.com/laxnews/news.php?story=42743 Get 4 offensive players and 3 defensive players Setup in a loose triangle if 3v2 or a loose square in a 4v3 Have the top right guy with the ball run down the alley with a defender mirroring him The player with the ball pops out and makes a pass back to the next player rotating to his position The 2 lower players rotate and be ready for the 4v3 or 3v2
5 Min	Water
15 Min	1 v 1's or 2 on 2's top and bottom
5 Min	Water
20 Min	Fireball Start with one goal and a goalie. Divide the remaining players into two "teams". Place the teams on opposite sides of the field about 30 yards apart at the restraining line. Use cones to identify where the players should stand. Players should line the field from the mid line to X Give each player on each team a number: 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. Now you're ready to start your game. Call out some numbers: "1,4,5". You can use any combination of numbers to achieve 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, etc. After calling out the numbers roll out a ball and blow the whistle. To gain possession a team must win the ground ball and pass to one of the non active players on the sideline. This is the "ground ball" phase of the drill. Now that you've established an offense (ground ball winner) and defense, the coach makes a pass to the offense. The offensive players must cut to get open. The defense must "mark up" in a man-to-man defense. Now it's just a normal scrimmage. The possession ends with either: (1) a goal, (2) a goalie save, or (3) a defensive clear back to the coach. Keep score to make it competitive for the two "teams".
15 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