9/20/2020 - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching Fast and Competitive Positive only
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
5 Min	Water
10 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
5 Min	Water
10 Min	Clear to a slow break 1 goalie, 1 defender, 1 middie, 3 attack Goalie clears to a defender Defender to middie, run the wing Middie to attack, attack to x to other side
5 Min	Water
10 Min	From Midfield - Split Dodge to Rollback https://youtu.be/4pQa9j9MaEE?t=53 For a righty, spit dodge down the Alley to the left, rollback to the right and shoot hard to stop a re-dodge Dodge with your weak hand rollback to the middle with your strong hand Plant that outside foot for the quick rollback Examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD4vyMivraw
10 Min	Defensive approaches How to hold stick Footwork on approach Goals of the approach for short stick and long sticks Both sides, cones at top of box and alley, then 45 degree down the funnel
5 Min	Water
30 Min	Defensive Strategy 3 man Heavy Who is Hot Goalie Commands Hold Fire When Double How to double
10 Min	4 Man Ground Ball into a 3v3 This drill was invented by Paul Myers. The goal of the drill is to reward the player who wins the ground ball with the opportunity to play offense. Defensively, this drill helps players drop back to the hole quickly and to find a man to cover. Put a goalie in the net Have 4 lines of guys at equal distance around the box (one line in each corner) Have 2 additional lines of guys, one on each side of the box, in between the 4 guys fighting for the ball The coach rolls the ball out, the 4 lines battle for the ground ball. The winner of the ground ball must break out, protecting the stick and the 3 guys that lose are now on defense Upon possession, 1 guy from each of the middle lines runs out, and is on offense with the winner of the ground ball and the drill transitions into a 3v3
10 Min	Cabrini Hub Drill to 4V4 A great drill that is done in two phases. The first phase is used for defensive positioning and footwork, and offense swinging the ball around the goal. The second phase turns into a 4v4 with offensive players working on specific techniques. Put a goalie in cage, add 4 cones around the goal in a diamond shape Divide teams up with attack and some middies on one team, defense and some middies on the other. Spread these players around the field at the cones Phase 1 of the Drill - Defensive Footwork The offense looks to swing the ball around the goal, they must stay in their cone zone As the ball is passed to the offensive guy, the defender sprints towards his man applies pressure. Defenders accelerate and arrive under control, using toe to heel transition. The defender can check the hands of the offensive guy, who is pretty much locked to his zone When the ball is passed, that defender very quick moves or recovers back into the hole Defensive Coaching: Approach, Break Down, Toe to Heel weight transfer, arrive with check, recover back to the hole Phase 2 of the Drill - 4v4 with offensive techniques - Coach initiates phase 2 with a whistle blow The offensive players begin in the diamond formation and we add techniques or little rules to the play Offensive Coaching Must Begin: Invert Middies, Pass Down - Pick Down, Aggressive drive to the cage, Off Ball Pick, Isolate the short stick defender, Create picks to force short stick vs attack