9/27/2020 - 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	Crossfire Passing A good drill to reinforce two passes and 2 man game Create a square about 15 yards by 15 yards Have 4 kids per team for a total of 8 players For each team, put 2 guys on the outside and 2 guys in the inside The outside guys are on opposite sides of the square and cannot go inside the square The inside guys are free to roam in the middle area Start with the ball on the outside, make a pass or two into the middle and then to the other side If through the middle and out the other side, you gain one point If the ball is loose in the middle players fight for the ball If the ball rolls out, it starts with the team on the line where the ball goes out Try to string together multiple points
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
5 Min	Defensive Strategy Talk 3 man Heavy Who is Hot Goalie Commands Hold Fire When Double How to double
10 Min	Defensive approaches 6 v 6 Offense moves the ball, defense adjusting to 3 man Call Heavy
5 Min	Water
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
10 Min	Sled pull and job