5/6/2021 - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
5 Min	Movement (1-7 should be daily) 15-20 Yards 1) Marching with high knees (hands up) 2) Marching with high knees (arm swing) 3) High Knee Skips 4) Lateral High Knee Skips 5) Side Shuffle w/Overhead reach 6) Carioca 7) Back Pedal
10 Min	Challenge: Play to the whistle
10 Min	Star Drill
10 Min	North/South East/West Passing and Shooting Start in 14 balls on top and bottom, feed middle Morph into open and sides dodge
10 Min	No Second Chances Ground Balls Often times a player gets a first chance at a ground ball while unchallenged, but they often fail to field it cleanly and that is when the crowd joins in. Partner up with one ball, a chaser and receiver Coach rolls out the ball, receiver runs for it, chaser chases after 1 second The receiver does not look back, he runs straight for the ball Chaser attempts to poke or lift check the receiver when he is scooping The receiver has to adjust his body to protect the back hand The receiver runs to daylight and passes back to coach If the chaser successfully disrupts the scoop he should box out and flick the ball to open space and then get the ground ball
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
10 Min	Stacked Sliding Drill Teaching kids defensive slide sets is important but difficult to implement in a game due to the chaos. An important principle for defenders to learn is how to slide and recover. 4 offensive players in the four corners Put a goalie in cage and put 3 defenders stacked in a straight lin in the middle of from the crease Assign a number 1,2,3 to each of the defenders or call out their names The offense should move the ball, keep spacing, and shoot only off a pass across the crease or skip pass The defense will have to come out and slide to the ball and recover. The coach calls a number 1,2,3 and the designated player with that number is the player who must make the slide and recover As the ball is passed, a coach calls another different number and the assigned player slides aggressively to the ball. The first defender recovers to the inside hole, stick to the inside and in the passing lane, with head up looking for the next dangerous guy Make it 5 guys in the middle and 6 guys outside
10 Min	Offense Time Kill Use a stopwatch and have the offense in a 6 v 6 situation kill time. Players should pop-out for passes, run around behind x, and keep it in the box. Defense can work on shutting off adjacents, doubling, and trying to take the ball away.
20 Min	6 v 6 or West Genny
10 Min