3/29/2019 - Spring Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
10 Min	Notre Dame Whirlpool Passing Drill Notre Dame Whirlpool Drill Use as many goals as you can 6 Person Drill, form 3 lines, 2 at X, 2 at GLE about 10 yards away from the goal, and 2 at the top of the alley opposite the GLE guy The top Alley guy starts with the ball, does a corner dodge toward the goal and makes a pass to the guy at x The guy behind gives an outlet pass, presenting stick in the air hitting the guy on the run to the opposite side of the goal The GLE guy cuts down the center crease receives a pass from the X guy and then passes back to the Alley top line
10 Min	Duke Transition Drill Duke Transistion Drill Works on quickly moving the ball quickly after the GB Put two goalies in the cage Two goals 40 yards apart, place 2 cones on the side line 10 yards apart Have two groups of kids and decide if you want to play 2v2, 3v3, 4v4 Kids line up on the center cones, intermingling themselves Coach rolls the ball and they release to fight for the ground ball, the next players line up and get ready Whoever gets the ground ball, is on offense and they push in transition trying to score, if ball is shot or dropped the drill is over The game continues and keeps score until time runs out or the score is reached Rules: 1. Get GB = Play Offense (Emphasis on Ground balls) 2. Dropped ball - Rep Over (take care of the ball) 3. "D" can play "O" if intercept a pass, picks it up right away, goalie makes a save Alternative: You can have both teams play Offense but put a 20 second reps Alternative: You can add skills, like faking or on ball picks etc Alternative: The losing team has some sort of punishment like running
5 Min	Water
15 Min	Stations: Face Offs and Defensive drills Coach Tom to work with Face Off guys Coach Dave Defensive Drills Dodge, Bounce Redodge - 1v1 up a cone sideline Goal hop half arc One of line of defenders behind the goal start on one side of the goal behind Have a defender with no stick playing with another guy with a short stick The short stick starts on one side of the goal and moves to the other side The defender goal hops and engages his man a few feet behind GLE When the offensive guy his 5 yards out, the defender closes the gate Offensive guy does and inside roll and the defensive guy funnels him back to X
10 Min	1v1 grid Make a rectangle grid, put two kids in the grid one kid tries to take the ball away the other protects his stick
15 Min	6 v 7 Force a high pressure defense and have the offense adjust 7th guy runs camel, except on a dodge to goal, 7th guy has to stop
5 Min	Water
20 Min	West Genny Sideways Setup a line in the middle of the goal up Have kids in two teams on each side two guys go out and play defense, they can cross the line but offense cant Roll the ball to the offense and play 3v2, the guy that shoots runs off the other 2 cross the line and play defense for the next 3v2
5 Min	Water
10 Min	6 on 6 Pizza 53, 32, 21 Hand signal

Man Up and Man Down

Face Offs