5/16/2023 Practice Plan

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Time Drill
5 Min Active Stretching
8 Min Riding 7 vs 6 Keep Away
  • Build a 20 yard by 50 yard coned in area
  • Have two teams, each with a goalie
  • Have 7 guys (1 goalie) clearing the ball in the box, and have 6 riding team covering 7
  • Count the number of passes, keep a total count, as soon as ball is dropped, goalie out/in and other team starts with the ball
20 Min Stations: Two Game Situation Stations - Goalies rotate between two goals

2 v 2 from x and from the top

  • Work on two man principles: pick/role, pick/slip, seal pick, pass down/pick down

3 v 2 Clear vs Ride

  • 3 guys circle the crease, goalie in net, 2 riders from top of box
  • Goalie calls out where ball goes, 2 guys wide, 1 guy high, goalie passes to the side, goalie calls over or a field location
  • Terms: Boston (box side), Detroit (middle of field), Seattle (Far Side of Field)
10 Min Continuous 3v2 with Swaxlax
10 Min Defense Slide, Recovery, Collide Drill

Goal of Drill: Sliding and Recovering. Slide with a good angle, contain the dodger, call away and cover the inside

  • 4 players and a coach in the drill
  • Start with a coach in the middle as a crease player and 2 defensive player in the hole
  • 3 Cones up top to show where they dodge from
  • Line of players at the top, first guy goes without a ball or no stick (to focus on beating his man)
  • 5th guy is playing straight up defense to try and force the guy down the alley or pick a side
  • Inside a guy is the slide man, he is covering the coach, yells "Hot", slides under control, then calls the "away"
  • Cover man holds the coach and then pops up when away comes
  • Rotate to the next position. It goes dodger, defender, slider, cover man


20 Min Rides vs Clears
  • Walkthrough of the Clear and Rides
  • Rides:
    • Endline Clear: Carolina Ride - Force the over pass or the cross field pass, bump the riders to ball side zones
    • Goalie Clear: Middies Lock, two attack press ball and next adjacent, 1 attack to the middle top of box to be able to slide quickly
  • Clears:
    • Terms: Boston (box side), Detroit (middle of field), Seattle (Far Side of Field)
    • Union Clear:
30 Min 6 v 6 with Missions
  • Coaches give up to 3 phases of missions to the players
  • Offense example: Phase 1: Run tango, phase 2: two man game at x with timed cutting, phase 3: hawk
  • Defense example: Phase 1: Amigo (3 man press), Phase 2: Long pole heavy on the ball, Phase 3: Double Early
  • Goal is to throw different looks at both the offense and defense to see how they react and execute