3/31/2017 - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
20 Min	Swing It - Passing Around the Goal This drill simulates ball movement around the goal to get kids used to a quick passing offense. Use 12 cones and setup, the cones will be placed in pairs Place the first cone in the pair down in the area you want kids to run your set The second cone should be 5 yards away heading towards the out of bounds Setup in a 2-3-1 or a 3-2-1, use only 6 kids at a time, best to keep lines with each other and attack rotating when necessary. Have kids work the ball around the goal, top middies popping out above the box line and adjacents popping out to help If having a crease guy have him constantly facing the ball with stick up Swing the ball around the goal, try not to skip pass Catch, Cradle once or twice, make a quick and accurate pass
10 Min
20 Min	2 v 1 GB Man/Ball Box Out, no more slapping sticks
5 Min	Water
15 Min
20 Min	4 on 4 Escalation The goal of this drill is to give kids the opportunity to try individual 1 on 1, 2 man game, and escalate up to a 4 on 4 situation Put a goalie in the cage 4 lines of defenders and offensive players were placed just outside the box (8 total lines) Attack and Defense are behind the goal, midfielders are divided into offense and defense To start the goalie passes a ball to the back left attack, that attack and defender go 1 on 1 and attempts to score After the play is over, the goalie passes the ball to the back right attack and the first attack and defender are in play with the new attack and defender After the play is over the goalie passes to the top left midfielder and its a 3 on 3 After the play is over the goalie passes to the top right midfielder and its a 4 on 4 When all four lines go the next group begins Note: you can either rotate players or keep them in the lines they are in Note: make sure you have midfielders play both offense and defense
20 Min	John Hopkins 3v2 Challenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivm2d55bOY8 Great competition drill that teaches soft hands on offense and quick ball movement. Have the kids split up with dark vs light Have each team run for 5 minutes in offense and defense and keep track of who wins Setup 5 cones around the goal, the cones are in a star pattern with the top of the star at the top of the goal about 10 yards away Have the defense on the back 2 cones behind the net Have the offense on the top 3 cones Place a goalie in the net and use tennis balls Coach throws a ball to an offensive player and it turns into a 3v2 Defense has to adjust to the man and talk to stop the ball from going in the net The losing team has to do extra pushups or sprints