4/17/2017 - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
10 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	Swing It with Middie Driving to shoot Outside middie drives Middle middie question mark pops out Far middie question mark pops out Original middie runs an arc to the opposite side and shoots Also look for a low attackman on the opposite side
5 Min	Water
15 Min	Fireball Start with one goal and a goalie. Divide the remaining players into two "teams". Place the teams on opposite sides of the field about 30 yards apart at the restraining line. Use cones to identify where the players should stand. Players should line the field from the mid line to X Give each player on each team a number: 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. Now you're ready to start your game. Call out some numbers: "1,4,5". You can use any combination of numbers to achieve 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, etc. After calling out the numbers roll out a ball and blow the whistle. To gain possession a team must win the ground ball and pass to one of the non active players on the sideline. This is the "ground ball" phase of the drill. Now that you've established an offense (ground ball winner) and defense, the coach makes a pass to the offense. The offensive players must cut to get open. The defense must "mark up" in a man-to-man defense. Now it's just a normal scrimmage. The possession ends with either: (1) a goal, (2) a goalie save, or (3) a defensive clear back to the coach. Keep score to make it competitive for the two "teams".
5 Min	Water
15 Min	1 v 1's or 2 on 2's top and bottom
5 Min	Water
15 Min	5 Man Clear into 3v2 Teaches clearing the ball and transitions into 3v2 Need 5 players and a goalie Setup 3 cones near the midfield line, 2 at the hash marks 1 in the center 2 Players are at the hash mark at GLE, 3 players are on the cones up top. Goalie clears to a GLE side, then pass to hash midfield side, then the middle As soon as the ball is in the middle, the drill turns into 3v2 Midfield players play on offense vs 2 defenders Variation: Have the defense clearing redirect it via a 40 yard pass across the field or back to the goalie