10/19/2018 - Optional Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
10 Min	Meatloaf Passing Drill http://www.uslacrosse.org/multimedia-center/blog/postid/822/meatloaf-passing-and-ground-ball-drill-video.aspx Divide players into six groups: two rows with three lines in each, facing each other Start in the bottom left corner, throwing the ball to top left. Players will catch, switch hands, and move the ball to the person in the middle, passing in the shape of a W
10 Min	Warmup Keep Away Build an area with cones about the size of the top of the box to the mid line Have 6 defenders and 5 offense Offense keeps the ball away without going out of bounds If ball turns over, subtract a defender and add an offense Variation: If ball touches ground, turnover
5 Min	Water
10 Min	Ground Ball Train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIOjTHxEJ3A Line up all one one side of the field, need about 20 yards wide and width of a field Idea is for kids to get alot of repetition with ground balls 3 types of ground ball work, kids go back and forth across the field Roll ball to self, double move escape (face dodge, roll, split dodge) go to sideline and then to start the other way Start with ground ball at feet, kick with foot, hockey with stick, double move escape roll ball out accelerate through it
10 Min	Round Up A great drill that allows for many touches with ground balls and provides a competitive relay race for kids. Divide kids into 4 equal groups Place 4 cones at equal distance away from a center point At the center point, drop all your balls, 20+ balls recommended Have your kids line up on the 4 cones Blow the whistle and the kids run into middle to get ground balls and run back to their starting cone When the player scooping the ball returns past the cone, the next player goes Any ball racked, must be dropped, players can only scoop up one ball at a time Note: Variation is to have coaches in the middle checking kids sticks
5 Min	Water
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	10 Min	Short pass dragon 4 kids at a time Make a straight line of 4 cones At the start of the straight line at 4 more cones 5 yards up and 5 yards out from the previous cone, the cone pattern makes an isosceles triangle with the right angle at the top left