5/6/2021 - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
5 Min	Movement (1-7 should be daily) 15-20 Yards 1) Marching with high knees (hands up) 2) Marching with high knees (arm swing) 3) High Knee Skips 4) Lateral High Knee Skips 5) Side Shuffle w/Overhead reach 6) Carioca 7) Back Pedal
10 Min	Challenge: Play to the whistle
10 Min	Star Drill
10 Min	North/South East/West Passing and Shooting Variation: A cutter - Guy that starts the pass, cuts on the 3rd guy and shoots Variation: Blow a whistle when its time to go
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
15 Min
10 Min	Stacked Sliding Drill Teaching kids defensive slide sets is important but difficult to implement in a game due to the chaos. An important principle for defenders to learn is how to slide and recover. 4 offensive players in the four corners Put a goalie in cage and put 3 defenders stacked in a straight lin in the middle of from the crease Assign a number 1,2,3 to each of the defenders or call out their names The offense should move the ball, keep spacing, and shoot only off a pass across the crease or skip pass The defense will have to come out and slide to the ball and recover. The coach calls a number 1,2,3 and the designated player with that number is the player who must make the slide and recover As the ball is passed, a coach calls another different number and the assigned player slides aggressively to the ball. The first defender recovers to the inside hole, stick to the inside and in the passing lane, with head up looking for the next dangerous guy
10 Min
20 Min	6 v 6 or West Genny
10 Min