02/25/2018 - 3:00 to 5:00PM - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
5 Min	Weak Hand Line Drills
10 Min	Attack the Offense Ground Ball Focus is to pick up the ground ball, move it twice and either catch and shoot or attack on the back / weak side. Need a goal and line up the kids at the top of the box Have 3 kids run out and stand right in front of the crease Coach gently rolls the ball out, kids scoop through call ball, help left, help right Perform two passes and then shoot Look to move the ball to a shot within 3 seconds Accelerate through the ground ball Next group of kids jogs out
10 Min	Defensive Footwork Main goal of defense is to shadow or contain and disrupt when passing or shooting Approaching a defender forward Cone approaches
5 Min	Water
10 Min	1 on 1 from X and 1 on 1 from GLE
10 Min	Crossfire Passing A good drill to reinforce two passes and 2 man game Create a square about 15 yards by 15 yards Have 4 kids per team for a total of 8 players For each team, put 2 guys on the outside and 2 guys in the inside The outside guys are on opposite sides of the square and cannot go inside the square The inside guys are free to roam in the middle area Start with the ball on the outside, make a pass or two into the middle and then to the other side If through the middle and out the other side, you gain one point If the ball is loose in the middle players fight for the ball If the ball rolls out, it starts with the team on the line where the ball goes out Try to string together multiple points
5 Min	Water
10 Min	Crunch 3v2 This drill is used to shorten the field and have players play in a condensed field, helping kids move the ball more effectively with quicker passes. When players play on a larger field everything opens up. Use Cones to section off the field from GLE to inside of the box Have 3 lines of offense, and 2 lines of defense, and a goalie in the cage Defenders stand out ready to play and we play 3 on 2 Offensive players must look for quick passes, if the ball goes outside the cones the next players go
5 Min	Water
5 Min	Creating Opportunities on Offense Talk to the kids about the importance of creating opportunities Draw a double a dump Set an off ball or on ball pick Ground ball - Pass Pass Drive and dump to the weakside Head up and triple threat position Cut and Return or Cut and Fill Trigger
25 Min	6 v 6, lose a player Kids play half field, 6 v 6 Goal is to get kids to move the ball to the weakside quickly and cut and fill for each other if no motion offense or hold the ball too long when doubled, then the offense loses a player Keep score
10 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