1/31/2021 - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
10 Min	When executing simple, competitive movements, the ability to generate high levels of strength and speed instantaneously, in any given moment, relates to the athlete’s movement proficiency. This means the more speed and strength that is simultaneously generated in a given moment, the more it will lead to running and accelerating faster, increasing explosiveness, jumping higher, and changing direction quicker. So, the focus of today will be to marry the themes of the prior three training sessions into more complex movements that ultimately will give each athlete confidence in their own ability! 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
2 Min	Challenge: random conditioning during practice (5 whistle blows, get on GLE and run sprints)
15 Min	4 v 4 Keep Away in the Box, Start with Ground ball
10 Min	Drill: Shock & Main like shark and minnows soccer circle or smaller each player has a ball Have to put ball on the turf and continuously pick up ground balls Knock opponents balls out of circle Can steal a ball to get back in the game last player left with a ball plays keep away, but still has to put ball on the turf
10 Min	Drill: Rapid Fire Live Have a line of guys with a ball, about 10 yards apart Have 1 guy leapfrog to each guy and do a faceoff
30 Min	Faceoff Speciality with Coach Tom
15 Min	Alley Dodge with Pull Pass and Shot Explain a pull pass across your body, moves the ball 1-2 seconds quicker 3 Lines up top First guy Dodges down the alley, hit a cone then pull passes to the center guy center guy moves it to the 3rd guy for the outside shot New guy goes, run to the line you pass to Switch Sides https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRRbXgiLbIg
20 Min	4 on 0 ground ball drill Everyone starts at the top right, 3 guys hustle to adjacent spot, first guy in line picks it up get ground ball, move it, move it, move it, shoot Teaches the other 3 guys to get into a passing lane and finish First pass must be adjacent, next passes can skip etc Rotate at each corner of the field and continue
10 Min	Rondo Pressure Drill divide the team in half create two sides of the field the teams can reside in their side, the opposite team can send in N-1 players players keep the ball away, if the ball goes out out bounds it goes to the other side
20 Min	Rondo Drill to transition drill Sacred Heart calls this the Loyola drill Have goalie, 3 attack, 3 defense in goal At the midline, send in 3 v 2 or 3 v 3 middies, pass the ball around in the middle with x consecutive passes, hit the coach with the ball, coach starts the transition into 6 v 5 or 6 v 6