10/12/2018 - Optional Practice Plan

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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 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
  1. Roll ball to self, double move escape (face dodge, roll, split dodge) go to sideline and then to start the other way
  2. Start with ground ball at feet, kick with foot, hockey with stick, double move escape
  3. roll ball out accelerate through it
5 Min Water
10 Min 5 man swing it, with 5 defenders and 3 cones
10 Min Cone Dodges: Fake, Split, face, Roll, Hitch
5 Min Water
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


10 Min Ultimate Lacrosse

Think “ultimate frisbee” with lacrosse sticks-- players are only allowed to take three steps with the ball before they must pass. If they don’t pass within three seconds of stopping, they turn the ball over to the other team.


5 Min Water
15 Min Pushups, Ladders, Sprints