10/19/2017 - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
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	Horsey Drill https://www.hoganlax.com/horsey-drill1 Take your attack and a few middies that want to play attack Make two lines at the end line behind the goal First line breaks right, turns at GLE, switches hands and passes back to the first guy in the 2nd line, who is now standing center goal. The 2nd guy, catches with the stick forward and does the same thing on the opposite side Make sure on the turn, the person dodges first then changes hands. If you are going left, you catch left hand, if going right you catch with the right hand Variation: Make 3 lines, 1 at x, 2 at either side of GLE. X guy starts with the ball drives to one side, that side GLE guy clears through, and the far side GLE gets to X where its redirected back to the topside guy clearing through.
5 Min	Water
30 Min	3 Stations Station 1: face off mechanics and chops and clamps - Dave Station 2: Shooting - Tom or Darren Power and Finesse Line up your players at the mid line Put a bunch of balls next to the players Put a few attack about 10 yards from GLE on one side A player at the top, takes a high velocity shot from a distance of just inside the box line He then runs and takes a feed from an attack player and takes a quick stick shot in front of the crease (Either quick stick or one cradle and shot) Station 3: 1 v 1 drill - Cory Bucket 1 on 1 Drill This drill teaches a defender how to properly push their man out of the shooting zone Defense drop their sticks and use stubs or no sticks Place a ball bucket on the field Have an offensive and defensive line Offense line starts with the ball about 5-10 yards from the bucket Defense must use their feet and push the offensive guy out of the zone Offense scores by getting the ball into the bucket
5 Min	Water
15 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
10 Min	Face Off into a 4v4 or 5v4 The goal with this drill is to get a lot of reps from faceoffs and wing play Make this drill competitive and keep score Divide your kids equally into different colors, with attack, middies, and defense spread across both teams Move your goals in for a shorter field and put 2 goalies in cage Have 1 defense man and 1 attack man at each end of the field Have 3 midfielders from each team at the midfield line Do a faceoff whoever gains position takes the ball down and tries to score, if they don't score the opposite team has one chance to clear it. If after the clear there is no goal, then we re-face off A variation is to add two attack per team so after the faceoff it turns into a 5v4 instead of 4v4
10 Min	Hill Sprints and Pushups