11/3/2019 - 2024 Faceoff Practice Plan

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Time Drill
5 Min Active Stretching
10 Min Open Set Swing it around to goal
  • Move feet and towards your guy
  • Or pop in then out
60 Min Face Off's
  • Option 1: Reactionary Moves from kneeling position: If he's a plunger guy (lifting left hand on whistle), step forward and get your Right hand in between his hands and lifting (not in on his left hand only), box out and get ground ball
  • Option 2: Reactionary Moves from kneeling position: Belly/Helmet to Helmet, step to the right follow Belly to Helmet and follow him as he rotates, when he pops out follow and attack the ball
  • Option 3: Standing Neutral grip Faceoff: As he clamps immediatley step and attack left hand, lift and push off the ball and turn and scoop
  • Option 4: Standing Neutral grip Faceoff: Long pole, step on the whistle, block the break, and as he comes up check to force GB scrum
  • Double long poles on the wing or 1 on the FO
  • Two terms: Standard FO, Back to Hole (1 guy to top box), Peanut Butter (both wings in)
5 Min Water
15 Min Team Defense
  • Ball, left, right
  • Moving in and out
  • Slides
  • 3 Man
  • Switch on pairs offense, watch the slip
  • Offense moves it around, defense approaches and talks
15 Min Unsettled Fast Breaks
  • 3v2, 4v3, 5v4, 6v5
  • Line of offense at the top, line of defense on the bottom
  • coach yells out the number of players for each, defense settles and talks to defend the goal
5 Min Water
10 Min 2 on 1 Ground Balls
30 Min 6 on 6