2/14/2021 - Practice Plan

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Time Drill
5 Min Active Stretching
10 Min 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
10 Min If waiting for field
  • Paint the pipe with two goal
  • Keep Away
  • Relay pass races
15 Min Open Set - 6 man pass, pass, cut opposite
  • Swing the ball, pass twice and opposite side guy cuts
  • Player with ball can pass to the cutter or around
  • Cutter replaces via exchange with adjacent man
  • Cutter backs out ready to catch a pass
  • Rotate the ball, and cut every 2nd pass
  • Switch players
  • Middle players should cut at the weakside of the ball
  • Why: North/South East/West, Clear through, pull pass, offball movement and pick



15 Min 5 Man Open Set Shooting
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  • AkA Motor Play
  • 5 guys in an open set (without the x)
  • Ball starts top left in the 5 position
  • Pass to 4 position
  • Pass to 3 position
  • Dodge down the alley, low right guy mirrors up to the middle
  • At the same time, the other side sets off ball pick
  • Alley dodge guy passes to the mirror attack in the middle
  • Then passes to the lower left attack for the shot
  • Middle guy fills the alley dodge position
  • Run to the line you pass or move to



10 Min Types of Dodges to the Island
  • Justin Ward
  • Off-ball guys, create space, don't let 1 man cover 2, all 5 guys should put themselves in a passing lane
  • Boyle Rule: When you are looking at your defender, ask yourself the question am I faster or more athletic?
    • If you are, then go with 1 hard move with conviction
    • If you are not, then pick your spot to create leverage at the goal line or the apex of the back of the goal
  • Come Around - beat your guy around the cage
  • backhand - running to the crease stick to the inside and shoot backhand
  • Runaway - Seen as a bailout to a come around, hide the stick well and dodge up and away at GLE and shoot (must be practiced)
  • Inside Roll - use your bottom hand elbow to push the guy out, try to run to opposite pipe
  • Flat Roll - Like an inside roll but further out and roll at GLE then gain space inside
  • Rocker - Create the illusion that we want to roll where we came from, rock your head and shoulders to show the fake
  • Step Back - Fade away step away shot, use your man as a screen
  • Question Mark - Efficiency and timing, point your stick out change hands and shoot inside, time it on a check. 2 Step question mark: first step into your man, then out to the sideline and out and shoot
  • High Island - drive high, try to do a hockey stop (inside foot driving) and have space to come back and shoot


10 Min 1 v 1's
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 4 consecutive passes, hit the coach with the ball, coach starts the transition into 6 v 5 or 6 v 6
5 Min Water
20 Min 6 v 6