5/16/2021 - Practice Plan

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Time Drill
5 Min Active Stretching
5 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 4 Square 2 ball passing
10 Min Quick Stick Passing
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


15 Min Two Stations

Station 1: Ladder work

  • Ladders forward both feet, sideways
  • 2 Slam Balls
  • 36lb squat
  • Medicine Ball Throw
  • 10 pushups
  • Jog around

Water

Station 2: Jumps

  • 20 Squat Jumps
  • 20 Skip Jumps
  • 20 Sitting Jumps
  • 20 Bicycle Jumps
  • 20 Hockey Jumps
  • Checkerboard horizontal jumps
5 Min Rhythm passing drill
  • Use 5 cones
  • Setup the cones in a box with a middle cone. Off the middle cone we go 6-10 yards out
  • Kids stand on the middle cone, cut towards a cone and receive the pass
  • Catch on the outside, cradle, turn and make the pass


10 Min Partner Checking
  • Partner up
  • One person puts hands out straight the other defender get in athletic stance
  • Make M's, W's, Figure 8's through their hands
10 Min On the Crease Shooting
10 Min Ultimate lacrosse or Keep Away
10 Min Ladders then sled pull