5/21/2019 - Summer 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


20 Min 5 Cone & Crease Defensive Position
  • Setup 6 Cones in a 2-3-1, 2-2-2 or other offensive sets, the crease cone can be a bucket to make it more visible
  • Teach kids the following terms
    • Ball - the guy covering the ball
    • Adjacent - the 2 guys adjacent yell "got you left", "got you right"
    • Far guys - the 2 guys two passes away from the guy with the ball move inside, head on a swivel
  • Kids Setup facing their cone
  • Coach points at a cone in sequence around the goal
  • Show kids the proper positioning and then run through it full speed
  • Kids need to adjust to cover their men while yelling what position number they are
  • Short Choppy Steps when approaching the offensive guy


5 Min Water
10 Min 3 on 3 Midfield Lock On Drill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV9FYV_jXnc

A great drill to work on when your middies fail to get to the midline and ride against clearing middies. This teaches them to run back to the midline and then lock on their man, when a pass is made, the must get back to the hole and recover.

  • Put a goalie in the goal
  • The drill starts at the midfield line
  • The coach starts at the midline with the balls
  • The defense midfielders must stay with their man, while the offensive midfields look to get open for a pass from the coach
  • When the ball is passed the 3 offense guys run to the goal and the defensive guy runs to defend. The defensive guys must make sure they recover properly to the hole.
  • Keep score with a whiteboard
  • Flag motion 1-2 seconds straight then move towards the end lines
  • Maverick - middie cuts back to the end line and turn to the outside as its least likely to get doubled
  • Pinch - if the defensive player is running up the side, the middie clears through but staying onside (keeping the way clear)
  • Deep - the two middies run deep and the goalie tries to hit them


10 Min Delta Drill from X
5 Min Water
10 Min Rides and Clears
10 Min Skeleton Offense
  • 2 and 1 Kids Name, while exchange
5 Min Water
15 Min 4 v 4 Escalation
5 Min Water
10 Min 6 v 6
5 Min Water
10 Min Sprints