7/16/2020 - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
10 Min	Passing Warmup Diamond Passing Line Drills
5 Min	Water
30 Min	Divide 2027 Up West Genny 3v2 or 4v3 Full field clears and rides into a 6 v 6 short whistle
30 Min	Numbers Two lines of kids in different colored jersey Call out numbers "43", "54" etc
30 Min	Highlander 5v4 2 attack, 1 defender on both sides 3 middies each team Win FO and go to goal
20 Min	Patton Drill Works on Ground Balls and unsettled situations Split kids into 2 teams The drill can be run with 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10 players Put a team on each side of the box at the top of the box Put a goalie in net Roll a ball out and kids fight for the ball The winning team is on offense and gets another player added The GB losing team must play with a man down, creating an unsettled situation Players play until a goal or a clear
20 Min	4 v 4 Escalation Two lines of each color in a square
20 Min	Cabrini Hub Drill to 4V4 A great drill that is done in two phases. The first phase is used for defensive positioning and footwork, and offense swinging the ball around the goal. The second phase turns into a 4v4 with offensive players working on specific techniques. Put a goalie in cage, add 4 cones around the goal in a diamond shape Divide teams up with attack and some middies on one team, defense and some middies on the other. Spread these players around the field at the cones Phase 1 of the Drill - Defensive Footwork The offense looks to swing the ball around the goal, they must stay in their cone zone As the ball is passed to the offensive guy, the defender sprints towards his man applies pressure. Defenders accelerate and arrive under control, using toe to heel transition. The defender can check the hands of the offensive guy, who is pretty much locked to his zone When the ball is passed, that defender very quick moves or recovers back into the hole Defensive Coaching: Approach, Break Down, Toe to Heel weight transfer, arrive with check, recover back to the hole Phase 2 of the Drill - 4v4 with offensive techniques - Coach initiates phase 2 with a whistle blow The offensive players begin in the diamond formation and we add techniques or little rules to the play Offensive Coaching Must Begin: Invert Middies, Pass Down - Pick Down, Aggressive drive to the cage, Off Ball Pick, Isolate the short stick defender, Create picks to force short stick vs attack
20 Min	Battle of the 3 armies
30 Min	6 v 6, 5 v 5, 4 v 4