08/31/2017 - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
15 Min	Warmup Keep Away Build an area with cones about the size of the top of the box to the mid line Have 6 defenders and 5 offense Offense keeps the ball away without going out of bounds If ball turns over, subtract a defender and add an offense Variation: If ball touches ground, turnover
5 Min	Water
10 Min	Trigger Shooting Drill Create 4 lines of players at top of the box and GLE on both sides Have balls start at the top then switch to below Players work on each side of the field and stagger from side to side Player 1 passes to player 2, simulating a middie to attack pass Player 1 cuts to the goal and receives a pass from player 2 and shoots
5 Min	Water
10 Min	Midfield Plant and Shoot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg6thX47Yh0 Have your midfielders get together Have two lines at the top of the box, put balls on one side Line without the ball cuts towards the goal and center at a diagonal, the player runs with their stick forward The ball line throws a pass, the receiver plants and in one motion, stops turns back, switches hands, and turns again and shoots. This can also be called the rocker shot Repeat from both sides
10 Min	Buckeye Ground Ball Drill teaches kids to scoop the ball on the run and make two quick passes (Ground Ball - Pass - Pass) Teaches kids to get a proper angle as an adjacent for receiving a pass Drill Make 3 lines of kids with the outside lines being 10 yards apart Put the balls in the middle with two goalies to the outside of the outside lines Roll a ball out, have the middle guy scoop it up, pick a side to throw to, and then throw to the other guy Last guy with the ball circles or question mark and then passes to a goalie and we repeat Have some confusion in the middle and run continual Variation: Add a chaser for the 2nd and 3rd pass
5 Min	Water
10 Min	Power and Finesse Line up your players at the mid line Put a bunch of balls next to the players Put a few attack about 10 yards from GLE on one side A player at the top, takes a high velocity shot from a distance of just inside the box line He then runs and takes a feed from an attack player and takes a quick stick shot in front of the crease (Either quick stick or one cradle and shot)
5 Min	Face Off & Wing Ground Balls
5 Min	Water
15 Min	John Hopkins 3v2 Challenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivm2d55bOY8 Great competition drill that teaches soft hands on offense and quick ball movement. Have the kids split up with dark vs light Have each team run for 5 minutes in offense and defense and keep track of who wins Setup 5 cones around the goal, the cones are in a star pattern with the top of the star at the top of the goal about 10 yards away Have the defense on the back 2 cones behind the net Have the offense on the top 3 cones Place a goalie in the net and use tennis balls Coach throws a ball to an offensive player and it turns into a 3v2 Defense has to adjust to the man and talk to stop the ball from going in the net The losing team has to do extra pushups or sprints
10 Min	Round Up A great drill that allows for many touches with ground balls and provides a competitive relay race for kids. Divide kids into 4 equal groups Place 4 cones at equal distance away from a center point At the center point, drop all your balls, 20+ balls recommended Have your kids line up on the 4 cones Blow the whistle and the kids run into middle to get ground balls and run back to their starting cone When the player scooping the ball returns past the cone, the next player goes Any ball racked, must be dropped, players can only scoop up one ball at a time Note: Variation is to have coaches in the middle checking kids sticks
5 Min	Water
5 Min	Kamikaze Drill - Split dodge drill https://youtu.be/e953HLWIX20 Short choppy steps, change speed and direction run towards each other split dodge use shoulders and hips Sell it one way, come back the other way Change to the other way (left to right, right to left) Optional make 2 additional lines to pass and catch before and after split dodge
5 Min	Pushups 4 sets of 10
5 Min	Sprints