Official First Practice at Norris Park from 2:30 to 4:30PM. Theme is Defense.
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Drill
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| 5 Min |
Active Stretching
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| 10 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
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| 10 Min |
2v2 Cylinder Approaches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlWQt1ZzVZw&t=3s
Good drill to help the defense with their approaches to the ball.
- Have defensive players pair up
- Group 4 defensive players together
- Have two outside players about 15-20 yards apart
- Put a line of cones down the middle, each of the side guys are 5-10 yards from the cones
- Put two defenders in the middle, one covers the man with the ball, the other with his foot on the line, but towards the other offensive guy
- A man passes to the next, defense must adjust and give a lift check, The other defender runs to the mid line
- After the lift check the defense stops engaging, player makes the pass, defense adjusts again
- Far Defense guy keeps their stick up looking to intercept passes
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| 5 Min |
Water
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| 10 Min |
Goal Hopping
https://www.hoganlax.com/goal-hopping
- On GLE setup 3 cones about 5 feet apart on each side of the goal
- Have the kids lineup in the crease in front of the goal
- Objective is for the kids to turn their hips but keep their shoulders square towards their man (who is behind the goal)
- Kids will run, hop over the back of the goal, then then turn and come back to the original starting point, then turn and go to the other side of the crease.
- When they reach the 3 cones, they should run sideways with their hips turned
- Next guy goes when the first guy comes back to the original cone
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| 10 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
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| 5 Min |
Water
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| 10 Min |
Tap The Hat
A good 1v1 or up to 3v3 drill to teach a kid how to approach a running offensive player.
- You put a cone in the middle of the box
- Put a line of kids at the top of the box
- Put a line behind the cage
- The person behind the cage throws the ball to the player at the top of the box
- The person who threw the ball goes and plays defense on the person he just threw the ball to, but first he must tap the hat (cone)
- You can make this 1v1 to start and move it to 3v3
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| 10 Min |
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| 5 Min |
Water
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| 15 Min |
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| 10 Min |
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| 5 Min |
Water
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| 10 Min |
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