11/1/2020 - Practice Plan

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Time Drill
5 Min Active Stretching
  • Fast and Competitive
  • Positive only
10 Min 2 man passing down field
20 Min Stations: Offense and Defense

Offensive Station: Tom

  • NLC shooting - 3 guys
  • 3 guys through X shooting - Drive down alley, pass to X, pass to cutter on weakside
  • From X drive and redirect

Defensive Station: Dave

Defense - Don't get beat (do this by stopping body, control with hands and feet), don't take the ball away, be physical with body, no slap checks, push the hips

Box Footwork Drill - Make a pattern, change a direction, turning hips, no sticks

3 Cone Physicality

  • 3 groups, cone in a triange, offensive guy goes side to side between two cones 5 yards away, defense shadows, second whistle get to the bottom cone, defense low base and pushes out
  • Play with no sticks
10 Min Gauntlet
  • 20 by 5 yards
  • no sticks, pair up, have one guy try to run by the other, when he gets pushed out, he gets back in and tries again
  • If you get beat chase him
10 Min Clears
  • Army
  • Banana - goalie free clear
5 Min Water
10 Min Island 1 v 1
  • Goalie in net
  • Both sides in the wing position of morph, alternate sides
  • Attack gets ball, waits for defensive guy to lock him up, hands on back
  • blow the whistle, keep your hands on him the whole time
  • Patient feet don't take the ball away
10 Min Setup Morph
  • Attack at x and two in the crease (paul at x)
  • middies at wings and top
10 Min Two players inside movement
  • Basic concept of crease guy (picks and exchanges) Divide into plus sign quadrant
    • If ball low be high in quadrant
    • Pick and choose which passes you cut for, every two passes you cut or pick
  • Outside guys morph into diamond or square - fade and follow - never go into the crease, pass or dodge (north/south east/west)
  • Pick and Roll
  • Mumbo - Underneath or behind the picker
    • Double Mumbo 'Morph 2' - dodge top middle Split dodge, two outside guys moving before he dodges, outside guys pick in and roll up, inside guys curl out inside towards the cage
    • Single Mumbo 'Morph 1 53 or 35' - one guy outside clears through, next guy mumbo in, inside guy curl out inside
    • X guy is the sneak
  • Trigger
  • Yellow - Ball shoot over the cage to x guy (shooter waits until x guy is in position)
10 Min Sideways Morph 2
  • Two halves, 2 guys each side and two guys feeding
  • Run Double Mumbo, inside guys curl out and shoot
  • outside guy is in the inside
10 Min Hopkins 3v2 challenge
10 Min 2v2 Add Silent X

Goal of this drill is to teach players to constantly look for the "one more" player.

  • Have an offensive and defensive line at the top of the box
  • Defense drops in and run a 2v2 and two man game
  • Add a player at X, player runs onto the field silently
  • Turns into a 3 on 2
  • The offensive players with the ball must play with their head up looking for the open man
  • Key Concept: Is to look for the "One More" pass


10 Min Paint the pipe lines of 3