4/15/2024 - Gators MS

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching Cones, Balls, Coaches Bag, Shot Blocker
10 Min	Keep Away
5 Min	Defense: 2 ball reaction drill
5 Min	Defense Slide, Recovery, Collide Drill Goal of Drill: Sliding and Recovering. Slide with a good angle, contain the dodger, call away and cover the inside 4 players and a coach in the drill Start with a coach in the middle as a crease player and 2 defensive player in the hole 3 Cones up top to show where they dodge from Line of players at the top, first guy goes without a ball or no stick (to focus on beating his man) 5th guy is playing straight up defense to try and force the guy down the alley or pick a side Inside a guy is the slide man, he is covering the coach, yells "Hot", slides under control, then calls the "away" Cover man holds the coach and then pops up when away comes Rotate to the next position. It goes dodger, defender, slider, cover man
10 Min	Shell Drill - Coach Nat St. Laurent Goal of Drill: The defense is working on their footwork and approach to the ball. You can incorporate your scouting reports into this drill and practice taking away what your opponents want to accomplish. 5 v 4 or 5 v 5 two guys down low, guy on crease, two guys up top Move the ball, defense adjusts and returns to the hole, always cover the crease No shooting, if goalie he adjusts
15 Min	5 Man Clear into 3v2 Teaches clearing the ball and transitions into 3v2 Need 5 players and a goalie Setup 3 cones near the midfield line, 2 at the hash marks 1 in the center 2 Players are at the hash mark at GLE, 3 players are on the cones up top. Goalie clears to a GLE side, then pass to hash midfield side, then the middle As soon as the ball is in the middle, the drill turns into 3v2 Midfield players play on offense vs 2 defenders Variation: Have the defense clearing redirect it via a 40 yard pass across the field or back to the goalie
10 Min	Butt to Butt GB to Transition Teaching point is for Ball/Man, GB - Pass - Pass, and getting players adjacent and backside pipe Put a goalie in net and divide kids by jersey color This drill starts as a 1v1 GB drill and morphs to a 4v4 or 5v5 Two players stand butt to butt with a ball in between them at the top of the box in the alley 3 or 4 players for each team stand on the opposite side of the box, the players are on the field and can move randomly but not interfere with the ground ball The whistle blows, the 2 players who are butt to butt compete for the ball, the player who gains possession is now on offense with their other team mates The player who gains possession looks to make a quick pass and work the ball to the opposite backside pipe The other offensive players look to get into position for two quick adjacent passes and a pass to the backside pipe
10 Min	Continuous 3 v 2
25 Min	3 V 3 or 2 V 2 Speed Lacrosse