4/21/2017 - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
10 Min	Swing It - Passing Around the Goal This drill simulates ball movement around the goal to get kids used to a quick passing offense. Use 12 cones and setup, the cones will be placed in pairs Place the first cone in the pair down in the area you want kids to run your set The second cone should be 5 yards away heading towards the out of bounds Setup in a 2-3-1 or a 3-2-1, use only 6 kids at a time, best to keep lines with each other and attack rotating when necessary. Have kids work the ball around the goal, top middies popping out above the box line and adjacents popping out to help If having a crease guy have him constantly facing the ball with stick up Swing the ball around the goal, try not to skip pass Catch, Cradle once or twice, make a quick and accurate pass
10 Min	Agility Z Cut Ground Ball Setup 4 cones in a square Form 1 line at outside cone, coach is positioned at the diagonal cone from the start Player runs to first cone, drop steps and runs sideways towards diagonal cone, while facing coach runs toward coach and gets ground ball rolled by coach
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	Water
15 Min	Offensive Plays No Defense Zero and One Swing It Red Pizza Syracuse
5 Min	Water
30 Min	6 on 6 Half Field
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