4/25/2021 - Practice Plan

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Time Drill
5 Min Active Stretching
10 Min Challenge: Play to the whistle


10 Min Triangle Passing Drill

This drill is meant to be an alternative to line drills and gets many touches for kids passing and catching.

  • Have your kids get in groups of 3 and form a triangle
  • Make sure kids are moving their feet slightly when catching and throwing
  • Do some of the following
    • Pass and Catch with the outside hand, switching hands
    • Pass all righty or lefty
    • Push Pass
    • Throw backs, kids starting moving in one direction and throw back to the person behind them
    • Catch and Roll dodge
    • Ground ball roll while rotating
    • 3 guys in a line with quick passing


10 Min North/South East/West Passing and Shooting
  • Variation: A cutter - Guy that starts the pass, cuts on the 3rd guy and shoots
  • Variation: Blow a whistle when its time to go
10 Min 1v0 to 2v1 GB Drill
  • 1v0
    • Roll ball to self and use proper GB technique
    • Curl in a question mark pattern and hit outlet pass
  • 2v1
    • Roll ball out but now with 1 defender trailing
    • Outlet pass must break to the left or right to create proper passing lane


10 Min Offensive Sets
  • Zero
  • Fourteen
    • movement in the middle
15 Min Two Man pick and roll shooting at top and bottom
  • "Pass & Pick" concept
  • Teach proper pick technique and mention types (standard, slip, back, razor)
    • Where your butt is aimed is the direction picker must take
    • Pick from the inside out
  • 2v1 from the top and bottom
    • (1) Dodger → (Static) Defender/Coach → (2) Picker/Roller
    • Defender takes away one option. Make a decision!!!
    • Go to the goal
10 Min Lynchburg GB drill one side
  • 4 v 3 all lined up with a ground ball
20 Min Drill: Pressure Exits
  • Goal of the drill is to have the guy winning the clamp exist under pressure
  • 66% set up (one guy is going 66% clamped and the other guy is ready to go)
  • coach/other specialists circled around
  • Control clamp and get it to yourself
  • Exit while avoiding pressure/ball hitting ground
  • Coach/Other players attack (can use football pads) - try to get out clean

Drill: 66% clamed vs Belly to Helmet

  • Goal of the drill is to have the Belly to Helmet guy force a GB scrum
10 Min Rondo Drill to transition drill
  • Sacred Heart calls this the Loyola drill
  • Have goalie, 3 attack, 3 defense in goal
  • At the midline, send in 3 v 2 or 3 v 3 middies, pass the ball around in the middle with x consecutive passes, hit the coach with the ball, coach starts the transition into 6 v 5 or 6 v 6
20 Min 6 v 6 or West Genny