4/28/2017 - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
10 Min	Horsey Drill https://www.hoganlax.com/horsey-drill1 Take your attack and a few middies that want to play attack Make two lines at the end line behind the goal First line breaks right, turns at GLE, switches hands and passes back to the first guy in the 2nd line, who is now standing center goal. The 2nd guy, catches with the stick forward and does the same thing on the opposite side Make sure on the turn, the person dodges first then changes hands. If you are going left, you catch left hand, if going right you catch with the right hand Variation: Make 3 lines, 1 at x, 2 at either side of GLE. X guy starts with the ball drives to one side, that side GLE guy clears through, and the far side GLE gets to X where its redirected back to the topside guy clearing through.
10 Min	3 Person Around X Shooting Drill One guy in Alley, gets ground ball Passes to guy at x x guy passes to a guy cutting 10 yards out from GLE and shoot Rotate positions, no goalies
5 Min	Water
10 Min	Salisbury Motion Offense to 4v3 Drill can be run as a 3v2 or 4v3, starts as a motion/transition offense drill and then morphs into a 3v2 or 4v3. http://www.laxpower.com/laxnews/news.php?story=42743 Get 4 offensive players and 3 defensive players Setup in a loose triangle if 3v2 or a loose square in a 4v3 Have the top right guy with the ball run down the alley with a defender mirroring him The player with the ball pops out and makes a pass back to the next player rotating to his position The 2 lower players rotate and be ready for the 4v3 or 3v2
5 Min	Water
15 Min	1v1v1 Ground Ball Transition 1v1v1 GB Transition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFBXWgeg3kc Fast paced ground ball to transition drill emphasizing "GB - Pass - Pass" Use a full field for transition play Create 3 lines of kids at the end line behind the goal and outside the box Create 2 lines of kids to be used as transition players (on the same side line of the field) First line of transition players should be in between box and the mid line Second line of transition players should be in between the box and the mid line at the other end of the field Coach stands by the 3 lines of kids and gently rolls a ball out X1, X2, X3 all fight for the ball (every man for themselves) Whoever wins passes to the first line of transitions players and that man passes to the second line of transition players Right away the two in the line that lost play again 1v1, the winner passes to the next transition Finally the guy that lost twice, does it 1v0 and passes to the next transition Each player rotates to the next line Have the last transition player come down and place the ball near the coach
15 Min	Diamond 2 Man Game This drill is an on the crease two man game with two defenders. The objective of the drill is to pass the ball around the goal and make a pass to an inside guy who is cutting or picking to get open. This drill involves at least 8 players Setup 4 players in a diamond pattern around the goal (with the top player near the top of the box) Put 2 offense and 2 defenders in the crease Add a goalie The 4 diamond passing guys pass the ball around the goal, holding it for a few seconds The inside offensive guys look to set picks, do picks and rolls, and to play the 2 man game Defense is reacting to where the ball is with sticks up The outside players look to feed an inside guy (they cannot shoot the ball) Players on the inside should play for about 45 seconds then rotate (if a goal is scored outside players grab another ball) Defense should keep sticks up, check sticks, look to intercept, talk to each other
5 Min	Water
20 Min	1 v 1's or 2 on 2's top and bottom
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