5/29/2023 Practice Plan

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Time Drill
5 Min Active Stretching
10 Min Saint Drill - Two over the shoulder passes each time a player goes (go all right handed, then all left handed)
    • Start with 4 lines 15-20 yards on each side of the middle of the goal and top of the box
    • Two Goalies in the middle of both lines
    • balls start down low, passes to same side high, passes to the goalie, runs up field catches from goalie over
10 Min Buckeye Drill with shooting - teaches kids to scoop the ball on the run and make two quick passes (Ground Ball - Pass - Pass), one craddle then throw, rotate lines
    • Make 3 lines of kids with the outside lines being 10 yards apart (and two goalies in the middle) for 5 total guys
    • Put the balls in the middle with two goalies to the outside of the outside lines
    • Roll a ball out, have the middle guy scoop it up, pick a side to throw to, and then throw to the other guy


10 Min Clears run through
  • Run Stacked and Butter Clears full field
    • Goalie look for the guy on our team, whose man just shot, that guy should be breaking out to his position on stacked
    • Goalie/Defense move the ball forward early and fast
    • Once the ball goes over the mid line, look for the slow break through X (most of the time)
10 Min Rides Walkthrough
  • Lock Ride (Goalie Free)
  • Press Ride (Carolina) - lock middies, attack chase
10 Min First Class Shooting Alley Dodge
  • Step in like you are going to take a shot, attack and beat the defenders
  • Catch the ball in the loaded position, stick to the outside and far out
  • Crow hop for 3 steps with stick to the inside
  • Drill 1: Hitch Dodge if defender gives you inside, gain to the middle of the field, with the back foot, after 3 steps, move top hand up to protect the poke
  • Drill 2: Face Dodge, if defender takes away the top side, face dodge across body, slide top hand up, punch stick through protect as defender is on back hip
  • Drill 3: Hitch and Split
  • Drill 4: Face Dodge to Rollback
10 Min 3 on 3 Add One Back Cut Drill
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  • 3 defenders and 4 offense
  • 2 lines defenders on one side of GLE, 1 on the other. 3 lines of attack behind the goal, 1 line at the midline
  • The drill begins with a ground ball or a pass, and we play 3v3 for 5 to 10 seconds. Then the coach might yell out, "add one," and the fourth offensive player enters the drill, usually from the back of the defenders.
  • We play to a shot. On a shot or save, we immediately clear and then begin the drill again with new players.
  • Alternative is to run from the top by switching the placement of the lines.


5 Min Offensive walkthrough
  • Orange --> Hawk Romeo --> Hawk Tango
  • Mikey
  • Deuce and Deuce Princeton (invert)
30 Min 6 v 6 with Missions
  • Coaches give up to 3 phases of missions to the players
  • Offense example: Phase 1: Run tango, phase 2: two man game at x with timed cutting, phase 3: hawk
  • Defense example: Phase 1: Amigo (3 man press), Phase 2: Long pole heavy on the ball, Phase 3: Double Early
  • Goal is to throw different looks at both the offense and defense to see how they react and execute