9/9/2023 Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
7 Min	Two Laps
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	Crossfire Passing A good drill to reinforce two passes and 2 man game Create a square about 15 yards by 15 yards Have 4 kids per team for a total of 8 players For each team, put 2 guys on the outside and 2 guys in the inside The outside guys are on opposite sides of the square and cannot go inside the square The inside guys are free to roam in the middle area Start with the ball on the outside, make a pass or two into the middle and then to the other side If through the middle and out the other side, you gain one point If the ball is loose in the middle players fight for the ball If the ball rolls out, it starts with the team on the line where the ball goes out Try to string together multiple points
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	Survivor Drill 3 v 3, one guy at x, two guys up top Start with an alley dodge Force the slide, second slide, recover Ball gets to X, Slide and double, etc Teach the defenders how to get beat and recover say the term "away" Play at 3 quarters speed Once all 3 offensive guys dodge it turns into a 3 v 3
15 Min	Continuous 3v2 with Swaxlax
10 Min	Surface Read Drill No Sticks Line of guys, with a coach and then 4 cones with 2 players Coach hits with pad, makes the player move around 4 cones make 3 lanes, 2 players block quickly two of the routes Player cuts and makes the right choice Sprints 20 yards
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