10/4/2020 - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching Fast and Competitive Positive only
10 Min	2 Laps while cradling
10 Min	Star Drill
5 Min	Water
10 Min	North / South - East / West shooting with 6 guys Get into Open or Noke Balls back left and top right two passes and shoot top guy clears through and waits for timing
5 Min	Water
10 Min	Clearing Strategy Look for certain guys via progression (first look, second look etc) Spot where the shot came from – The player shooting the ball is often watching to see if his shot went in, leaving open teammates directly behind him in space he drove from with a clear path to the midfield. Breaking Middies on opposite side of field where shot came from – The quickest clear and easiest clear is to outlet to a middie. This often leads to a fast break as well. So if option #1 is unavailable, look to the middies on opposite side of the field and try to hit them with a lob pass. Defenders on either side of the goal – Your defensive teammates should know to break to these spots on the field lateral to the goal. If there are no open middies up the field in our 1st two progressions we’ll look to outlet to a defenseman on either side. Run up field – If the 1st 3 progressions are all covered and there is nobody guarding the goalie and there ample free space in front of the goalie, head up field existing the crease through the top. Nothing gets riding attackmen more excited then seeing a goalie on the move so be extremely cautious and look for two-on-ones to make a clearing pass. Head out the back of the crease – If someone is guarding the goalie in front of the crease, then exit out the back of the crease. The riding attackman will follow you, so be sure to run as close to the goal as possible. Since the attackman must stay outside the crease running in a large circle, staying close to the pipes will create space between you and that attackman. Against Goalie Free Ride - quick pass from goalie to middie running towards and sideline. Make sure two middies break to the goalie and sidelines.
10 Min	Clear to Slow Break with 10 guys Work on our standard position clear (two banana cut D, D and LSM/Mid high and wide, 2 middies in the middle) Army - kids name Goalie Free Clear - middie running to towards and sideline
5 Min	Water
10 Min	3 v 3 Escalation Work two man - pick/role, trigger, mirror
45 Min	3 v 2 sideways or 4 v 3 crunch
10 Min	Cabrini Hub Drill to 4V4 A great drill that is done in two phases. The first phase is used for defensive positioning and footwork, and offense swinging the ball around the goal. The second phase turns into a 4v4 with offensive players working on specific techniques. Put a goalie in cage, add 4 cones around the goal in a diamond shape Divide teams up with attack and some middies on one team, defense and some middies on the other. Spread these players around the field at the cones Phase 1 of the Drill - Defensive Footwork The offense looks to swing the ball around the goal, they must stay in their cone zone As the ball is passed to the offensive guy, the defender sprints towards his man applies pressure. Defenders accelerate and arrive under control, using toe to heel transition. The defender can check the hands of the offensive guy, who is pretty much locked to his zone When the ball is passed, that defender very quick moves or recovers back into the hole Defensive Coaching: Approach, Break Down, Toe to Heel weight transfer, arrive with check, recover back to the hole Phase 2 of the Drill - 4v4 with offensive techniques - Coach initiates phase 2 with a whistle blow The offensive players begin in the diamond formation and we add techniques or little rules to the play Offensive Coaching Must Begin: Invert Middies, Pass Down - Pick Down, Aggressive drive to the cage, Off Ball Pick, Isolate the short stick defender, Create picks to force short stick vs attack