3/27/2017 - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
20 Min	Stations Passing Drills Station 1: Attack and some middies 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. Station 2: Defense and some middies Two Man Passing Down Field https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de7_D7rh5YE Have all the kids line up in two lines on one side of the field One line has a ball, each pair of kids is partnered up Have the kids run down the field, catching and throwing in pairs, making sure they are catching and throwing with their stick in the direction they are running If a player misses the ball, the partner should follow to close the gap for passing
10 Min	Face Off Wing Mechanics Face Off Wing Positions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHRiNriAlP0 If their wing guys are on their side of the field, lineup our wing guys on the inside of the man hip to hip on their side of the field On our face off guy, butt end side, box out then sprint at angle back to get the rack On our face off guy, stick head side, box out and hope to get a ground ball If their face off guy is winning get our stick head guy to move to our defensive side of the field If we are losing run to the top of the box
20 Min	2 v 1 GB Man/Ball Box Out, no more slapping sticks
5 Min	Water
15 Min	Full Field Clears No Rides Rotate guys in
20 Min	4 on 4 Escalation The goal of this drill is to give kids the opportunity to try individual 1 on 1, 2 man game, and escalate up to a 4 on 4 situation Put a goalie in the cage 4 lines of defenders and offensive players were placed just outside the box (8 total lines) Attack and Defense are behind the goal, midfielders are divided into offense and defense To start the goalie passes a ball to the back left attack, that attack and defender go 1 on 1 and attempts to score After the play is over, the goalie passes the ball to the back right attack and the first attack and defender are in play with the new attack and defender After the play is over the goalie passes to the top left midfielder and its a 3 on 3 After the play is over the goalie passes to the top right midfielder and its a 4 on 4 When all four lines go the next group begins Note: you can either rotate players or keep them in the lines they are in Note: make sure you have midfielders play both offense and defense
20 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