3/28/2021 - Practice Plan

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5 Min Active Stretching
10 Min Challenge: Dice of Doom


10 Min Shooting Drill Slow Break

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU1it74lAqQ

  • No goalie
  • 4 lines form box around goal
  • Top right person passes down to GLE lower person, that person cuts turns towards X and passes to bottom left
  • Top left runs to set pick and top right comes down and gets pass from bottom left and shoots.
  • Rotate lines to the left


10 Min 1v0 to 2v1 GB Drill
  • 1v0
    • Roll ball to self and use proper GB technique
    • Curl in a question mark pattern and hit outlet pass
  • 2v1
    • Roll ball out but now with 1 defender trailing
    • Outlet pass must break to the left or right to create proper passing lane


10 Min 3 Man - Crease Slide and Recover
  • Whiteboard - Walk through the 3 Man press
  • Show that the slide comes from the middle, two other players cover 3 and the crease
  • Man on the ball takes away the middle of the field
  • Crease guy slides and yells he's hot
  • The bottom guys fill and crease guy recovers
  • The two men stick up try to take skip pass


15 Min Two Man pick and roll shooting at top and bottom
  • "Pass & Pick" concept
  • Teach proper pick technique and mention types (standard, slip, back, razor)
    • Where your butt is aimed is the direction picker must take
    • Pick from the inside out
  • 2v1 from the top and bottom
    • (1) Dodger → (Static) Defender/Coach → (2) Picker/Roller
    • Defender takes away one option. Make a decision!!!
    • Go to the goal
10 Min Yale 1v1 ground ball to 4v3
  • Goalie in net with team divided into equal teams
  • 4 lines around the box with each team (8 total lines)
  • Coach roles a ball out to one corner, the fight for the GB, the winning team is offense, the losing player is out of the drill, but his color stays in and it becomes a 4v3


20 Min Drill: Pressure Exits
  • Goal of the drill is to have the guy winning the clamp exist under pressure
  • 66% set up (one guy is going 66% clamped and the other guy is ready to go)
  • coach/other specialists circled around
  • Control clamp and get it to yourself
  • Exit while avoiding pressure/ball hitting ground
  • Coach/Other players attack (can use football pads) - try to get out clean

Drill: 66% clamed vs Belly to Helmet

  • Goal of the drill is to have the Belly to Helmet guy force a GB scrum
10 Min North/South - East/West Rule
  • "Catch and Go" concept
    • The purpose is to force the defense move to weak side (180→°)
  • North/South = triggers immediate pass
  • East / West = triggers immediate dodge
10 Min 5 on a Die Drill (to 5v5 scrimmage)
  • (5) offensive players integrating E-W/N-S Rule
    • N-S triggers quick pass
    • E-W player dodges, pulls out, and passes it on on adjacent
    • Must keep the ball moving quickly
  • (5) defenders playing "soft defense" but with good positioning and communication
10 Min Rondo Drill to transition drill
  • Sacred Heart calls this the Loyola drill
  • Have goalie, 3 attack, 3 defense in goal
  • At the midline, send in 3 v 2 or 3 v 3 middies, pass the ball around in the middle with x consecutive passes, hit the coach with the ball, coach starts the transition into 6 v 5 or 6 v 6
20 Min 6 v 6