4/10/2017 - Practice Plan

From Lacrosse Plan Drills
Time Drill
5 Min Active Stretching
10 Min Ladder footwork
  • Facing ladder - both sides, 1 foot in, 1 foot out
  • Facing Ladder - start outside and 1 foot in, stay on one side
  • Facing Ladder - Approach forward both feed in each rung
  • Sideways - both feed into each rung
10 Min Swing It - Passing Around the Goal

This drill simulates ball movement around the goal to get kids used to a quick passing offense.

  • Use 12 cones and setup, the cones will be placed in pairs
  • Place the first cone in the pair down in the area you want kids to run your set
  • The second cone should be 5 yards away heading towards the out of bounds
  • Setup in a 2-3-1 or a 3-2-1, use only 6 kids at a time, best to keep lines with each other and attack rotating when necessary.
  • Have kids work the ball around the goal, top middies popping out above the box line and adjacents popping out to help
  • If having a crease guy have him constantly facing the ball with stick up
  • Swing the ball around the goal, try not to skip pass
  • Catch, Cradle once or twice, make a quick and accurate pass


10 Min 2v2 Cylinder Approaches

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlWQt1ZzVZw&t=3s

Good drill to help the defense with their approaches to the ball.

  • Have defensive players pair up
  • Group 4 defensive players together
  • Have two outside players about 15-20 yards apart
  • Put a line of cones down the middle, each of the side guys are 5-10 yards from the cones
  • Put two defenders in the middle, one covers the man with the ball, the other with his foot on the line, but towards the other offensive guy
  • A man passes to the next, defense must adjust and give a lift check, The other defender runs to the mid line
  • After the lift check the defense stops engaging, player makes the pass, defense adjusts again
  • Far Defense guy keeps their stick up looking to intercept passes


5 Min Water
15 Min Fireball
  • Start with one goal and a goalie.
  • Divide the remaining players into two "teams".
  • Place the teams on opposite sides of the field about 30 yards apart at the restraining line. Use cones to identify where the players should stand.
  • Players should line the field from the mid line to X
  • Give each player on each team a number: 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.
  • Now you're ready to start your game. Call out some numbers: "1,4,5". You can use any combination of numbers to achieve 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, etc.
  • After calling out the numbers roll out a ball and blow the whistle.
  • To gain possession a team must win the ground ball and pass to one of the non active players on the sideline. This is the "ground ball" phase of the drill.
  • Now that you've established an offense (ground ball winner) and defense, the coach makes a pass to the offense. The offensive players must cut to get open. The defense must "mark up" in a man-to-man defense.
  • Now it's just a normal scrimmage. The possession ends with either: (1) a goal, (2) a goalie save, or (3) a defensive clear back to the coach.
  • Keep score to make it competitive for the two "teams".


5 Min Water
20 Min 1 v 1's or 2 on 2's top and bottom
5 Min Water
30 Min Scrimmage vs LT Power MS Team