7/30/2020 - Practice Plan

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Time Drill
5 Min Active Stretching
  • Possessed the ball, very long possessions
  • Hustled and GB
  • Followed the game plan
10 Min Diamond Passing
10 Min 3 v 3 plus 1 on X
  • 3 v 3 top side with a feeder at x
  • Can do both sides of the field
  • Use small goals and rage cage
  • Only the feeder can move at X
  • Gretsky go and it turns into a 4 v 3
5 Min Water
10 Min Soccer Circle 3 v 3
  • Create a circle, with two teams on the outside and goals edge of circles
  • 3 v 3 - inside the circle, can pass to the outside
  • Score on either goal
10 Min Clears vs Rides
  • Whiteboard out each
  • Clear: standard and army (kids name)
    • Butter
  • Rides: Goalie Free and standard
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



10 Min Team Defense
  • Defenders with Coach Dave
  • Talking
  • First and Second slide, recover
5 Min Water
10 Min Patton Drill

Works on Ground Balls and unsettled situations

  • Split kids into 2 teams
  • The drill can be run with 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10 players
  • Put a team on each side of the box at the top of the box
  • Put a goalie in net
  • Roll a ball out and kids fight for the ball
  • The winning team is on offense and gets another player added
  • The GB losing team must play with a man down, creating an unsettled situation
  • Players play until a goal or a clear


5 Min Water
10 Min Unsettled Fast Breaks
5 Min Water
10 Min Sniper Shots
10 Min Radar Gun