5/23/2025

Practice at Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood, MA from 5-7pm on Friday. Address is 800 Clapboardtree Street, Westwood, MA 02090

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
15 Min	Introductions Coaches Introductions Player Introductions - Name and Where your from Practice Plan, Playbook overview Offense EMO 3-3 anything you all want to add?
10 Min	Zip and Skip Drill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32zM45vGUjU 5 cones positioned around the net, top near the box Player should pop-out or pop towards the ball to mimic getting open Move the ball around the net, catch on the outside, turn, switch hands and pass on the outside Move your feet to get ready to receive the ball Run to the line you pass to Quicker we move the ball the tougher the defense can recover Receive the pass, one or two craddles, then make accurate pass Variation: Use a long pole as a limbo GB, coach places ball, player drops their ball
10 Min	Stations Offense - Shooting (determine who our outside shooters are for EMO) Defense - Slide Package, communication, 6 cone drill practice PP and Amigo and communication Goalies - Warmup Drills, hand motion, 7 point shooting
10 Min	Rides Goalie Free - Simple Default Ride Zone Ride - 3-3 Defense Lock attack, until the ball is 5-10 yards past the midline on defensive side Attack near the midline, middies cross over, form the 3-3 zone If defender runs up, don't give them the outside, unless you can push him out of bounds Far side attack/middie have onside responsiblities
10 Min	Clears
10 Min	Offense Walkthrough Default Set: 2-2-2 (Pairs offense, mirror dodger, backside exchange) Quad Set: 4-2 (Dodge from X in a two man game, crease open, cut opposite side) Alley Set: 3-2-1 (Dodge shorty, crease pop, fade/follow, move the ball twice then dodge)
10 Min	Defensive Walkthrough PP defend inside and out, once ball gets into the Box we need to get into a tighter formation, don't worry about your guy at the Box line. When your guy gets the ball approach, run and pressure when he throws. We need to yell got you left and right to help us get into the right positions.
5 Min	Team Defense Play defense with no sticks against an offensive with sticks, communication is key PP Amigo
10 Min	EMO Push/Pull model - ball coming towards pop-out, when its going away fill to the middle of field Crease follows the ball and tries to move the middle defender to create skip lanes Look for the skip lanes, move the ball quickly With the ball step in, and draw a guy, move the ball to the next player Catch the ball, ready to shoot Use fakes, no looks, for skip lanes If crease guy slides, have our guy follow behind with stick up this forces the bottom low defenders to pinch in
10 Min	Defense - Alley Control Drill - with 3 phases of Delta Drill Make 2 football hash marks around the goal No goalie, put in a shot blocker Phase 1: One offense, one defense top of box, defensive player tries to control him down the alley Phase 2: Turns into the delta drill with a defender and offensive player in middle, middle defensive player times sliding to double, calls away tries to force a turnover Phase 3: Add a middie and defender to the top, making it a 3v3. Ball dodges from the top, draws the "hot" slide from crease, the first guy goes "away", passes up top, and away guy sends the far crease guy back up, continue on the other side Phase 4: Add a player and defender at X. Same player dodges, the defenders hedge, the offensive player passes to X, the away defender goes through the hole, and crease defensemen tells the "away" guy where to go. The X guy passes to top right and defense adjusts
40 Min	6 v 6 with plays Defense: Amigo and PP Offense: Default, Quad, Alley