6/1/2017 - Practice Plan

Mills Park Practice

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
10 Min	Round Up
10 Min	Warmup Keep Away Build an area with cones about the size of the top of the box to the mid line Have 6 defenders and 5 offense Offense keeps the ball away without going out of bounds If ball turns over, subtract a defender and add an offense Variation: If ball touches ground, turnover
5 Min	Water
10 Min	Hitch Dodge Start in the alley about 10 yards from the goal Players get in a single file line with balls at their feet Player runs to the goal, light on the front foot, make a little fake shot/pass, and step around the defender on the stick side When making the fake dont move the hands to much and make sure you continue to run towards the center of the field Goal is to make the defender freeze and then step around him
10 Min	Face Dodge Underneath Stutter Step, stay nice and tight and face dodge going towards middle of the field Step fast and get back to the middle field and bring your stick back to shoot
5 Min	Water
10 Min	2 Man Game Drill Divide your team into two color groups, have two lines 10 feet above the box line. Put a goalie in the net. 4 total players come out, 2 from each line, 1 group is offense the other is defense. Players rotate within their own group The play starts when one guy passes to the next Try to get on different planes before setting the pick a low guy should be at a 45 degree angle Guy with the ball goes down low and wide, passes to the other guy in the middle, goes and sets pick The goal of the drill is to have the two offensive players set picks and rolls for each other Player receiving the ball stutters before the pick runs off the pick and towards the goal, looking at the slip man Guy setting the pick (slip man) turns into the shooter and mirrors him Run with the shooter shooting, and then run passing to the slip man in the pick and roll Variation: Work on a pass down pick down Variation: Slip man can replace the guy driving or can set a re-pick Defense: Work on talking, calling out picks (left or right), forcing a man to one side of the field, and calling switches
10 Min	2 on 2 Top and Bottom
20 Min	Stations: Offense Plays and Defense 5 Cone with Crease Drill Split up attack and 1 middie line, defense and the other middie line After 5 min rotate the middies Set and Play List General Swing It Trigger Thunder Set 0 Yellow Yellow - Redirect Potato Red Set 1 Boxer Iron Crease Middie Facing and Stepping Towards the man with the ball Defense Camel 3 Man Clears Butter Mexico Man Up Play
5 Min	Water
10 Min	6 on 6 Half Field
10 Min	At 8 try and get 10 min on the turf Quick Hitch Bounce Shot Drill Need 2 Cones and 1 ladder or a Hector the Rejector covering the top 2/3rds of the goal Fold Ladder up so two or three rungs are showing and place 1 foot in front of the net Put cones 10 yards in front of cage and 10 yards to the side (in the alley) Line kids up at midline, get ground ball, sprint towards cone, studder step and hitch dodge keeping stick in the same hand As you get closer to the cage bounce shoot and try to get it inside the ladder rungs