8/31/2021 - Optional Practice

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
5 min	Ladders and 2 stations of 3 Cone Drill
10 Min	Close Star Drill Left, Right, catch left/throw right, catch right/throw left
16 Min	Stations - Defense and Offense - Rotate after 8 min Station 1: 4 Cone Box - 3 guys with 2 defenders Station 2: Shake School Dodging and Shooting
10 Min	Double Gretzky Drill practice picking up cutters two feeders behind the cage pass the ball back and forth, must receive pass at X (throwback passing), or put 1 defender 2 defenders and 2 offensive guys top of the box defenders head on a swivel yelling which player has the ball while watching their guy offensive guys cut, defender denies the cut defender should watch the cutter's hips not his head, shoulders or eyes
10 Min	4 v 4 escalation
15 Min	Stations Faceoffs and Ground Balls Tom - Work exits with faceoff guys Dave - GB 2 v 2 to cage or clear 2 lines (1 offense and 1 defense) and a goalie Roll a ball out, if defense wins they clear, if offense wins they go to cage
10 Min	Face-Off to Fastbreak Put a goalie in the net and 3 attack and 3 defense Have your middies at the midline in two lines on opposite sides of the field 4 middies are in the drill at once. Two middies face off, the middie line on their butt end side is on their team We do the face off, the face off guys, look to pop the ball out to a wing guy, the wing guy that wins it goes down for a fast break, the other players are out of the game play Keep score on each side of the midfield Alternatives: Have a chaser middie after 2-3 seconds and have the face-off middie go mono vs mono
10 Min	x v x