3/24/2017 - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
15 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
15 Min	Unsettled Recover 6 on 6 Often times middies coming down the field to play defense get confused as to who to cover. This drill helps the defense recover from a fast break or unsettled offense. Have 3 attack and 3 defense get into position At the top of the box have 2 offensive middies and 1 defensive middy At near the midline, have 1 offensive middie and 2 defensive middies Ball starts at the box line, and starts as 5 on 4 then the others must recover and get their man Make sure we cut with our offensive middies alot to make the defense stay with their man Work on putting yourself in between man and goal, and running to the hole
5 Min	Water
20 Min	Man Up & Man Down Offense: Swing It Defense: Box and 1, teach sliding
20 Min	Stations Station 1: Attack and 1 Middie Line Mike Tucker to work with Middies Attack - Jake, Ty, Marcus, Sully, Austin Run Pizza Run Red Run Swing It Run Inbounds Rotate Middies after 5 min Station 2: Defense Talking and Positioning with Middies Cian and Dylan to work with defense Matt to work with the team Goalie talks where the ball is Defense Sticks up, adjust to see the ball and their man Offense alot of movement
5 Min	Water
20 Min	6 v 6
10 Min	John Hopkins 3v2 Challenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivm2d55bOY8 Great competition drill that teaches soft hands on offense and quick ball movement. Have the kids split up with dark vs light Have each team run for 5 minutes in offense and defense and keep track of who wins Setup 5 cones around the goal, the cones are in a star pattern with the top of the star at the top of the goal about 10 yards away Have the defense on the back 2 cones behind the net Have the offense on the top 3 cones Place a goalie in the net and use tennis balls Coach throws a ball to an offensive player and it turns into a 3v2 Defense has to adjust to the man and talk to stop the ball from going in the net The losing team has to do extra pushups or sprints