3/18/2017 - Practice Plan

Notre Dame Gauntlet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds6zEUgSgn4

This drill is useful for a guy getting a ground ball and dodging to get to open space. Teaches a kid how to read his defender to make the proper dodge.

• Divide kids into groups of 4
• Have them all line up with about 3 yards in between
• The first guy in line is to be about 5 yards away and receives a ground ball to from the 2nd guy in line
• The first guy scoops it up and zig zags through the remaining 3 defenders
• The defenders throw wrap, poke, lift, or high checks but only mimic checks
• Offensive guy must read the defender and make a dodge
• The 2nd guy inline is now the first he pops out and receives a pass from the guy who just had the ball
• When the new 1st guy has the ball he passes it to the new 2nd guy, and the 2nd guy rolls the new 1st guy the ball and the drill starts over

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

Horsey Drill

https://www.hoganlax.com/horsey-drill1

• Take your attack and a few middies that want to play attack
• Make two lines at the end line behind the goal
• First line breaks right, turns at GLE, switches hands and passes back to the first guy in the 2nd line, who is now standing center goal.
• The 2nd guy, catches with the stick forward and does the same thing on the opposite side
• Make sure on the turn, the person dodges first then changes hands.
• If you are going left, you catch left hand, if going right you catch with the right hand
• Variation: Make 3 lines, 1 at x, 2 at either side of GLE. X guy starts with the ball drives to one side, that side GLE guy clears through, and the far side GLE gets to X where its redirected back to the topside guy clearing through.