5/12/2017 - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
10 Min	Buckeye Ground Ball Drill teaches kids to scoop the ball on the run and make two quick passes (Ground Ball - Pass - Pass) Teaches kids to get a proper angle as an adjacent for receiving a pass Drill Make 3 lines of kids with the outside lines being 10 yards apart Put the balls in the middle with two goalies to the outside of the outside lines Roll a ball out, have the middle guy scoop it up, pick a side to throw to, and then throw to the other guy Last guy with the ball circles or question mark and then passes to a goalie and we repeat Have some confusion in the middle and run continual Variation: Add a chaser for the 2nd and 3rd pass
30 Min	Offensive Sets and Plays Swing It Zero Set Plays Yellow Potato Trigger One Set Plays Boxer General Plays Thunder
10 Min	Draw & Dump The goal of this drill is to have kids work in a double situation, and either dump to a cutter or curl back and hit an adjacent player. 5 Kids in the drill, 3 offense and 2 defense, No Goalie needed Have the defense lineup outside the box on one side Have all the offense lineup at the top of the box on the right alley Have offensive players P1, P2, and P3 get on the field with P1 having the ball at the top of the alley P2 is behind the goal at X and P3 is 5 yards out on the left at GLE D1 and D2 take the field, D1 covers P1, and D2 is in the hole P1 looks to dodge his man, D2 slides, P2 and P3 both cut to give help P3 is cutting to score, P1 is cutting as adjacent help P1 draws the double and either passes to P3 for a goal or pops out to pass to P2 P2 goes around x and passes to P3 redirecting the ball to score
5 Min	Water
10 Min	Defensive Checks
10 Min	5 Cone & Crease Defensive Position Setup 6 Cones in a 2-3-1, 2-2-2 or other offensive sets, the crease cone can be a bucket to make it more visible Teach kids the following terms Ball - the guy covering the ball Adjacent - the 2 guys adjacent yell "got you left", "got you right" Far guys - the 2 guys two passes away from the guy with the ball move inside, head on a swivel Kids Setup facing their cone Coach points at a cone in sequence around the goal Show kids the proper positioning and then run through it full speed Kids need to adjust to cover their men while yelling what position number they are Short Choppy Steps when approaching the offensive guy
5 Min	Water
10 Min
10 Min	6 on 6
5 Min	Water
10 Min	3 on 2's
5 Min	Sprints