8/5/2021 - Optional Practice

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching Start with a warm up jog of a full length of the field and back Knee huggers (hamstrings): Hug each knee to the chest, moving hips forward High kicks (hamstrings, hips): Kick leg up and across the body towards raised hand on opposite side. Let leg free fall (lightly) backwards. Lateral slides (groin, hips, knees, ankles, lower back): *visualize a line of hurdles* move laterally while ducking under each hurdle. Heel scoops (hamstrings, lower back): Extend leg out in front with heel on the ground. Reach with both hands towards the heel. Come “through the leg” with arms all the way above the head. Toe touches (hamstrings, core): On one foot, reach down and across the body towards the foot on opposite side. Simultaneously reaching behind with unplanted leg.
5 min	Warmup jog around the field
15 Min	Movement (1-7 should be daily, 8-10 are linear acceleration specific) 15-20 Yards 1) Marching with high knees (hands up) 2) Marching with high knees (arm swing) 3) High Knee Skips 4) Lateral High Knee Skips 5) Side Shuffle w/Overhead reach 6) Carioca 7) Back Pedal 8) Running with high knees 9) Tall-Fall Run x 3 10) Push-Up - Start x 3 11) Build Up Sprints (40 yards) x 3
7 Min	North/South East/West Passing and Shooting Start in 14 balls on top and bottom, feed middle Morph into open and sides dodge
7 Min	Dodging from X The Boyle Rule - Ask yourself am I faster or more athletic then the person covering me? Optimal Speed - the rate at which someone or something is able to move or operate change of speed change of direction change of angle change of posture (running back/quarter back) Step Back - Fade away step away shot, use your man as a screen (Have a defense guy standing or trash can) Inside Roll - use your bottom hand elbow to push the guy out, try to run to opposite pipe
5 Min	Med Ball Pass Drill
10 Min	Stacked Sliding Drill Teaching kids defensive slide sets is important but difficult to implement in a game due to the chaos. An important principle for defenders to learn is how to slide and recover. 4 offensive players in the four corners Put a goalie in cage and put 3 defenders stacked in a straight lin in the middle of from the crease Assign a number 1,2,3 to each of the defenders or call out their names The offense should move the ball, keep spacing, and shoot only off a pass across the crease or skip pass The defense will have to come out and slide to the ball and recover. The coach calls a number 1,2,3 and the designated player with that number is the player who must make the slide and recover As the ball is passed, a coach calls another different number and the assigned player slides aggressively to the ball. The first defender recovers to the inside hole, stick to the inside and in the passing lane, with head up looking for the next dangerous guy
15 Min	Crossfire Passing A good drill to reinforce two passes and 2 man game Create a square about 15 yards by 15 yards Have 4 kids per team for a total of 8 players For each team, put 2 guys on the outside and 2 guys in the inside The outside guys are on opposite sides of the square and cannot go inside the square The inside guys are free to roam in the middle area Start with the ball on the outside, make a pass or two into the middle and then to the other side If through the middle and out the other side, you gain one point If the ball is loose in the middle players fight for the ball If the ball rolls out, it starts with the team on the line where the ball goes out Try to string together multiple points
5 Min	Water
10 Min
5 Min	Water
10 Min
20 Min
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