10/14/2023 Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
7 Min	Two Laps
10 Min	Saint Drill - Two over the shoulder passes each time a player goes (go all right handed, then all left handed) Start with 4 lines 15-20 yards on each side of the middle of the goal and top of the box Two Goalies in the middle of both lines balls start down low, passes to same side high, passes to the goalie, runs up field catches from goalie over
10 Min	Defensive Approaches
10 Min	Defense Slide, Recovery, Collide Drill Goal of Drill: Sliding and Recovering. Slide with a good angle, contain the dodger, call away and cover the inside 4 players and a coach in the drill Start with a coach in the middle as a crease player and 2 defensive player in the hole 3 Cones up top to show where they dodge from Line of players at the top, first guy goes without a ball or no stick (to focus on beating his man) 5th guy is playing straight up defense to try and force the guy down the alley or pick a side Inside a guy is the slide man, he is covering the coach, yells "Hot", slides under control, then calls the "away" Cover man holds the coach and then pops up when away comes Rotate to the next position. It goes dodger, defender, slider, cover man
10 Min	Clears run through Run Stacked and Butter Clears full field Goalie look for the guy on our team, whose man just shot, that guy should be breaking out to his position on stacked Goalie/Defense move the ball forward early and fast Once the ball goes over the mid line, look for the slow break through X (most of the time)
10 Min	Clears vs Rides
15 Min	EMO vs Man Down
10 Min	Passing to Fast Break Drill aka Bogey Drill or "the best lacrosse drill that you never knew existed!" by Off Ball Lax Goal of Drill: Fast paced with lots of reps, specific to each position, and competitive start with a goalie, two defenders out wide, and a defensive middie top of the right box 2 attack - 5 yards into box and 2 offensive middies, one left top of box, the other middle midline Ball starts behind the goal, passes to the right side defender, attack goes into pressure the ball carrier Pass "over" to the other defender Pass across field to the other midfielder (SSDM) SSDM passes to the left offensive midfielder, who passes to the top and it turns into a 4v3 fast break Lines at each side
30 Min	6 v 6 with Missions Coaches give up to 3 phases of missions to the players Offense example: Phase 1: Run tango, phase 2: two man game at x with timed cutting, phase 3: hawk Defense example: Phase 1: Amigo (3 man press), Phase 2: Long pole heavy on the ball, Phase 3: Double Early Goal is to throw different looks at both the offense and defense to see how they react and execute