5/29/2023 Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
8 Min	Horsey Drill 3 Man Redirection The purpose of this drill is to teach attack behind the goal to turn back and redirect the ball the other way when doubled and no other option exists Take your attack and a few middies that want to play attack Setup 3 guys in a triangle with a guy starting with the ball at x The man at x, starts with the ball and picks a side, the guy at GLE clears through the crease The man at x, breaks GLE and the turns back, dodging first then changing hands The 3rd guy who was at opposite GLE is now at X, and the ball is redirected to him The 3rd guy goes around the goal passes to the 2nd guy who shoots If you are going left, you catch left hand, if going right you catch with the right hand
10 Min	3 on 3 Add One Back Cut Drill http://www.laxpower.com/laxnews/news.php?story=31679&page=1 3 defenders and 4 offense 2 lines defenders on one side of GLE, 1 on the other. 3 lines of attack behind the goal, 1 line at the midline The drill begins with a ground ball or a pass, and we play 3v3 for 5 to 10 seconds. Then the coach might yell out, "add one," and the fourth offensive player enters the drill, usually from the back of the defenders. We play to a shot. On a shot or save, we immediately clear and then begin the drill again with new players. Alternative is to run from the top by switching the placement of the lines.
10 Min	Stacked Clear one side passing drill 3 Lines (2 in front of cage), 1 at X 3 players breakout to one side, defender runs it up, other two stretch properly
10 Min	4 Man Ground Ball into a 3v3 This drill was invented by Paul Myers. The goal of the drill is to reward the player who wins the ground ball with the opportunity to play offense. Defensively, this drill helps players drop back to the hole quickly and to find a man to cover. Put a goalie in the net Have 4 lines of guys at equal distance around the box (one line in each corner) Have 2 additional lines of guys, one on each side of the box, in between the 4 guys fighting for the ball The coach rolls the ball out, the 4 lines battle for the ground ball. The winner of the ground ball must break out, protecting the stick and the 3 guys that lose are now on defense Upon possession, 1 guy from each of the middle lines runs out, and is on offense with the winner of the ground ball and the drill transitions into a 3v3
10 Min	First Class Shooting Alley Dodge Step in like you are going to take a shot, attack and beat the defenders Catch the ball in the loaded position, stick to the outside and far out Crow hop for 3 steps with stick to the inside Drill 1: Hitch Dodge if defender gives you inside, gain to the middle of the field, with the back foot, after 3 steps, move top hand up to protect the poke Drill 2: Face Dodge, if defender takes away the top side, face dodge across body, slide top hand up, punch stick through protect as defender is on back hip Drill 3: Hitch and Split Drill 4: Face Dodge to Rollback
20 Min	Offensive Orange --> Hawk Romeo --> Hawk Tango Mikey Deuce and Deuce Princeton (invert)
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