5/7/2022
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Drill
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3 Min |
How to properly hold a long pole
- Bottom hand on the shaft, lock it, near the pocket of, the other hand should be a little more than hip away
- Lock the bottom arm, feet in athletic position
- Lifts, Pokes, pushes
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnesDhQXilg
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10 Min |
GB Scoop and Roll back, long pass to opposite side
- Used to teach rolling back on clears
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10 Min |
Random Drill
- To practice reacting to kids (if you can't cut the field in half)
- Two cones about 10 yards away
- Coach behind drops a cone or points
- Ball dodger goes to the side the coach places cone or points
- Whistle one, releases defender, second whistle attacker attacks the cone
- Work on approach, stance, hands on him, push hips
- Do reps without sticks and with sticks
- Stance is important, stay low, put hands on hips and drive down the alley
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTyj72cdRfY
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5 Min |
Long Pole - Offball - Be in the correct position
- Have 3 offensive guys, 1 defensive guy
- Offensive guys are top of box, wing, and X
- Defensive guy swiveling his head, starts at his landmark, then follows the ball to help
- When it gets to his guy at X, he approaches and gets stick on hands
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZkytoAlHI4
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10 Min |
2v2 Cylinder Approaches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlWQt1ZzVZw&t=3s
Good drill to help the defense with their approaches to the ball.
- Have defensive players pair up
- Group 4 defensive players together
- Have two outside players about 15-20 yards apart
- Put a line of cones down the middle, each of the side guys are 5-10 yards from the cones
- Put two defenders in the middle, one covers the man with the ball, the other with his foot on the line, but towards the other offensive guy
- A man passes to the next, defense must adjust and give a lift check, The other defender runs to the mid line
- After the lift check the defense stops engaging, player makes the pass, defense adjusts again
- Far Defense guy keeps their stick up looking to intercept passes
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10 Min |
Wind Up 1v1s
- Use Swax lax and Goalie
- 3 groups of 6 cones, middle and wings inside the box, and 3 lower cones
- Defense starts on the center cone, takes a ball and passes to an offensive player
- Defensive works on approach, driving down the alley and approaching at an angle, in the middle force him to weak hand
- Defensive must pick a side, and get stick on hands with long pole
- Offensive player tries to turn the corner to get behind the defender, doing an S dodge
- Offensive player looks to pick a direction and dodging techniques
- Going underneath wind up face dodge, or spin move (long pole)
- Go over the top to the center, wind up hitch, then change direction towards the goal\
- Get stick to the middle of the field after the dodge
- If slapped, roll dodge to the goal
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10 Min |
Survivor Drill
- 3 v 3, one guy at x, two guys up top
- Start with an alley dodge
- Force the slide, second slide, recover
- Ball gets to X, Slide and double, etc
- Teach the defenders how to get beat and recover say the term "away"
- Play at 3 quarters speed
- Once all 3 offensive guys dodge it turns into a 3 v 3
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