4/30/2017 - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
10 Min	Passing Drill
10 Min	Wing Dodges Hitch Dodge Start in the alley about 10 yards from the goal Players get in a single file line with balls at their feet Player runs to the goal, light on the front foot, make a little fake shot/pass, and step around the defender on the stick side When making the fake dont move the hands to much and make sure you continue to run towards the center of the field Goal is to make the defender freeze and then step around him Face Dodge Underneath Stutter Step, stay nice and tight and face dodge going towards middle of the field Step fast and get back to the middle field and bring your stick back to shoot Roll Dodge Underneath Back Up for Shot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvbW0TYbPy0 Player runs down the alley, squares up their defender Either keeps the stick in the outside or strong hand Run down the alley, roll back up the field, turn and shoot First move is to protect the stick, get the arm up, sell going down low as hard as you can, make the defender over commit, put the foot in the ground and get back up When you roll dodge, stay tight and dont over roll
5 Min	Water
10 Min	Fakes Goal of a fake is to make your defenders or goalie to think you passed the ball Wrist Fake (top hand) - little half turn Full wrist turn (top hand) - top hands turns the head points straight up Over the top fake (bottom hand) - top hand guides
5 Min	Water
10 Min	Defensive Footwork Footwork - Defensive Stance Sideways Pokes Players get into a defensive stance Side Step and poke Get muscle memory on poke checking when side stepping Footwork - Front and Back Pedal Setup cones in two lines about 5 yards apart Player breaks down and approaches a cone as potential ball carrier Player drives their heel into the ground on the backpedal Footwork - Back Pedal Drop Step Setup cones in a zig zag pattern about 5 yards apart Player works on back pedaling and drop stepping to change direction Start at 50% work on toe to heel transistion Then go full speed
10 Min	Notre Dame Asterisk Drill A drill to help proper defense footwork muscle memory Build a plus sign with cones, each part of the plus sign is a quadrant Line up the kids in one line and have kids go through each quadrant of the plus sign The kid runs to the middle of the plus sign and uses that as a basis for where his man is The kid then practices sliding, half slides and recover, show and no go Have each kid work in each quadrant for 10-20 seconds After the first kid is done with the first quadrant have him rotate to quadrant 2 and another kid go into quadrant 1 On the 4th quadrant roll a ground ball to the kid, have him scoop and return it to the coaches feet
10 Min	Diamond 2 Man Game This drill is an on the crease two man game with two defenders. The objective of the drill is to pass the ball around the goal and make a pass to an inside guy who is cutting or picking to get open. This drill involves at least 8 players Setup 4 players in a diamond pattern around the goal (with the top player near the top of the box) Put 2 offense and 2 defenders in the crease Add a goalie The 4 diamond passing guys pass the ball around the goal, holding it for a few seconds The inside offensive guys look to set picks, do picks and rolls, and to play the 2 man game Defense is reacting to where the ball is with sticks up The outside players look to feed an inside guy (they cannot shoot the ball) Players on the inside should play for about 45 seconds then rotate (if a goal is scored outside players grab another ball) Defense should keep sticks up, check sticks, look to intercept, talk to each other
5 Min	Water
10 Min	Ladders & Pushups Stride Run - Facing forward foot in every other rung Speed Run - Facing forward both feet in every rung Icky Shuffle - Facing forward, lateral step left to right into each square In & Out - Turn sideways both feed in each rung