08/31/2017 - Practice Plan

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
15 Min
5 Min	Water
10 Min	Trigger Shooting Drill Create 4 lines of players at top of the box and GLE on both sides Have balls start at the top then switch to below Players work on each side of the field and stagger from side to side Player 1 passes to player 2, simulating a middie to attack pass Player 1 cuts to the goal and receives a pass from player 2 and shoots
5 Min	Water
10 Min	Numbers Drill The goal of this drill is to get kids to react to being man down with a random number of kids Divide your team into offensive and defensive lines Place the offensive line outside the box at top with the balls Place the defensive line at GLE outside the box Put a goalie in the goal Coach Yells out a number 1-6 The number of players that the coach yelled will be equal to the number of offensive players that jump into play The defensive players run out with number minus 1 The drill turns into an X v X-1 drill Example: If the coach calls 4, then the drill is a 4 v 3.
10 Min
5 Min	Water
10 Min
5 Min
5 Min	Water
15 Min	Crunch 3v2 This drill is used to shorten the field and have players play in a condensed field, helping kids move the ball more effectively with quicker passes. When players play on a larger field everything opens up. Use Cones to section off the field from GLE to inside of the box Have 3 lines of offense, and 2 lines of defense, and a goalie in the cage Defenders stand out ready to play and we play 3 on 2 Offensive players must look for quick passes, if the ball goes outside the cones the next players go
10 Min
5 Min	Water
10 Min	Pushups 4 sets of 10