Game situation drills
Game Situation Drills
Its important to have drills that mimic game situations. This will give our kids near real life scenarios that we can have them practice.
Motion Offense Drills
Teachs kids offensive, off ball movement, rotation, motion. Teaches kids to take it to the cage, force a slide, and make the quick pass.
Ground Ball - Driving to side and pass to X
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oilv8hm34yQ
- Advanced Drill
- 5 Man Drill - Setup in a 2 - 2 - 1
Top Left starts with ball, run towards top right and passes to cutting top right. Top right passes to X. Two crease guys rotate in and out, back pedaling out of the crease. X makes a quick pass to the outside crease guy. Outside crease guy shoots.
- Rotate 3 outside guys, and crease guys after 2 turns
Triangle Offense Drill
When you don't have the ball move your feet. Move without the ball, make the give and go, and maintain the triangle.
- 3 person drill
- Setup 4 cones, 1 near top box, 2 at the sides, 1 behind
- Keep motion around the cones, someone can cut to the goal for the give and go
- Kids keep playing until coach says shoot.
- Emphasis on going around the net and always having two outlets for the players
6 on 6 - Double Jump
This drill is used to help a kid get rid of the ball when they are double and triple teamed.
- 12 players are needed for the drill (6 offense, 6 defense)
- The team with the ball sets up in a 2 - 2 - 2
- Each defender is given a number 1 - 6
The offense attempts to move the ball around, with adjacents cutting out for help and the rest cutting and returning for the ball The coach calls out a number on defense, and that defenseman doubles the ball. If two numbers are called, then its a triple team The offensive player whose man runs for the double turns and cuts towards the goal for a pass The offensive players closest to the double move towards the ball circling for assistance The offensive player who gets doubled looks up for the cutting player or the adjacent player who is providing him assistance and makes a pass
Note: We may want to have 1 or 2 coaches play defense and provide the double, to kick start the action.
Variation: Have the player with the ball start at the midline and slide to double or triple with the two top defenders.
Ground Ball Two Pass Drills
One way to better the odds of a goal being scored is to fight for the ground ball, make two passes to the open man. The below drills help with this game scenario.
3 on 3 - Rule of 3
This drill teaches the importance of attacking the ball and communicating with your team mates.
6 players are used for the drill, 3 per team The rule of 3 is one player goes for man, the other ball, the last hovers and circles A coach rolls a ball out and the players call man, ball, and the 3rd person hovers/circles to try and get the ball if its kicked out. The “man” player looks to box out the closet competitor The “ball” player runs through the ball and tries to scoop it, if its not possible, the player looks to flip the ball out to the 3rd player hovering and circling. The 3rd player runs in half circles or full circles around the scrum looking to get a ball kicked out to them.
1 on 1 Ground Ball - Pass Pass Shoot Drill
This drill mimics the need to make a pass quickly after successfully scooping up a ground ball.
2 players, a coach, and a goalie are required 2 players line up and the coach gently rolls out a ball The 2 players fight for the ball, the first person to get it passes to the coach on the sideline, and then breaks to the goal for another pass Upon receiving the pass, the player attempts to score The player that does not get the ground ball, plays defense
Ground Ball - Pass Pass Shoot Drill
This is a 3 person drill Two lines at the midline, starting in the alleys A coach rolls a ball out, to one side, the person picks up the ball and passes to X The X player runs around the net and hits the 3rd person who shoots The goal is to scoop up the ground ball, pass to x, pass to the 3rd person for the shot. If the ball is dropped the next group goes
