2/8/2021 - Practice Plan

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Time Drill
5 Min Active Stretching
10 Min When executing simple, competitive movements, the ability to generate high levels of strength and speed instantaneously, in any given moment, relates to the athlete’s movement proficiency. This means the more speed and strength that is simultaneously generated in a given moment, the more it will lead to running and accelerating faster, increasing explosiveness, jumping higher, and changing direction quicker. So, the focus of today will be to marry the themes of the prior three training sessions into more complex movements that ultimately will give each athlete confidence in their own ability!

Movement (1-7 should be daily)

  • 15-20 Yards
  • 1) Marching with high knees (hands up)
  • 2) Marching with high knees (arm swing)
  • 3) High Knee Skips
  • 4) Lateral High Knee Skips
  • 5) Side Shuffle w/Overhead reach
  • 6) Carioca
  • 7) Back Pedal
60 Min Challenge: Can't stand still after making a pass - Count up Pushups
10 Min Paint the pipe with two goals


15 Min Wheel Passing Drill
  • Explain the wheel
  • Pass to guy and run to where you pass
10 Min Types of Dodges to the Island
  • Justin Ward
  • Off-ball guys, create space, don't let 1 man cover 2, all 5 guys should put themselves in a passing lane
  • Boyle Rule: When you are looking at your defender, ask yourself the question am I faster or more athletic?
    • If you are, then go with 1 hard move with conviction
    • If you are not, then pick your spot to create leverage at the goal line or the apex of the back of the goal
  • Come Around - beat your guy around the cage
  • backhand - running to the crease stick to the inside and shoot backhand
  • Runaway - Seen as a bailout to a come around, hide the stick well and dodge up and away at GLE and shoot (must be practiced)
  • Inside Roll - use your bottom hand elbow to push the guy out, try to run to opposite pipe
  • Flat Roll - Like an inside roll but further out and roll at GLE then gain space inside
  • Rocker - Create the illusion that we want to roll where we came from, rock your head and shoulders to show the fake
  • Step Back - Fade away step away shot, use your man as a screen
  • Question Mark - Efficiency and timing, point your stick out change hands and shoot inside, time it on a check. 2 Step question mark: first step into your man, then out to the sideline and out and shoot
  • High Island - drive high, try to do a hockey stop (inside foot driving) and have space to come back and shoot


10 Min Delta Drill
20 Min Rondo Drill to Transition drill
  • Sacred Heart calls this the Loyola drill
  • Have goalie, 3 attack, 3 defense in goal
  • At the midline, send in 3 v 2 or 3 v 3 middies, pass the ball around in the middle with 4 consecutive passes, hit the coach with the ball, coach starts the transition into 6 v 5 or 6 v 6
5 Min Water
20 Min 6 v 6