3/30/2021 - Optional Practice Plan

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Time Drill
5 Min Active Stretching
10 Min Star Drill or 2 man passing down field


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


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 Power and Finesse
  • Line up your players at the mid line
  • Put a bunch of balls next to the players
  • Put a few attack about 10 yards from GLE on one side
  • A player at the top, takes a high velocity shot from a distance of just inside the box line
  • He then runs and takes a feed from an attack player and takes a quick stick shot in front of the crease (Either quick stick or one cradle and shot)


10 Min Squared Shooting & Slamball/med ball
10 Min Alley Shooting on the Run
10 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 x consecutive passes, hit the coach with the ball, coach starts the transition into 6 v 5 or 6 v 6