5/22/2026

West Windsor Community Park 193 Princeton Hightstown Road Princeton Junction, NJ 08550

Time	Drill
5 Min	Active Stretching
15 Min	Introductions Coaches Introductions Player Introductions - Name, where your from, your lax strength Practice Plan, Playbook overview
10 Min	Pass–Pass–Shoot drill Is a simple yet highly effective way to build offensive rhythm, reinforce fundamentals, and create game-realistic shot reps. Players move through a quick sequence of two passes before finishing on goal, emphasizing timing, communication, and ball movement. Coaches can use this drill to focus on proper hand positioning, footwork during the catch, and mechanics on the release. It's also a great opportunity to correct habits like catching flat-footed or telegraphing shots. With high reps and constant rotation, players stay active and engaged while developing the quick decision-making required in settled offensive sets. Whether run with or without a goalie, it’s a go-to drill for sharpening stick skills and reinforcing shooting under pressure.
10 Min	Stations Offense - Shooting (determine who our outside shooters are for EMO) Defense - Slide Package, communication, 6 cone drill practice PP and Amigo and communication, Zone Goalies - Warmup Drills, hand motion, 7 point shooting
10 Min	Rides Goalie Free - Simple Default Ride Zone Ride - 3-3 Defense Lock attack, until the ball is 5-10 yards past the midline on defensive side Attack near the midline, middies cross over, form the 3-3 zone If defender runs up, don't give them the outside, unless you can push him out of bounds
10 Min	Clears First look where ball came from, second is middies, third defenders 4-3 Clear Sub LSM and defenders banana cut 3 middies and defender at midline Maverick # run towards ball Butter # middie crosses over midline, attack runs center to get ball Stacked Clear Sub LSM and defenders banana cut Middies and defender form rectangle at midline Pass to defender, run it up, rectangle stretchs field, defense draws and dumps Far side has onsides responsiblity
10 Min	Offense Walkthrough Default Set: 2-2-2 (Pairs offense, mirror dodger, backside exchange) Quad Set: 4-2 (Dodge from X in a two man game, crease open, cut opposite side) Alley Set: 3-2-1 (Dodge shorty, crease pop, fade/follow, move the ball twice then dodge)
10 Min	Defensive Walkthrough PP defend inside and out, once ball gets into the Box we need to get into a tighter formation, don't worry about your guy at the Box line. When your guy gets the ball approach, run and pressure when he throws. We need to yell got you left and right to help us get into the right positions. Amigo - 3 man press
5 Min	Team Defense Play defense with no sticks against an offensive with sticks, communication is key PP Amigo
30 Min	6 v 6 with plays Defense: Amigo and PP Offense: Default, Quad, Alley Clears vs Rides
10 Min	EMO 3-3 with active crease Push/Pull model - ball coming towards pop-out, when its going away fill to the middle of field Crease follows the ball and tries to move the middle defender to create skip lanes Look for the skip lanes, move the ball quickly With the ball step in, and draw a guy, move the ball to the next player Catch the ball, ready to shoot Use fakes, no looks, for skip lanes If crease guy slides, have our guy follow behind with stick up this forces the bottom low defenders to pinch in and can look for a low GLE dump