9/14/2021 - Practice

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Time Drill
5 Min Partner Passing
5 Min Active Stretching
5 min Warmup two laps around the field
5 Min Quarterback Line Drills
  • Straight route
  • Comeback
  • Hook
10 Min Ground Ball 3 Forms Drill
  • Partner kids up with a ball and do the following phases of GB's
    • Phase 1: Drop their stick, one kid rolls the ball to the other and the person does a standing ground ball with both hands (jogging towards the ball)
    • Phase 2: One hand grabbing the throat of the stick, roll the ball to the other kid, switch hands
    • Phase 3: Standing 2 hand scoop, roll the ball and scoop it, both butts down and place foot next to the ball


10 Min North / South - East / West Passing
  • Zero Set
  • 14 Set
  • Catching and throwing with the outside hand
15 Min Stations: Faceoff and Defensive Approaches

Station 1: Tom to pick guys for faceoff work

Station 2: Defense Approaches

  • Cone Approaches forwards, sideways, backwards
  • 3 Man approaches 3 guys and two sets of 3 cones
10 Min Double Team Drill
  • Players match up one-on-one running from the midline down the side alley.
  • Defender drives dodger down the alley, stays on his back hip/shoulder.
  • Once the offensive player crosses the restraining line, he tries to break across the line marking the side of the box.
  • A second defender slides from the middle of the “heart” to prevent the dodger from entering the box.
  • Focus on sliding under control, maintaining the double team and communicating.
  • The original defender should prevent the dodger from rolling back when the slide arrives.


10 Min Clears vs Rides

Clear Situations

  • Goalie gets jumped
  • Long pole doubled on side
  • 4-3 Clear in 20 seconds
  • 18 seconds and proper Mexico
10 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


7 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


30 Min 6 v 6


10 Min Jog two laps around the field