Set Up
Put players in pairs and spread them out in a designated area. Split the field in half, and make a note that all the pairs must stay on their side of the field. Every pair has a ball, and start the ball with 1 player. The entire group will go at once. The player with the ball will run/carry away from their partner who is a defender trying to take the ball away. After 15-20 seconds, coach blows a whistle and everyone that has a ball, must roll it to the OPPOSITE half of the field. All the balls become live ground balls and the pairs can now fight to win a possession and play keep away
Coaching Points and Principles
- Ground Balls! Find the balls, accelerate through and protect your stick
- Ball control, cradle with he ball protected and use escapes to run away from defender
- Defender – try to stay on your opponents hips and hands.. work on lifts and poke checks!
Progressions
- Make the field smaller so its more challenging
- Add in a points system to keep track of scores.. make it a round robin after 3- 4 reps and let the winners keep staying
