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Pre-Practice Offense Shallow Cut Shooting - Link to Drill
- 10 Minutes
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Shallow cut shooting is a good high volume drill you can do if your team played out of a 2 man game type set or just working on any basic clear through and throwback dodging from the wings
Set Up
Do these on both sides of the field, so you have 4 lines. The lines are up top, and starts with a pass down. That player who just passed the ball, will execute a shallow cut floating to the space/area their teammate just came from. The player will carry the ball up, and throw back to shallow cutter for a shot. Its important to note the shallow cutter should not fade towards the crease, but more to the outside making slide longer for an opposing defender
Coaching Points and Principles
Progressions
- Simulate a Pick instead of a shallow cut
- Start opposite, pass up, clear throw for a shot up top
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- The shallow cut should be like a banana, cutting on an arc. Don’t just run to the new space
- The ball carrier should add in a little pump fake ahead of them, before throwing back. Make sure they are stepping away to make a good pass
- Catch loaded and try to finish quickly. Aim for far pipe
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Pre-Practice Defensive 2v2 Cylinder Approaches - Link to Drill
- 10 Minutes
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Activity 1: Tampa Clearing - Link to Drill
- 12 Minutes
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This drill will emphasize spacing, ball movement, and transition principles when clearing the ball.
Set Up
Put 3 players of each team in every quarter part of the field. This is a 12v12 + goalies game. Start the ball with the goalie, and they play 4v3 keep away. After the 3rd completed pass, the last player with the ball carries it to the next quarter. They play 4v3 until 3 passes are made. Continue this until the team with the ball, advances to their offensive end, and they play 4v3 to the goal, and try to score. If there is a turnover or interception during the clearing, start a new ball with the opposite team. Coach can award 1 point for a team that successfully clears the ball, and award 1 point extra if they score.
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- Open field spacing in transition.
- Communication, call for the ball
- Riding, disrupt player with the ball.
- Clearing!!
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Activity 2: 4v3 New School Game - Link to Drill
- 12 Minutes
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An uptempo game that emphasizes quick unsettled situations!
Set Up
Bring the goals up to each restraining box creating a small sided game and split your group into two teams. On both ends, place 4 Offensive Players and 3 Defensive Players. IMPORTANT RULE – Players on both teams are NOT ALLOWED to cross midfield. The game will start with a defending team clearing the ball, starting with the goalie. The players on opposite side of field, must get open for a clean outlet/clear since their clearing teammates cannot cross midfield. The game plays as a 4v3 and the offensive must find the advantage opportunity to create offense. The defense must play player down, and stick to their principles as noted below, to protect the goal. Play for 2-3 minutes, and then sub everyone.
Coaching Points and Principles
Progressions
- Add a 5th offensive and 4the defensive player to create a 5v4 game
- Make playing space smaller for younger players
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- Clearing Principles – Work to get open, spread the field out
- Defensive Principles – Protect the house/crease area, keep sticks in passing lanes, disrupt the offensive play
- Offensively – Find the advantage whether its a 2v1 down the wing or up top
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Activity 3: 6v6 2 Sides - 25 Minutes
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If you have enough players, break your team into 2 offense and defense groups. On each end, work on your offensive and defensive strategy. This will give players more reps, and allow for less subbing while giving every player more in depth practice on both ends of the field
Offensive End
- Play out of our 2-player game working on both on ball and off ball movement and spacing. Emphasize for the ball carrier and teammate to read the coverage and off ball players to move and react based off of those solutions.
Defensive End
- We are working on our 2-player game coverages. We want to make sure we are pressuring the ball, communicating, and supporting backside in the house. Our rotations will help get the offense back to neutral
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Activity 6: The Rabbit Game - Link to Drill
- 15 Minutes
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A great game to finish with and add in some of the 2-player elements we just worked on during 6v6
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- Awareness on the field
- Man down and Man Up principles
- Transition play
- Quick Ball Movement
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Activity 7: Powerplay/Shorthanded - 15 Minutes
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Use this block to work on power play and penalty kill scenarios. Like the 6v6 2 sides, you can put your 1st line power play on one end of the field with the backup penalty kills, and the other end put your 1st line penalty kill playing against 2nd line power play. For the last 5 minutes, have both 1’s compete on one end
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