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Activity 1: Inside Outside Passing - Link to Drill
- 10 Minutes
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his drill works on team passing, communication, and finding passing lanes
Set Up
Put your players into 2 teams, create a circle using cones and have the players line up, alternating at each cone. have a minimum of 4 lines. Add 1 player from each team, to the middle. The ball starts on the perimeter, and makes a pass to inside teammate. That player catches and finds a new teammate on the perimeter to throw to. Players will follow their passes to the line they throw to. Try not to pass in a circular clockwork pattern. Have player create a more random variation to their teammates. Both teams will play at the same time, so there are 2 balls in at all times.
Coaching Points & Principles
Progressions
- Pass Inside, Pass Perimeter, Pass Perimeter, Pass Inside
- Pass Inside, Pass Perimeter, Pass Perimeter, Pass Perimeter, Pass Inside
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- Passing & Catching – we want to make good passes that our teammates can catch
- Communication – players should call for the ball
- Finding passing lanes – players with and without the ball must find lanes to make good passes
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Activity 2: Tampa Clearing - Link to Drill
- 10 Minutes
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This drill will emphasize spacing, ball movement, and transition principles when clearing the ball.
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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 3 - Offense Shooting - Link to Drill
- 10 Minutes
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A high volume shooting drill that works great on team offense if you play a lot of 2-player game or motion offense
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Put 2 lines on the crease, and 1 line on each high wing. The ball starts with with the high wing players dodging the alley, and the crease players popping up into space. The dodgers can roll away or for a quicker pass option use a QB pass or Lever Pass to transfer. The pop player should catch it loaded ready to shoot
Coaching Point & Principles
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- Make a clean pass, work on those different pass styles to work on different ways to deliver the ball
- Catch it loaded, try to get the ball in and out of the stick as quick as you can while maintaining a hard shot
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Activity 3 Defense: 4Way Approaches - Link to Drill
- 10 Minutes
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A skeleton slide and recover drill to work on foundational skillsets at the defensive position
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Put 4 cones on the perimeter and 1 cone in the middle. We like to call that middle cone area “The House” because its the crease area that lets up the highest % shots, so we need to defend it al all times. Put 4 defenders on the crease prepared to slide and recover at a specific cone. Not he whistle, they all approach their cone and then recover to the house. have players change cones after each rep
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- Approaches – Players should be approaching their cone at an angle that would force an offensive players away from the goal. Break down using short choppy steps staying under control
- Recovery – When recovering back to the crease, the defender should get thinner sticks up in the passing lane!
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Activity 4 Offense: Shallow Cut Shooting with Decisions - Link to Drill
- 10 Minutes
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A Shooting Drill that incorporates decision making, especially if you play an offense with a 2 man game or just working on identifying slides and double teams.
Set Up
Do these on both sides of the field, so you have 4 lines and add a coach in between each line as a defender. 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, at this point the coach will either slide to ball, or stay with the shllow cutter. If the coach Slides to the ball, the player will throw back to shallow cutter for a shot. If the defender holds on the shallow cut, they will continue to dodge 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
- Players must read the defender and make a decision, building some situational game IQ
- 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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Activity 4 Defense: Corner Doubles Drill - Link to Drill
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A drill to focus on timing and approaches when sliding from the crease to an attacking player from X
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Put a defensive line at X behind the cage, and a single defender on the crease. You can add in a live offensive player in this to make it feel more game like, but as a guided player. The player behind the cage, will go back and working on their footwork as if they are chasing a player changing direction. On coaches whistle, mimic the player on ball being drive up toward site 5×5 or the island. The player on ball wants to try and get topside and our sliding defender on the crease double teams low side.
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- On Ball (on air): work on getting your stick up field, and changing direction without getting tripped on the net. As the player is moving towards GLE and the 5×5, we want to try and get topside so they can’t turn the corner, and force back underneath
- Sliding Player: As the on ball defender is going back and forth, you would be shading and changing your body position to make sure you take proper angles. Lead with your stick, and take an angle where you can close off a potential player as they try and get underneath.
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Activity 5: 4 Corner 1v1 - Link to Drill
- 10 Minutes
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A great 1v1 drill that works on speed and development
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Put offense and defense in 4 corners around the field. It starts with 1 player making a V-Cut to get open, and receiving a pass from adjacent teammate. Once they catch, its a live 1v1 to the goal
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- Offense – Create Space my making V-Cuts to get open. Make 1 Hard move and Go!
- Defense – Pressure player on and off ball, force away from the middle of field
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Activity 5: 6v6 Build Up w/ Bumps - Link to Drill
- 10 Minutes
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Put 4 offensive lines around the high and low wings. You will add a defensive line at x behind the cage, and another line at the point. Give the defenders numbers, and make sure the point and x lines are opposite. For example, the point Lines will have players 1,3,5,etc.. the line at X will have 2,4,6,etc..
On the whistle, coach will throw a ball in to an offensive line and call a defender number out. If they call “One”, that player will sprint and approach the offensive player receiving the ball from coach. They will play 1v1 until the play ends by a shot, turnover, or defensive takeaway. Coach will then add in the next defender, say “Two”. That player would be coming from X and coach will throw a new ball in to another offensive player and they play 2v2. Continue until you reach 6V6.
Coaching Points and Principles
Progressions
- Add in constraints to focus on a particular situation. For example, if the team needs to work on off ball offense, tell them on every rep that is 2v2+, off ball players must do some form of action like a V-Cut, Screen, etc..
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- Defensive – Approaches, focus on approach angles and keeping the offensive players away from center of field.
- Defensive – Communication: When the new defender is called in, they may be too far away from the new offensive player. In these situations, the new defender can bump a closer teammate to the ball, as you may do duing a recovery situation
- Offensive – Be a good dodger and attack the space or find ways to create the space you want. In the 2v2 + scenarios, you can work on picks and or on and off ball action
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