A fun passing drill to work on stick movement, spacing, and O/D Principle
Set Up
Create an 8×8 box using cones. Put 3 offensive players on the perimeter and 2 defenders in the middle. The offense is to play keep away. The offense must make a backdoor cut after every pass, cutting to open space. The defense must always pressure the ball and constantly sliding and recovering
Coaching Points & Principles
Progressions
- Make the box smaller and harder, or bigger and easier depending on skillset
- Play 4v3 or 5v4
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- Offense – Moving with and without the ball, passing, and maintaining good spacing
- Defense – Pressuring the Ball, sliding/recovery
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A great drill to work on offensive players escaping an off ball face guard
Set Up
Put a line on the low wing and up top. The line up top has balls, and the off ball teammate will v-cut and then backdoor the defender getting an inside shot
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- Create space with a hard cut and drive to the free area
- Passers should lead their teammates
- Cutters should keep their stick up and try to get a quick release inside finish
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String Defense is a defensive movement drill for developing through advanced players that teaches on-ball pressure, off-ball positioning, anticipation, and recovery while keeping defenders connected as the ball moves.
SET UP
Set up two offensive players, two defenders, and cones marking the defenders’ recovery spots. As the ball moves between offensive players, the defenders move together like they are connected by a string—the on-ball defender closes space and applies pressure while the off-ball defender recovers to their cone, gets big, and anticipates the next pass. Continue moving the ball back and forth to create repeated approaches and recoveries.
COACHING POINTS & PRINCIPLES |
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- Move on the Pass: Anticipate ball movement and begin recovering or closing space as the pass travels rather than waiting for the catch.
- Stay Low & Close Space: Maintain a low defensive stance and shuffle through the approach, taking away space without rising up or slowing down.
- Pressure Creates Mistakes: On-ball, make the ball carrier uncomfortable and look to create a bad pass or take a check when the stick is exposed.
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SET UP
Set up in front of the cage an arc using cones, that is about 10 yards away from the goal. Start in a 3v3, but you can build up to 6v6. The rules of the game are as followed
- The offense can only score inside the arc OR
- Outside the arc in any fashion
- Play for 15 seconds reps
- Flip teams after every rep, keep score
PRINCIPLES & COACHING POINTS
PROGRESSIONS
- Add in Constraints/rules like must pick off or on ball
- Build up to 4v4, 5v5 – Makes it harder for offense as it’s more crowded inside.
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- Encourages off ball play, to get open inside the arc.. use backdoor cuts, picks, etc..
- Defense must communicate through off ball ball play to protect the HOUSE
- Use point system to encourage certain typer of goals (2 points inside the arc / 1 Outside)
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A great build up drill to work on small area offense and defense
Set Up
Put 3 offense lines in a triangle with 1 up top, and 2 at GLE. Flip the defense so 1 at X and 2 on the high wings. The drill starts with a 1v1 from up top, play till dead ball, those 2 players step out. There is now a 2v2 from X, play till end, then add the original 1v1 back in for a 3v3 |
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