Set Up
Put players in lines, about 5-8 yards away. They will run while passing the ball back and forth keeping their hips upfield, it’s not a shuffle. Players will catch and throw with their upfield/outside hand. One line is catching R and Throwing L, and the other is doing the opposite. Once they get to the end of field, they will cure to the outside and now throw longer passes going back to where they starters. Have them run the width of the field as 1 rep. Complete again so players can work on their opposite hands
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- Keep your stick up as a target for your teammate when you don’t have the ball
- Short Passing – Make good passes keep the ball in the air so your teammate can make an easy catch
- Long Passes – try to lead your teammate so they don’t have to stop running
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A fun way to play small area game and developing offensive and defensive game IQ
Set Up
Create a small playing area (30×35) and split your players up into 2 teams. Line them up on the sideline. We are going to play a 4v4 game with some added constraints to build in game awareness
Optional Added Constraints
- Initiate every offense with an on or off ball pick
- 2x Points if players score off ball from a pass, pick, or quick stick
Coaching Points and Principles
- Spacing – Transition spacing and riding gapes to move the ball up the field quickly
- Subbing – Try to sub in a strategic way so you aren’t playing with a disadvantage’
- Maintain gaps and coding spaces with shallow cuts and picks
Progressions
- Play 5v4 for the youngest players so there is always an advantage – Keep an extra offensive player in at all times but the goalie can not clear it full field to them.. the team must clear the ball first
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- 8 Seconds to Clear / 10 Seconds to get a shot off once over midfield
- Sub on the fly – No Horns – Forces players to know how and when to sub off
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A fun small area transition game that gets everyone playing offense and defense
Set Up
Bring the goals to the restraining line, and split your players into 2 teams. Start with a 3v2 on 1 side of the field. Once the play ends or a turnover, the last player to touch the ball on offense needs to spring back on defense. The 2 defenders just in, transition back the other way and play 2v1. Once that ends, start a 3v2 the other direction and repeat
Coaching Points & Principles
Progressions
- For youngest players, start with a 4v2 or shorten the field
- Add in more constraints like a shot clock
- Play all with weak hands
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- Transition – Play fast
- Early offense
- Find the advantages
- Communication
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A game that forces the offense to find quick advantages off restarts and the defense to communicate and get into proper positioning
Set Up
On half field, play 4v4. Give the offense a 15 second shot clock. Play until one of the following happens
Once one of this has happened, coach blows the whistle and rolls a new ball in to the offense into a random area. The Defense must get back into the house/hole area to protect the goal, and the offense must move quick to find scoring opportunities.
Coaching Points & Principles
- Fast restart – Offense should try and take advantage of a defense that is spread out, and attack open space to get them to slide/rotate
- Defensive communication – Off restarts, they need to match up and make sure they are supporting for help/slides
- Play 4v3 for the youngest players so there is always an advantage
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- Shot/Goal
- Goalie Save/Def Clear
- Defensive Clear
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This transition rill gives players different looks and situations each time down the field.
SET UP
Put 3 attack and 3 defenders down on one side of the field in front of the cage. At the far restraining box, set up 3 offense lines and 3 defense lines, alternating by color. Each line has a number, to start the drill, coach gives the numbers going in and hands the ball to the offense. The offensive team must push the ball in transition while the defense has to communicate at talk through the situation.
PRINCIPLES & COACHING POINTS
PROGRESSIONS
- Tell Defense to play different types of D
- Add in contraints, like goals need to finish off a pass
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- Have coach change up numbers (4v3, 5v4, 6v5)
- Encourage to try and find solutions for quick scoring options
- Discuss slow breaks when occurs, and encourage moving the ball through X
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