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Pre-Practice - Offense - Link to Drill
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A great shooting drill to emphasize Attacking right off the pass and getting down hill with our shot on the run
Set Up
Put 2 lines on the high wigs with balls, and a cone in the top center between the two. Add in 2 more cones down each alley, with the second cone being more inside and HIGHER. When they get to the first cone, players will roll back, get slightly upfield and shoot around that second cone!
Coaching Points & Principles
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- We want the catch and attack quickly when e change sides of the field
- Roll Backs – Protect your stick, keep it to the outside. We want to step slightly upfield for body separating
- Get BACK Down hill around second cone
- Play fast!
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Pre-Practice: Defense - Link to Drill
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A great skill drill to work with your defensive players on stick control and footwork
Set Up
Put Cones in a square pattern about 5 years apart. The defensive player starts at the top cone looking back at their teammates. They will drop step and side run in a zig zag pattern through the cones with emphasis on keeping their stick up in the middle of the field. Add in a ground ball at the end
Coaching Points & Principles
Progressions
- Make the distance between the cones wider to make it easier, or more narrow to make it tougher and a conditioning type drill
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- Side runs – this is mimicking a recovery type scenario when a player is dropping into help on the crease during play
- Stick up – VITAL for all defense when playing OFF-BALL. Sticks up allow opportunities to steal or knock down passes
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Crossfire Passing - Link to Drill
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A great warm up passing drill to get the kids engaged and alert
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Put 4-5 lines across from each other in a small area, like the restraining box area. On on side, give everyone 1st in line a ball, and give 1 player a ball on the opposite side. If you have 5 and 5, there would be 6 balls in play. The players must all make passes to teammates across, but CANNOT throw to a player directly across or from the same line the ball came from.
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- Communicate! players with and without the ball must communicate to connect with a good pass
- Stick work – Players should be always ready to receive a pass with their stick up as a target, and make good crisp passes
- Movement – We shouldn’t be passing standing stills, players should be slightly moving their feet to the teammate they are passing to
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Install Ladder Clear - Link to Drill
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If you prefer a different clear, feel free to use your own system
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Offense Skill Session - Link to Drill
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Build off the player connections with team passing & catching
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- Make sure players are catching with their OUTSIDE hand and switching to make the pass
- Communication, calling for passes
- Emphasize getting the ball out of your stick quick!
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Defensive Skill Session - Link to Drill
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Create the shape of a T using 4 cones. The player starts at the top cone in a defensive position, and will backpedal tin athletic position to the cone behind them. Once they reach, they will plant and shuffle to furthest cone at either direction. They will then plant, Suffle all the way to the opposite low cone. Plant, shuffle back to the middle, and they approach and break down at the top cone where they started
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- Body Position – Player need to stay balance in a low athletic position the entire time
- Stick – Keep stick in a read position at all times.. never drop hands
- Speed – Try to work through as fast as possible without sacrificing the efficiency of your footwork
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54 - Link to Drill
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his transition drill will keep practice uptempo with constant unsettled 5 on 4’s. This is a great drill to use in the middle of practice as a warm up before an inter squad scrimmage.
SET UP
Put all the balls in both cages with the goalies. Put 3 Attack and 3 Defense on each offensive end. Split the midfielders up in half, and put 1 lines of each color on the box side of play. The play starts with a 5v4 scenario on end. Once there is a missed shot, save, or turnover, The goalie will put a new ball in play to go the other way. The goalie must outlet to a player in current field of play (not the new midfielder waiting). Send in one of the midfielders on defense, in to the hole, and play 5 on 4 until there is a goal, save, or turnover. Once the clearing team gets passed half field, the rinding midfielders are OUT.
PRINCIPLES & COACHING POINTS
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- Play fast!
- Get the ball down the alley and through X
- Find the 2v1
- Defense communicate and get into a diamond set
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6v6 Scrimmage - Link to Drill
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Have the players put all the pieces together with a straight full field scrimmage. Take notes on how they clear the ball, how players are riding, and overall team gameplay.
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