Weekly Practice Plan Example
Wednesday
Objective: Individual fundamentals
5:45-5:55 Dynamic warm up
-progression: jog, knee hugs, lunge & twist, butt kicks, high knees, shuffle,
carioca, 1 foot up lean and explode, bound/jump
5:55-6:05 Partner passing
-right and left hands, move on whistle, one knee, one hand, quick stick
goalie warm up
6:05-6:45 Individual Drill stations
(4 stations & groups, 10 minutes each)
Station 1: Ground Balls (choose a drill)
-Sideline GBs w/ upfield outlet
-Circle Madness (2 inside a circle, 2 whistles, 1st whistle own the space above the ball, 2nd whistle go after GB)
-GB & outlet every 10 yds GLE to midfield
-2 on 1 with an upfield outlet
Station 2: Passing & catching (Choose 1 and alternate)
-Star, Pinwheels, 4-corners, Box passing, 3-man weave, Bates, 20-in-20
Station 3: Shooting/Dodging (Choose 1 and alternate)
-Syracuse drill (from top & X, dodge bucket and shoot, change levels…incremental to coach passing to cutter and shooting on run
-Over the Cage w/ quick split dodge and shoot
-Tufts Progression
-Shooting line
-Wildcat shooting
Station 4: Defense (Choose 1 and alternate)
-poke and lift checks and proper technique/placement
-Down the Line checking drill
-Glove taps
-Z drill
-Approach and recover drill
-Bentleys (1-on-1s from points and corners)
-Blue Jay Drill (at X)
-Box passing
-3-man GB
-Breakout drill
6:45-6:50 Water Break
6:50-7:05 Unit Breakouts
Offense: “Medfield” (1-3-2 motion with opposite pipe sneak, push to X, jam options)…“Warrior” (1-3-2 motion with adjacent clear throughs)
Defense: “Hopkins” (crease slide) and “Ohio” (adjacent slide)
or
Attack working on dodging, feeding, protecting, shooting
Mids working on dodging, shooting on run, GBs & defense
Defense…working on footwork, checking, sliding, GBs, clearing
7:05-7:15 Transition/unsettled/small-sided games
-54s, 43s, 32s, Horserace 43s, Yale transition, short field 43s, Terrapin, etc
7:15-7:30 6v6 à Keep score…make competitive…pts for D for saves, nuggets, stops, GBs, clears….points for O for spin, shots on cage, GBs, ride, goals
7:30-7:45 Specialty work
-EMO/MDD
-Face offs
-goalie
Friday
Objective: Team/Game Concepts
5:45-5:55 Dynamic warm up
-progression: jog, knee hugs, lunge & twist, butt kicks, high knees, shuffle,
carioca, 1 foot up lean and explode, bound/jump
5:55-6:05 Partner passing
-right and left hands, move on whistle, one knee, one hand, quick stick
goalie warm up
6:05-6:45 Team Drill stations
(4 stations & groups, 10 minutes each)
Station 1: Clears
-MGD clear…Runner spot (Mid), 1 spot (Mid), 2 spot (D), 3 spot (Mid), 4 spot (D)
-D breakouts above GLE outside restraining box
-2 Mids break to above restraining line 45 degree angle from goalie
-never pass or clear ball right up the middle in our defensive end
-1 mid breaks to sideline…and becomes “runner”…get him the ball to run it out
Station 2: Fast Breaks/Transition/Unsettled
-4 on 3…with middie chaser
-Offense: Middie draw the defender, hit the point, keep cutting…quick ball movement
-Defense: stop the ball, rotate into the ball
-Slow break drill
-54s, 43s, 32s, Terrapin, IO GB alley drill,
Station 3: Team Defense
-6 on 5 shell drill …O in “13” passes around perimeter
-Ball-side, inside positioning
-Understand who is 2 passes away…you are the off ball help, help to The Wall and recover on pass
-Crease man is 1st slide, man 2 passes away is 2nd slide
-sticks up and to the inside…in passing lanes
-always talking…”I’m 1”, “I’m 2”
Station 4: Team Offense
-Medfield, Warrior, Omaha
-cut and replace rotation
-Dodge. Pass. Pass. Dodge Opposite.
-Ball carrier dodges toward you…clear through
-Pass the ball…cut
-rotation on pass or dodge/drive
-initiate from point up top or X
6:45-6:50 Water Break
6:50-7:00 Transition/unsettled/small-sided games
-54s, 43s, 32s, Horserace 43s, Yale transition, short field 43s, Terrapin, etc
7:00-7:10 Game Strategies
Face-offs
or
Substitutions
or
Rides & Clears
7:10-7:20 Transition/unsettled/small-sided games
-54s, 43s, 32s, Horserace 43s, Yale transition, short field 43s, Terrapin, etc
7:20-7:30 6v6 à Keep score…make competitive…pts for D for saves, nuggets, stops, GBs, clears….points for O for spin, shots on cage, GBs, ride, goals
7:30-7:40 EMO/MDD
