Kings and pawns: 1 v 1 ground ball drill that increases level of competition.Objective: Ground balls. Throwing under pressure. Defense. How it Works: 4 lines. 1 coach between two lines (see below) with the balls. Each coach rolls ball out. 1st player from each line tries to get the ball and return it to the coach. Winning player gets to move up a line, losing player moves down. For example, if the player in the SQUIRES line beats the player in the PEASANT line SQUIRE is promoted to KNIGHT PEASANT stays a PEASANT Run forin the SQUIRES line beats the player in the PEASANT line, SQUIRE is promoted to KNIGHT, PEASANT stays a PEASANT. Run for a pre-determined period of time (say 10 minutes)

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STARObjective: Passing. Catching. Moving to the ball. Movement. Shots on goal. PAYING ATTENTION!How it Works: Looks harder than it really is. 5 lines. Balls start in back right. Players makes passes as indicated below (ball always passed to the second line to player’s left.) The top center line catches the ball and shoots on net. Players rotate to the line that they just threw to right after they throw the ball Goal is constant motion This drill will start slowly but improve once they are familiar

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just threw to right after they throw the ball. Goal is constant motion. This drill will start slowly, but improve once they are familiar. Make sure they RUN to the lines. If they dawdle, they are going to get drilled by the ball.

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G-G-G (Goal line Give and Go)Objective: Passing. Catching. Moving w/o the ball. Shots on goal. How it Works: Based on a hockey drill. Balls up top, split between 2 lines. 1 player on cone located on the starting side of the drill, slightly behind the net. Drill starts with a pass from the line on the right down to the player behind the goal. Once the pass is made, player who threw cuts to the goal. Player who received pass feeds ball back to cutting player, who catches and shoots QUICKLY(avoid cradling to the crease…) Once shot is made, shooter runs to other cone to receive pass from the player in line on opposite side. Once pass is received and pass made, proceed to end of line. (Note: have coaches back up plays)

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Iron ManObjective: Passing. Catching. Ground Balls. Conditioning. How it Works: Great drill with lots of touches for everyone. Groups of 4. 2 balls for each group. 2 players start in the middle, back to back, with the two balls. On the whistle, players in the middle pass balls to players at the ends. Middle players then run around end players, who roll the ball for a ground ball for the running player. Once player scoops ball, he/she continues to the other end, passes to the end player, and repeats process. Switch players on ends and middle frequently.

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Full Field MotionObjective: Passing. Catching. Moving to the ball. Shooting. Clearing. How it Works: Ball starts with the goalie. Goalie yells “clear”, releasing player from line “A” to break up field and receive pass from goalie. Once line “A” player controls ball, player in line “B” releases up field to receive pass (after passing, player from line A enter Line B). Once player from line “B” controls ball, player from line “C” breaks towards the ball to receive pass. Line B player then breaks to goal, receives pass from Line C player and shoots (Line B player goes to Line C, Line C Player goes to Line D). Goalierecovers shot and lay begins again. Drill works best with 2 balls going at one time. (Lines A, B, C going one way, Lines D, E, F going the other.)

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West Genesee 4-3 (Alt 3-2)Objective: Passing. Catching. Moving to the ball. Shooting. Conditioning. How it Works: 3 defenders (O’s) in position in front of a goal. 4 attackers (X’s) rush down length of field with ball. Creates odd man situation. Attackers attempt to score with ball movement to open man. At shot, change in possession, dropped ball, or whistle, all 3 defenders AND last attacker to handle ball (in this example, x1, the shooter) leave field. Three remaining attackers (x2, x3, x4) retreat and are now on defense. 4 new attackers (now O’s) take ball length of field to score. Repeat cycle.

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Triangle PassingObjective: Passing. Catching. Moving w/o the ball. How it Works: Simple passing drill that provides many touches. Groups of 6. Set up in a triangle. Person with ball cuts to line. First person line cuts away from ball and receives pass while on the move. Passer gets in the line he cut to. Work with outside hand (for righties, strong side going counter-clockwise, weakside going clockwise.) Keep ball moving around.

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Steal the BaconObjective: Ground Balls. DefenseHow it Works: Call out the number of players to get a ground ball that is placed in the middle. Retrieving team that is able to return the ball to their side scores 1 point.

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2-3-1 OffenseObjective:Rotation is key. Give and go rotation: Ball from M to A, M rotates. Ball from A to M, A rotates.

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