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 Riding and Drills to Improve it

• Hard work beats talent when talent doesnt work
  hard
• -Unknown

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• The most important muscle for a good riding team.
• I dont care who you are if you got heart, you
  will play for me
• -Ray Rostan

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Key points for coaches to consider

• Sell your team on riding, everyone must buy in
• Riding takes H³ Head, Heart, Hustle
• Do the impossible play one short and win
• Keep it simple every player must understand his
  role
• Tell the attack that they will score free goals
  if they work hard
• Play fast and athletic attackmen to increase
  speed and athleticism on rides
• Pull slow attack off for less skilled but more
  athletic riding attackmen on horns
• Above all else NEVER SAY DIE on rides

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Rules for successful riding teams

1. Defend the Midfield line(MFL)
2. Keep clearing team in front of you to start on
   every ride 
3. Pressure as long as ball is on their defensive
   half of field 
4. Concede the clear only on a ball carried over MFL
   only if out of position to trap 
5. Never quit -chase down loose balls, Attack
   -chase down players 
6. Force the long cross field pass and shade ball
   side
7. Defensemen must shut off Attackmen on ball side
8. Closer to ball, closer to your man further from
   ball, further from your man
9. Use the sidelines as 11th defender
10. High risk greater reward. Use ten man rides

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Kill the Kid with the Football

• Understanding the game
• It's basically a bunch of kids who run around and
  try to tackle and kill each other.

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Rules of play

• One person, the Kid, has the ball and runs like
  hell to escape a mob of 10-15 other kids.
• When he is caught, they will tackle the kid as
  quickly and violently as possible.
• When the kid has had enough, he must surrender
  the ball to be let up from the pile.
• At this point someone else picks up the ball and
  it starts again.

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Objective of the game

• It makes no sense whatsoever because there is no
  winner.
• There are no points to keep score, and what kind
  of coherent person would WANT to be brutally
  tackled repeatedly?
• For some reason, we spent countless hours and
  suffered numerous concussions playing this, and
  we loved it.

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Benefits of playing this game

• Playing a game like this taught me to fight an
  impossible fight.
• To trust people I play with.
• To learn to outwork and out hustle the
  competition.
• Standing still gets you squashed.
• Smaller athletes learn that it is critical to be
  able to run like hell.

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How to beat a 1v2. and teach a 9v10

• Baseball pickle circa 1926

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Baseball Pickle drill, AKA Monkey in the Middle

• This traditional drill is played two ways, but
  essentially teaches the same concept
• I can beat both of you if I work harder,
  smarter, and have more heart.
• In Pickle you win if you get to a base safely.
• In Monkey you win if you win the ball.

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• 1v2 riding drill
• Purpose Teach and reinforce rewards for
  shorthanded riding defense
• Goals Improve ABCs of the Man in the Middle,
  improve stick skills of the two outside players
• Set up Three players, four cones, ball, and a
  sideline
• Play Two outsides on one team, man in the middle
  must win ball. Outside players 10-15 yards apart
  depending on skill level.
• Rules A must run down and win ball. Ball won or
  thrown out of bounds results in 10 pushups for D.
  Ten consecutive passes by D results in ten
  pushups for A. D must stay within cones (about
  two yards apart)

D.
A
D
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• 2v3 riding drill to cones
• Similar to previous drill, but this drill teaches
  teamwork of riding team. Traditionally taught as
  3v2 with offense on outside and defense inside.
• Purpose Teach and reinforce rewards for
  shorthanded riding defense
• Goals Improve ABCs of the riding A, improve
  stick skills of the three outside players
• Set up five players, four cones, and ball.
• Play Three outsides on one team, two A in middle
  must win ball. Outside players 10-15 yards apart
  depending on skill level.
• Rules A must run down and win ball. Ball won or
  thrown away results in 10 pushups for D. Ten
  consecutive passes by D results in ten pushups
  for A. D must stay within cones (about fifteen
  yards apart)

D
D.
A
A
D
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3v4 drill to clear

• Ball is rolled toward D, D breaks w Goalie
  advantage.
• Hustle and ride-A defend MFL.
• Stress ABCs
• Stress hands and hips

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Sideline alley 1v1

• G pass to D, D breaks on ball.
• A gets upfield first to a cone.
• A uses sideline and positioning to win ball.
• Stress good approach angle by A

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Poor Pass Redirect drill

• Ball is rolled toward D
• D breaks w Goalie advantage.
• D throws cross-field bounce pass.
• Hustle and ride-A defend MFL.
• Turnovers scoring opportunities for A

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9 man Press v 32 clear

• A3 presses to force redirect. P floats free
  safety.
• D locks ball side a.
• If d carries, A3 can win ball w A2 chasing
• P engages when A2A3 turn back d.
• Shift over on redirect
• A1 comes through m on redirect.

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10 man Press v 32

• A3 presses to force redirect.
• P D Float free safety.
• D locks ball side a. G covers weak side a.
• On redirect, A1 to d, A2 up field to chase, A3 to
  g.
• P D engage when A turns back d.
• M2 comes back, M1 over, D free to engage

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9 man Soft/clog v 32

• A let ball come up field.
• A1 and A3 clog up neutral area. A2 plays ball at
  restraining line.
• P engages if d or m carry.
• Shift on redirect.
• Ball side M shuts off m

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