US Lacrosse

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WELCOME!

• US Lacrosse
• Coaching Education Program
• Mens Level 2 Instructional Clinic

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About the US Lacrosse Coaching Education Program

• Our mission Provide you with world-class
  training and educational resources to help you be
  the best COACH you can be and to equip you to
  make a positive impact on your players through
  the sport of lacrosse.

Online courses
Clinics Certification
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About the US Lacrosse Coaching Education Program

• Since the launch of the first online course in
  July 2004, nearly 10,000 coaches have
  participated in our US Lacrosse Coaching
  Education Program.
• Thanks for your commitment to professional and
  personal development as a coach!

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Components of the US Lacrosse Coaching Education
Program

• Level 1 and 2 online courses (must be taken and
  passed in order)
• Level 1 and 2 instructional clinics (must be
  taken in order)
• Level 1 and Level 2 certifications
• Visit www.uslacrosse.org/cep for more information

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Other coaching resources from US Lacrosse

• Online store with additional resources (books,
  DVDs and more)
• http//www.lacrosse.org/store

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Review of key concepts from Level 1

• What did you learn?

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What you will learn today

• Our goal for you
• Leave with tools to maximize the ability of every
  player on your team

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The four values of the process . . . .
Player centric
Assessments guides your planning
Teaching players to think in terms of
relationship to ball
Teaching players to think has life long
implications
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What is player-centric?
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POISE
CONFIDENCE
SKILLS
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How today will unfold

• Classroom Sessions
• Field Sessions
• See your handouts for specific schedule for today
• Check-out and pick up certificate at the end
• Look to be Level 2 Certified

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A PROCESS
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Lesson 2 Benefits of Planning
Lesson 2 Benefits of Planning
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Coaching Philosophy

• Why have a coaching philosophy?
• What are the benefits?
• Create, document and share your philosophy prior
  to season onset
• Live by your words while the season is underway
• Adopting a player-centric approach has its own
  unique set of challenges and benefits

Lesson 2 Benefits of Planning
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Season planning which reflects a player-centric
approach

• What is a player-centric approach?
• Why should you develop a season plan?

Lesson 2 Benefits of Planning
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Practice Planning
Lesson 2 Benefits of Planning
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OAPs in Practice Planning

• Variety and Progression need to be carefully
  orchestrated
• Consistency is important opening stretch and
  warm-up should mirror pre-game
• Build from Individual, to Positional to Team
  concepts through drills
• Intensity should vary, build to a climax at end
  of practice(2 minute drill)
• Flexibility have more than you need ready, own
  failures, be prepared to change
• Duration shorter is always better, consider
  attention span age in minutes x .66
• Weekly Progression dont add more than one drill
  per practice, recycle old favorites
• Conditioning hide it in drills, make this the
  players responsibility, set benchmarks and assess
  monthly
• Post practice plans outside of locker room,
  include diagrams of new drills
• Inclusion 3 man-up teams, 3 man-down teams (use
  them in lopsided games)
• Closing Messages are Essential 5 minutes is a
  lot of time, deliver a message

Session 2 Practice Planning
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Practice planning based on the needs of the
players

• What are the benefits of practice planning?
• How do you develop your practice plans?
• What things do you take into consideration?

Lesson 2 Benefits of Planning
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Triangle Line Drills
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4 Corner Over-the-Shoulder GBs and Passes

• Mark 4 corners with cones and put at least 3
  players in each corner
• Start with one ball and rotate counterclockwise
  catching over left shoulder and passing with
  right hand. Change directions halfway through
  drill, add more balls as player skill will
  support
• Players in line wait for break call then are
  rolled a ground ball while moving upfield.
  Progress to passing.

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Circle Feeds GBs or Passes

• Arrange players in groups of 8, 4 balls per
  group, each outside player has a ball
• Constant motion and talk, switch directions on
  whistle
• Players change hands on every ball exchange
• (black arrows show player motion, red arrows
  ball motion)

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Star Drill GBs and Passes

• 5 lines in a star shape, can be around goal, 30
  yards apart diagonally, movement both clockwise
  and counter clockwise.
• Start with one ground ball then progress to
  multiple balls and then passing.
• Pass ball to player two lines away from you on
  the star(1 pass to 3, 3 pass to 5, 5 pass to
  2, 2 pass to 4).
• Constant motion, multiple balls, lots of
  communication, know who is giving you the ball
  and who you will give it to in advance of getting
  the ball, focus while in line.
• 4 balls seems to be max for simultaneous motion.
  
• Each line of players should have no less than 2
  individuals per line but 3-4 is better. Use
  players name, offer help.

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Meat Loaf Drill GBs and Passes

• Meatloaf is a multi ball passing drill similar to
  the star drill.
• 2-3 balls should be used with advanced players
• Drill should be run going in both directions to
  work both hands.
• Cross handed catching(over the shoulder) should
  be used.
• Meatloaf should be done as a ground ball drill
  first then passes.

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Practical Application Communication with players
and their families

• Communication to players/families is key.
• Season and practice schedule dates and times can
  be spelled out for parent planning.

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Lesson 3 Player Assessment
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Why assessment?
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How to decipher the data

• Use the data to determine areas of strength
• Data helps you determine where to position
  players in your offense and defense

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What do you do with the data?

• Use it to guide your practice planning
• Share the data with players individually
• -Give your players benchmarks and individual
  goals
• -Example of player-coach meeting

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Lesson 4 Overarching Principles

• Why is it important to teach players the
  overarching principles of the game?

Lesson 4 Overarching Principles
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Overarching Principles

• Help GUIDE players thinking their reactions
  to their opponents on the field
• They are UNIVERSAL and allow players to be
  effective in any offensive or defensive system
• Principles are TRANSFERRABLE from one level to
  the next, or team to team

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Overarching Principles for Offense

• Players should be in constant motion.
• Move the ball
• Balance the field
• Attack the defense
• Offensive positioning and responsibilities are
  based on players relationship to the ball.

Lesson 4 Overarching Principles
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Overarching Principles for Defense

• Players must communicate
• Defensive positioning and responsibilities are
  based on players relationship to the ball.
• Play defense with your feet and head vs. stick
  and shoulders
• Play from the inside-out (stay home)/extend and
  recover
• Attack bottom hand of the ball carrier

Lesson 4 Overarching Principles
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Lesson 5 Offensive Process for 1-4-1
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Using Player Assessments

• Which players best suited for each offensive
  role/position
• Initiate offense with dodges or motion offense
• Where is the defense weak, where are they strong
• What can your team do well
• 1v1 matchups

Session 4 Coaching Defense
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The 1-4-1 Offensive Positions

• Sub letter is the position of the ball and where
  dodge will start from on the field
• Locations on the field based on abilities OC
  may change with OL

• OB (back)
• Quarterback type
• Dodger
• Use both hands
• Good field sense

O B
O C
O C
O R

• OC (crease)
• Ability to move in tight area
• Good / quick shooter in close

• OR (right)
• Solid right handed
• Good dodger

• OL (left)
• Solid left handed
• Good dodger

• OT (top)
• Quarterback type
• Dodger
• Use both hands
• Good field sense

Lesson 51-4-1 Offense Positions
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Offensive Play Calls in the 1-4-1
O B
O R
O C
O C
Where dodge will start offense from next time
ball gets to the triangle point (play called)
Behind (Bucknell, Blue, Badgers)
Left from wing as facing out from goal (Loyola,
Limestone, Lemon)
Right from wing as facing out from goal (Royal,
Red, Rutgers)
Top (Towson, Teal, Terry)
Lesson 51-4-1 Offense Positions
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Applying Offense Overarching Principles to drills
in 1-4-1

• Players in constant motion
• Dodge location and rotation in the diamond,
  picking at crease (opposite and away from dodge
  position)
• Move the ball
• Perimeter of diamond prior to dodge, shot, crease
  look, backside, cross field
• Balance the field
• Rotation to allow back up of ball (pass or shot)
  and outlet pass
• Attack the defense
• Test your defenseman to find the mismatch
• Recognition of defensive slides with ball
  movement, reverse ball movement opposite the
  direction of the dodge Attack the backside!
• Positioning and responsibilities in relationship
  to the ball
• Pass and shot back up, backside pass, rotation
  based on dodge position

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1-4-1 Offense Behind Dodge

• OB
• Start with weak hand, dodge to strong hand side
• Shot
• Look to crease
• Cross field
• Roll back and backside pass behind
• Outlet to top

• OC
• Opposite and away
• Pick
• Pick and Repick
• Pick and Roll
• Back up pass receiver
• Potential pass from backside wing

OR

• OR
• Rotate to top
• Safety outlet for pass
• Defensive safety
• OT
• Rotate to Wing
• Back up crease pass
• Potential backside pass for shot

• OL
• Rotate behind
• Back up shot
• Backside outlet

OC
OC
OT
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Behind Dodge with Crease
Drill Diagram
OC
OC
OB

• Skills Practiced
• Determining dodge direction
• Crease opposite and away from ball
• Dodge from behind
• Pick / Pick and Repick / Pick and Roll
• Passing / Shooting / Back Up of Pass

• Run using both sides
• Add another of the diamond points to give the
  different options and add until all points are in
  place

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Top or Behind Dodge Diamond Rotation
Drill Diagram
OT
OL
OR
OB

• Skills Practiced
• Determining dodge direction and rotation
• Shooting
• Cross crease pass
• Roll back and backside pass
• Top Outlet
• Backside shot
• Back up of shot

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1-4-1 Offense Top Dodge

• OB
• Rotate to wing
• Back up crease pass
• Cross field pass receiver
• Potential backside pass for shot

• OC
• Opposite and away
• Pick
• Pick and Repick
• Pick and Roll
• Back up pass receiver
• Potential pass from backside wing

OR
OC
OC

• OR
• Rotate behind
• Back up shot
• Backside outlet
• OT
• Start with weak hand, dodge to strong hand side
• Shot
• Look to crease
• Cross field
• Roll back and backside pass behind
• Outlet to top

• OL
• Rotate to top
• Outlet pass
• Defensive safety

OT
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Top Dodge with Crease
Drill Diagram
OT
OC
OC

• Skills Practiced
• Determining dodge direction
• Crease opposite and away from ball
• Dodge from top
• Pick / Pick and Repick / Pick and Roll
• Passing / Shooting / Back Up of Pass

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Top or Behind Dodge Diamond Rotation
Drill Diagram
OT
OL
OR
OB

• Skills Practiced
• Determining dodge direction and rotation
• Shooting
• Cross crease pass
• Roll back and backside pass
• Top Outlet
• Backside shot
• Back up of shot

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1-4-1 Offense Left Wing Dodge

• OC
• Opposite and away
• Pick
• Pick and Repick
• Pick and Roll
• Back up pass receiver
• Potential pass from backside wing

• AB
• Shot back up
• Backside outlet

OR
OC
OC

• OL
• Dodge starting right and come back left
• Shot
• Crease
• Cross field
• Roll back and backside pass behind
• Top outlet

• OR
• Rotate to top
• Safety outlet for pass
• Defensive safety
• OT
• Rotate to Wing
• Back up crease pass
• Potential backside pass for shot

OT
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Wing Left Dodge with Crease
Drill Diagram
OL
OC
OC

• Skills Practiced
• Determining dodge direction
• Crease opposite and away from ball
• Dodge from wing
• Pick / Pick and Repick / Pick and Roll
• Passing / Shooting / Back Up of Pass

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Left or Right Wing Dodge Diamond Rotation
Drill Diagram
OT
OR
OL
OB

• Skills Practiced
• Determining dodge direction and rotation
• Shooting
• Cross crease pass
• Roll back and backside pass
• Top Outlet
• Backside shot
• Back up of shot

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1-4-1 Offense Right Wing Dodge

• OC
• Opposite and away
• Pick
• Pick and Repick
• Pick and Roll
• Back up pass receiver
• Potential pass from backside wing

• AB
• Shot back up
• Backside outlet

OR
OC
OC

• OL
• Rotate to top
• Safety outlet for pass
• Defensive safety
• OT
• Rotate to Wing
• Back up crease pass
• Potential backside pass for shot

• OR
• Dodge starting Left and come back right
• Shot
• Crease
• Cross field
• Roll back and backside pass behind
• Top outlet

OT
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Wing Right Dodge with Crease
Drill Diagram
OR
OC
OC

• Skills Practiced
• Determining dodge direction
• Crease opposite and away from ball
• Dodge from wing
• Pick / Pick and Repick / Pick and Roll
• Passing / Shooting / Back Up of Pass

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Left or Right Wing Dodge Diamond Rotation
Drill Diagram
OT
OR
OL
OB

• Skills Practiced
• Determining dodge direction and rotation
• Shooting
• Cross crease pass
• Roll back and backside pass
• Top Outlet
• Backside shot
• Back up of shot

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Lesson 6 Coaching Defense

• 3 Areas to Develop Player Skills
• Playing the ball carrier
• Off-ball positioning Sliding
• Defending players on the crease

Session 5 Coaching Defense
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Applying Overarching Principles to drills

• Playing the ball carrier
• Approach, Footwork, Checks/Holds
• Off Ball positioning
• Help/Sliding, Backside/Crease Coverage, Push out
  on next pass
• Defending players on the crease
• Defending picks, cuts, feeds to crease

Session 5 Coaching Defense
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Using Player Assessments

• Which players best suited for each defensive
  role/position
• Aggressive/Pressure D or Passive/Sloughing D
• 1v1 matchups shutoffs
• Slide packages
• Crease or Adjacent
• When beaten or at predetermined spot

Session 4 Coaching Defense
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Defending the 1-4-1

• D1 D6
• Ability to defend 1v1
• Ability to pressure feeder

D1

• D2 D3
• Ability to pressure feeder
• Ability to anticipate slide press out on adj
  help

D3
D2
D5
D4
M
A

• D4 D5
• Communicate
• Defend Picks
• Play/Check cutters
• Anticipate slides

D6

• D1, D2 D3 Close Def
• D4 D5 SSM
• D6 LSM

Session 5 Coaching Defense
Lesson 5 Settled Offense
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Defending the 1-4-1
Crease Slide from X 1
D1
D3
D2
D5
D4
A
M
D6
Session 5 Coaching Defense
Lesson 5 Settled Offense
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Defending the 1-4-1
Crease Slide from X 2
A
D1
D3
D2
D4
D5
A
M
D6
After getting beat D1 can persist for double, or
go to backside
Session 5 Coaching Defense
Lesson 5 Settled Offense
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Defending the 1-4-1
D1
D3
D2
A
M
D4
D5
D6
M
Crease Slide from Top 1
Session 5 Coaching Defense
Lesson 4 Settled Defense
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Defending the 1-4-1
Crease Slide from Top 2
D1
D3
D2
A
M
D4
D5
M
D6
After getting beat D6 can persist for double, or
go to backside
Session 5 Coaching Defense
Lesson 4 Settled Defense
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Run the Arc
Drill diagram

• Skills practiced
• Defensive positioning vs dodger from X in a 1-4-1
  offense
• Footwork when playing 1v1 from behind
• Execution of the Cross Forearm and Top Hand hold.

Session 5 Coaching Defense
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Funnel Drill
Drill diagram

• Skills practiced
• Defensive positioning vs a dodger from up top in
  the 1-4-1
• Hand and footwork for defensive holds
• Taking away the middle of the field, or taking
  away ball carriers strong hand while funneling
  him to the alley/help

Also run this drill with dodger from the wing
defender must stay topside and funnel dodger
behind GLE using top hand hold to funnel dodger
toward GLE (see X2/D2 in diagram) work both
sides of goal/both hands
Session 4 Coaching Defense
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Extend Recover
Drill Diagram
X2
D2
D1
X1

• Skills Practiced
• Approaching ball carrier with correct body
  position and breaking down when covering ball
• Correct footwork (drop step, turn to ball) when
  recovering to hole
• Understanding of correct off-ball, or help
  position
• Conditioning

Session 5 Coaching Defense
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Defend the Hole
Drill Diagram
X1
D1
X5
D4
X4
X2
D2
D3
X3

• Skills Practiced
• Approach
• 1v1 defense on ball
• Recovering to hole and sliding to help on crease.

Session 5 Coaching Defense
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Out of Dodge
Drill diagram

• Skills practiced
• Defensive communication
• Sliding
• Recovering to off ball

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Feed the Crease
X1
X5
X6
D2
D1
X4
X2
X3

• Skills Practiced
• Defending feeds to the crease
• Defending picks on the crease

Session 5 Coaching Defense
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Lesson 7 Rides Clears
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Rides Clears

• Areas to Develop Player Skills
• Recognition of other teams formation
• Anticipation of ball and opponent movement
• Advantage of the opponents weakness
• Positioning and responsibilities in relationship
  to the ball

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Clearing OAPs

• Get middies out for quick outlet
• Take advantage of the extra man on defensive end
  of the field
• Switch fields and pass back as needed
• Be aware of the offside player staying onsides

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Settled Clear
G
G
Blue Clear Red - Ride

• This is the clear to use when the ball has gone
  out of bounds. The ball should be
  picked up immediately to prevent the other team
  from subbing their middies.
• Defense who receives first pass must make the
  over pass.
• That Def. will attack the mid covering the LSM.
• Near side Def will stay back if LSM goes over.
• Mid will Pick with each other and Attack must
  rotate
• pushing ball through X as transition occurs.

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Clear from a Shot
A
G
Blue Clear Red - Ride

• Goalie makes save and yells clear.
• Defensive middie whose man shot breaks for
  midfield/sideline.
• LSM goes straight up field to keep his player on
  the field.
• Remaining middie breaks for opposite
  sideline/midline.
• Crease Def stays home for first pass, then breaks
  toward pass.
• Wing def do a C cut away from goal to receive
  pass.
• Attack must rotate as transition occurs pushing
  ball through
• X on slow breaks.

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Riding OAPs

• First line of a great defense
• Riding attack must be best hustlers and
  anticipate ball movement
• Prevent the quick transition
• Stop ball advancement, turn the ball carrier back
  and work the clock for the 20 second call
• Force cross field passes by long poles

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Riding after a shot on Goal
G
Black Ride Red Clear

• After the shot, our middies must get back to at
  least the restraining box and more likely the
  midline. This prevents fast breaks and allows us
  to keep the ball in front of us to set up our
  ride. Middies will lock on their middies. Sub
  if possible for LSM.
• Defense must lock on and shut off their attackmen
  in the far end. Do not allow a Free Clear. Let
  goalie bring the ball up.
• The Attack must get up field to the midline and
  clog up the
• midfield as a zone. Do not allow your man to
  get by with ball.

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2-1-3 V Ride Dead Ball off sideline
D
A
D
A
A
M
M
D
M
M
D
G
A
G
A
A
D
M
M
D
Blue - Clear Red - Ride

• If ball goes out of bounds on sideline set up
  2-1-3 above ball
• Lock on all middies and attack and play zone
  against their defense and goalie with our 3
  attack.
• Pressure to long pass
• Can invert the V to slow clear, run a 1-2-3
  instead.

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2-1-3 V Ride Dead Ball off Shot
G
Red Ride Blue - Clear

• If out of bounds on endline, attack ride with 2
  attack chase and 1 safety.
• Lock on all middies and attack and play zone
  against their defense and goalie with our 3
  attack.
• Can invert the V to slow clear, run a 1-2-3
  instead.

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Lesson 8 Goalie Play
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OAPs of Goalie Play

• See the ball, Stop the ball
• Limit the amount of movement
• Stay set (Ready Position) when ball in zone
• Stay hip in hip with shooter
• Never turn your back to the ball!

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Lesson 9 Transition Play

• Objectives
• Understand the overarching principles of a
  transition offense
• Understand the overarching principles of a
  transition defense
• Understand how to teach players to play a 4 v 3,
  5 v 4, and 6 v. 5 situation on O and D
• Understand how to teach players to recognize a
  slow break on Offense and its importance on
  Defense

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Transition Play Offense

• Ball motion is faster than feet
• Draw the man then pass
• Offense stay spread to force longer slides and
  buy time
• Keep players and ball above GLE on fast breaks
• 5 on a die is not the best offensive set in 5 v
  4, slide the 5th man out and off crease to create
  a local overload on the side
• Slow break means no clear numbers advantage

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Transition Play Defense

• Get inside the crease and slide out (Inside Out
  Defense)
• Stop the ball
• Recover to the middle when beat or after passes
• Know your setups on 3 v 2, 4 v 3, 5 v 4, and 6 v
  5
• Goal is to slow the break into a settled 6 v 6 or
  to force a bad play by the offense

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3 v 2 Full Field Drill
Session 9 Transition Play
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Fast Break Drill from Face-Off

• Two middies come to FO x with a ball each. One
  is used for FO.
• Winning FO Middie attacks while losing middie is
  given the 2nd ball to attack opposite end.

Session 9 Transition Play
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5v4 Full Field Transition Drill

• Ball starts at right end line, M1, M3 release
  from lines and clear the ball.
• Defensive Middie 1 releases from midline and can
  jump the ball or drop in. If he jumps, attack 4
  v 3 with quick pass to M3, top ball side
  attack(A1) must drop into hole and A3 must
  balance set. If DM drops in, create a 3 v 2
  local overload on one side.(avoid 5 on a die
  offensive set)
• After play finished, reverse direction and
  release M5 and M6 from behind left goal and
  repeat drill going opposite direction, blue DM2
  releases and chooses.

Session 9 Transition Play
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3 v 2 Sideways Drill
Teaching Local Overloads

• Release players from alternating sides in groups
  of 5, 3 off and 2 def, ground ball war or def can
  conced and get in the hole fast.
• Offensive players may not cross the line drawn
  with cones.
• This drill is excellent for teaching local
  overloads from both a defensive and offensive
  point of view. This is the basis for 1-3-2 and
  1-4-1 plays.
• Offensive players must move the ball and
  themselves to create lay ups.
• Score units so that lay ups worth 2 points and
  outside shots only 1.

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3 v 2 initiate from behind after 2 passes

• In this drill the coach rolls the ball out above
  the box.
• Two offensive players stay above GLE and one
  attack goes to X.
• X man initiates offense after he gets the ball.
• X man must draw a man so that he creates a 2 v 1.
• This reinforces the concept that X man must play
  a role.

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3 v 2 GB Drill

• Coach rolls ball out for 1v1 GB for players in
  line.
• Winner stays on and attacks cage(loser can be
  out or do 5 pushups and then re-join drill).
• If Defensive player (blue) wins then they play
  offense.
• If offensive player wins then they play offense.
• Great simulation of GB situations

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6 v 6(or 5) Scramble Drill

• Players are set up around the outside of the box.
• Coach rolls ground ball into corner, players
  release and attempt to gain possession.
• Defense must clear midfield line to win.
• Offense must score within one minute of
  possession or hold the ball for one minute in the
  box(no shot allowed).
• Extremely competitive, high intensity, short
  duration drill, perfect ending to a great
  practice.

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Lesson 10 Winning the Face-off

• How to assess the skills needed for the faceoff
  man and for the wing players
• The overarching principles for using long sticks
  on the wings
• The overarching principles for how to prevent a
  fast break

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Skills needed for the faceoff player

• Quick hands
• Strength
• Anticipation
• Balance
• Ground ball monster

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Skills needed for the wing players

• Fast
• Ground ball monsters
• Excellent communication
• Anticipation
• Physical player who can outmuscle/outrun the
  opposing wing players

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How to use the long stick midfielder (LSM) on the
wings

• Option 1 One LSM on every faceoff
• Option 2 Use two LSMs if losing most of the
  faceoffs
• Option 3 Use three LSMs under dire
  circumstances

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Face-Off Positions

• Long Stick runs towards center and behind FOM.
  If we win the draw the ball will often come his
  way. This guy must have good stick skills. He
  picks up ground ball and looks to hit breaking
  mid2. If we are winning most FO M2 can break
  upfield and A5 can drop low immediately
• Our M2 goes in towards the offensive half of the
  field.
• Once we gain possession, if there is no fast
  break, then the LSM will sub out through midfield
  once possession has been established.
• If we lose face-off, then longstick is in the
  defensive end already.

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Face-offs with 2 LSMs

• Using 2 LSMs increases the odds of groundballs
  being won by our team and allows us to put more
  pressure on the ball before it enters the box.
• When denying entry into the box we will
  pressure the ball with a pole and shut off 5
  other players. If we get the right matchup on
  the ball we can often force turnovers on an
  advancement count.
• Players must be willing to work hard for a short
  period of time and know when to concede entry to
  prevent fast breaks. Attack leave box
  immediately and hassle opponents middies until
  they cross the midline.

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Face off Positions When Losing Face-offs

• This set will stop opponents fast breaks for
  situations where you are unable to win the
  face-off and are getting hammered with fast
  breaks.
• You can put a pole down on the face-off. Do not
  let the face-off middie get by your pole. You can
  also use a FO Mid and simply have him slow down
  the break.
• The LSM will head straight for the top attack
• if on that side, or to cut off the ball.

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Faceoff Team Practice and Teaching Progressions

• Start with faceoff man drills and skills
• Teaching wing play concepts
• Teaching implications for close defense when
  losing faceoff
• A. Might have to have a locked SSM in the hole
  (slide patterns
• B.Might have to accommodate a LSM filling in
  the box.
• Teaching implications for attack when winning
  faceoffs
• A. Might need to change set up to allow for an
  early wing middie release
• B. Might need to change set-up to allow for
  early opponent LSM coming into offensive zone
• C. Rotating attackmen during fast break to
  non- traditional formations interferes with
  standard defensive script

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Face-off Drills and Activities

• 3 ground ball face-off practice drill
• Can be used as a fast break drill by adding 3 As
  and 3 Ds in both ends and letting center middies
  carry ball into ends

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3 Pressure GB Drills

• Crease Crunch Coach rolls ball in for 2v2 GB
  with quick shot for winner
• FO Wing GB GB from wing, fight for ball,
  pass back to coach
• Advantage GB Coach rolls ball to
  one side or other
  creating advantage,
  winner shoots and loser must cut off
  shooter and
  play def. Fun for Poles

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Ground Balls in Offensive End

• Double pressure to recover ball
• Attack immediately
• Push ball 2-3 quick passes
• Defense likely to be out of position
  and in unfamiliar slide situations
• Good chance for a mismatch, quick
  hit play, best chance to
  score is always in
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Ground Balls in Defensive End

• Double on all ground balls if possible
• Encourage persistent doubles
• Push for quick turnover
• Pressure delays ball motion
  which allows your players time to
  recover, reposition,
  number up

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Lesson 11 EMO and MDD
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EMO OVERARCHING PRINCIPLES

• Move ball quickly dont dodge
• Make the defense rotate
• Resolve defense to a 2 v 1 then 1 v 0 (attack
  splitter, high shots)
• Draw defender before passing
• Create advantages by skip passing
• Spread defense making slides long opens passing
  lanes
• Be quick dont hurry
• Back up shots

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EMO OVERARCHING PRINCIPLES

• Move ball quickly dont dodge
• Make the defense rotate
• Resolve defense to a 2 v 1 then 1 v 0 (attack
  splitter, high shots)
• Draw defender before passing
• Create advantages by skip passing
• Spread defense making slides long opens passing
  lanes
• Be quick dont hurry
• Back up shots

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Man Down Defense Overarching Principles

• COMMUNICATION is key
• Protect the crease (PTP) prevent inside shots lt
  10 yds stay tight
• Sticks up and in passing lanes, prevent skip
  passes
• Play the ball
• Kill time
• Force easy passes to defend (prevent skip
  passes)

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Reviewing the game films

• The Process . . .
• Design for your Teams Goals

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Tools . . .
Planning
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Assessments
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What is Your Team?
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Designing Practices to fit your team
Built on the fundamentals Overarching Principles
POISE
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WRAP-UP

• Evaluations
• Q and A

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Pearls of the Day

• Assessments and sharing them
• OAPs
• Sharing plans w/ players
• Explaining the whys of drills
• Communicating w/ parents and players
• Players skills and ability survey
• Using the soft demo ball
• Pick teaching techniques facing and the hands
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