6 v 0

This is a drill designed to assist with your offense with what they do when the ball goes on the ground. Most importantly, do not give up a fast break going the other way. Where do you go, where do you run to, where to you line up. Cover the field, make it a big field. Make the defensive team cover as much of the field as possible.

Set Up:

• Have 6 players on the field
• 3 Attack
• 3 Middies
• Have players run skeletal offense
• Coach have a bunch of balls

Drill:

• Coach blows whistle, rolls ball on the ground
• First we go after the ball
• Second "Protect the 7"
• Provide Adjacents
• Once the ball is picked up, we make 2 passes before attacking the goal
• Once the rush is over, call your settle call, run skeletal offense; worse thing that should happen is you have the ball
• Repeat
• 2 on the ball
• 2 Adjacents
• 1 Protect the 7
• 1 Allowing for second pass, if ball goes to "X"

7 v 0

This is a drill designed to assist with clearing the ball inbounds. Where do you go, where do you run to, where to you line up. Cover the field, make it a big field. Make the riding team cover as much of the field as possible.

Set Up:

• Have 7 players on the field
• Goalie
• 3 Defenders
• 3 Middies, one a long pole
• Have a middie in the sub box
• Coach have a bunch of balls

Drill:

• Coach rolls ball on the ground
• Players, except the one or two who are going after the ball, get inside; "Touch the Trash Can."
• Once the ball is picked up, everyone runs to spots:
• Provide 2 adjacent passes
• Once a pass is made, give that player an adjacent pass
• Continue
• Get ball to other end of the field, make substitutions
• Whistle and repeat

Options:

• Coach you must be outside the player you are rolling ball away from
• You can have players line up as if certain player is playing the ball; then roll ball out