Preparing Practice & Drills for Team Success

Preparing Practice & Drills for Team Success Kyle Hannan Goucher College Khannan@goucher.edu

Pre-Practice • Have a purpose • Big picture (long term) • Calendar • Time of year • Small picture (short term) • Daily plan

Pre-Practice • Planning Practice • Best way to Learn “The Game” • Unsettled • Small Sided • Be Creative • Change drills • Different roles • Change the Picture • Half field • Full field • Make it Competitive • Points • Winners & Losers • Make a point

Pre-Practice • Template • Consistent Form • Visible • Coaches • Players • Trainers

Practice • Warm-up / Skills: 30 minutes • Half field uneven: 10 minutes • Full field uneven: 10 minutes • Half field even: 10 minutes • Special Situations: 15 minutes • Half field even: 10 minutes • Full field even: 10 minutes • Game Situations: 15 minutes • Flex session (fine tune, skill, conditioning) 10 minutes

Live Drills • Uneven: “Y” Drill • Even: “4 v 4” • Uneven: “Cheetah Drill” • Even: “5 v 5; early slide to 6 v 6” • Uneven: “Make it; Take it”

Post-Practice • Meetings • Player(s) • Coaches • Look Back; evaluate • Look Ahead; next day

CHEETAH DRILL D A D A D A C DM OM DM OM DM OM “1,2,3” 6 5 4 3 2 1

Y DRILL (start with attack) A A A C A A A A1 D D D A2 D D D D1 D2 A3 M4 M DM M DM M M DM DM M M

Y DRILL (start with midfielder) A A A A A A D D D D D D A D A OM DM OM DM OM C DM OM OM DM DM OM OM

DRILL: 4 V 4 (midfield dodge) A1 A2 D D DM DM M4 M3 C

DRILL: 4 V 4 (attack dodge) C A1 A2 D D DM DM M4 M3

DRILL: 5 v 5 early slide A2 A1 D D M5 DM2 DM1 DM M4 M3 0

DRILL: 4 V 4 A A D D DM DM M M C DM M

“Make it, Take it” – Attack Phase D A A1 M4 M4 D1 M M M3 M3 M M D2 M5 A2 M5 D A

“Make it, Take it” – Break out Phase D A M4 M4 M M D1 A2 A1 M5 M5 M M M3 D2 M3 D A

“Make it, Take it” – Transition Phase D A M4 M4 D1 A2 M M M5 M5 M M M3 A1 M3 D2 D A

Preparing Practice & Drills for Team Success