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Skills & Drills 

Ground balls (scooping) -  Squirrels and nuts & hungry hippo relay race

Catching - coaches egg toss & water balloon pop ups (summertime)

Cradling - sharks & minnows

Throwing -  scarecrow throwing & eagle eye 

Shooting -penalty shot competition & around the world shooting 

Communication & Timing - have one need one & pass it down

Defense (blocking & intercepting)- Cat, mouse, grandma & monkey in the middle

Dodging (stick protection) - dodge a coach & cone crushers

Off ball play (field awareness) - apache & blind man’s bluff

“Small-sided” games - 3v3 or 4v4 - modified rules - 10 min running halves

Free Play - more fun, more creativity, more learning 

 

 Clinics & training sessions - minimum of six / maximum of ten players