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Drill/Activity
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Objective/Suggestion
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Time
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Bring it in
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Gather the team to discuss practice plans for the day
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5 minutes
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Some warm-up activity
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Warm up stretch legs, arms, shoulders, neck & midsection
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5 minutes
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Coaches Instruction - Cradling
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Reviewing the Basic instruction on the fundamentals
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2 minutes
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(Drill 1) Individual cradling practice
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Look to get girls who can and feel comfortable to use their opposite hands.
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Advanced or those who want to try getting them to switch back and forth
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2 minutes
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(Drill 2) - Competitive Figure 8s
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Gaining comfort with switching hands while running -keeping head up while cradling & running
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5 minutes
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Coaches Instruction - Ground Balls
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Basic instruction on the fundamentals
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2 minutes
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(Drill 3) Individual ground balls
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Working both on stationary and on running through the ball.
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Looking to introduce everyone to using both hands
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(Drill 4) Team Ground Ball Challenge
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More experienced girls try with opposite hand
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3 minutes
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(Drill 5) Ground Ball Tag
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Ground balls under pressure
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5 minutes
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Coaches Instruction - Passing & Catching
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Basic instruction on the fundamentals
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3 minutes
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(Drill 6) Baseball Throw
look to have the girls throw to each other?
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Basic motion of throwing an object
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3 minutes
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(Drill 7) Partner passing
(everyone should have a new partner each practice)
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Passing & Catching
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7 minutes
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(Drill 8)Work the Point
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Catching, Passing & Shooting
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10 minutes
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Water break
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2 minutes
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Coaches Instruction - hot-spots - positions
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Instruction on positioning on offense
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3 minutes
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(Drill 9) Hot Spot Movement
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Have the girls cradling with the balls to re-enforce cradling & running.
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Getting players familiar with hot spots
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5 minutes
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Water Break
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2 minutes
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Coaches Instruction - positions - offense & defense
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Review of positions (A,M,D)
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Re-inforce defensive positions
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Introduction of shooting space
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Introduction of dangerous shot
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3 pass rule
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Re-inforcing that a 4th pass can and often should be made
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Also that passing in the defensive zone also counts
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Reviewing who belongs where, off-sides, the job of each position, etc.
Introducing and clarifying some of the more confusing rules
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15 minutes
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Drill - defense in unsettled situation
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Teaching the girls how to pick up a player when things are confused
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5 minutes
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Bring it in/wrap up
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Review with the girls what they learned and field any questions
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5 minutes
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90 minutes
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