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YOUR EDGE] coaches Continuous 3-on-2
Washington College coach Jeff Shirk’s ‘basketball’ drill promotes fast play in practice
Setup
• Position goals at the top of the restraining boxes to shorten the field.
• Split your team in half and separate by jersey color.
• Set up three lines behind each cage — offensive and defensive players together. Defensive guys, faceoff guys and d-middies can handle the ball.
• Goalie starts with ball and three players on one side. Two players step in front of opposite goal as defenders.
Drill 1. Goalie outlet to wing starts the drill. 2. Ball carrier attacks the middle of the field.
3. Encourage the two outside wing players to beat the ball down the field and curl back to receive the pass. If they’re running on the same plane as the ball carrier, passes will wind up too far in front or behind. You want to keep good spacing.
4. After shot or turnover, the last offensive player to touch the ball exits the drill. The remaining two offensive players hustle back to play defense.
5. Three new players step up. Goalie starts a new 3-on-2 going the other way with an outlet pass
Advantages
• Everyone plays offense and defense. It trains defensemen, long-stick middies, short-stick d-middies and faceoff guys to be just as good stick-handlers as your offensive guys.
• It forces players to focus on fundamentals in confined space.
• It’s a great stickhandling warm-
up, with disguised conditioning. There are no second opportunities.
As soon as the ball hits the ground, it’s dead. Offensive Keys
• Attack the middle of the field.
• Point man stays high, reading the low defenseman.
• Wings keep sticks in their outside hands. • “One more.” Make the extra pass. Don’t settle for
an 8-yard shot when you can get a doorstep dunk.
Defensive Keys • Point defenseman forces ball carrier to make a decision with the ball and keeps a vertical string to the low-opposite pipe (opening his hips to the ball).
• Low defenseman takes the first pass and maintains a horizontal string to the low men on the pipes.
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