Archives for February 2011

Set-up: Create a 15x 15 yard diamond.  Groups of 8 to 10 players. Change the target players/ “wall” players every 90 seconds.  Change direction of ball movement, playing … [Read more...]

Set-up: Half the players with balls, half without.  Players without the balls form a circle around the players with the balls. The Exercise: Players with balls dribble … [Read more...]

Set-up: 1 ball between 2 people.  Players stand about 5 yards apart. The Exercise: The players in white pass the ball to player in red and move to support.  The red … [Read more...]

The Set-up: Discs should be 5 yards apart laterally and 10 yards apart horizontally. One ball for every two people. The Exercise: The white players act as servers, the … [Read more...]

The Set-up: 6 players in a group with 2 players (B &D) serving as wall passers.  One player (C) begins about 20 yards across from the remaining players who form a … [Read more...]

The Set-up: 1 ball for 2 players.  Create a 10x10 box with different colored discs (use pinnies if you don’t have different colored discs).  Two poles or discs should be … [Read more...]

The following exercise was created by Ted Priestly, Men’s Head Coach at the College of the Holy Cross, to provide his players with constant repetition to improve … [Read more...]

The Set-up: 3 balls, 4 lines, full team (12 plus players).  The box should be approximately 20x20 yards. Note: There will be a lot of movement in this exercise, but it … [Read more...]

The Set-Up: In a free space 6 to 8 players with one ball. The Exercise: The players move freely throughout the area.  When the ball is played to a person, they must take … [Read more...]

The Set-up: 10 x 10 grid (coach can adjust depending on players ability), divide team into two groups of 8, coach has several balls. The Exercise: One team of 8 begins … [Read more...]

The Set-Up: 3 to 4 players in each line, with at least 2 balls per line.  10x10 inner box with an outside box that is paced off (8 to 10 yds.) at an angle from the inner … [Read more...]

The Game: Half of players in the group have a ball and half do not. If you do not have a ball you need to steal one from someone who does. If ball goes out of bounds, … [Read more...]

Players in Red dribble the ball freely while players in White jog, skip, knees up, heels up. Switch Roles after 60 to 90 seconds! Variation 1: Players in Red dribble … [Read more...]

Exercise 1: Player passes the ball to teammate and runs to the end of the opposite line.  Line should be between 5 to 10 yards apart.  Play one or two touch depending on … [Read more...]

Exercise 1: Dribble through the gates.  Go for 60 to 90 seconds.  Ask players how many times they went through a gate. You can ask them to use just there right foot, left … [Read more...]