Drill Specs
Drill Theme:
Face Offs
Field Position:
Midifeld
Drill Style:
Skills
Time Needed:
10 min
Field Location:
Midfield Zone
Skill Level:
Basic
Objective
Practice winning face offs and directing the ball into locations around the field so your wing players, or faceoff player, can gain the ground ball.
Description of Drill-Execution
Set up a faceoff at the center x in the midfield.
Have your face off players one at a time put down a ball and wait for the coach to call the face off.
Before you call the faceoff a coach will walk around the midfield area and drop a cone, then blow the whistle.
The face off player must win the draw, and force the ball to the cone that was dropped by the coach.
The next player will step up and the cone will be moved, and whistle blown.
Drill Diagram:
Skills Practiced:
- Face-offs
- Communication
Variations/Progression/Increased difficulty (As your players improve their skills incorporate the following…)
To vary the drill you can have the face off players use a variety of moves to win the draw.
You may also have the players faceoff against another player and have a cone with a different color for each player to force the ball towards.