Crash Warm Up
The perfect warm-up drill for defense!
Description of Drill: This warm-up drill is designed specifically for defenders. The object of the drill is for the defenders to protect the middle cone. We typically work this as a build up drill. At first the attackers can only drive to the cone if they have the ball, next the attackers adjacent to the ball can cut, finally it’s chaos with the only rule being you must fill in the cones (can't hang out in the middle). As the ball moves around the cones the defenders bump and communicate while always protecting the middle cone.
Skills Emphasized:
Defensively - Shifting towards the ball, protecting the middle, communication, approach, and breakdown, and prioritizing.
Offensively - Patience, using their outside hand (or not if you want to change the focus) we’ve done this so the attacker cannot switch hands and has to get creative with stick work), hitting the one more, following instructions.
Equipment Needed: 6 - 7 cones based on the squad size, 6 attackers and 5 defenders or 5 attackers and 4 defenders.
Coaching Points of Emphasis:
ZONE MENTALITY! Defensive shift as a unit with sticks big.
Communication: who has two, watch the back side, hedging towards the ball, especially as adjacent.
CRASH - this drill is designed for the attackers to be successful, but D must ALWAYS crash to the cone.
*You can also set this up around the 8m and let the attack shoot/play live after the ball hits the middle.
Diagram of Drill:
