Another Practice

Practice went well last night. We started with the Recovery Defense drill (see list of drills below). It worked pretty well. The next drill was the Dribbling Through Gates drill (see below).

We've also started a new thing where my other head coach (we work together) pulls one player out of practice and works with him on a specific skill for about 10 minutes and then picks another player. He can do 2-3 players per practice, and then everyone participates in the scrimmage at the end of practice. Last night, the skill was shooting. He taught proper techinque, including landing on the shooting foot. He spent about 10 minutes with each of two players. I can handle the team drills by myself at this point, and it's marginally easier to do the drills with one less player (the one working with the other coach). If you're going to have someone work one-on-one with the kids on skills, make sure that person knows what he is doing. My other coach has excellent technique. You certainly don't want someone teaching them the wrong way to do things!