Loose Ball Drill #7B: Offensive Zone Loose Ball (Broken Play)
INTERMEDIATE
- Discussion (1 min): Multiple Re-Sets
- Begin with a line of left-handed and a line of right-handed players on their proper floor sides, a few metres higher than the shooter positions.
- Variation #1 (15 min): "Low/Mid/High Loose Ball (Rebound)." The first player in one line starts the drill by running down the middle with a ball and taking a shot on the goalie (in all subsequent reps players will run to the net without a ball).
- After shooting the ball, the next player from the same line then rolls a loose ball off of the same side boards. The player who just shot picks up the loose ball and passes to the first player from the opposite line, who cuts wide-open through the middle calling for the pass.
The opposite side line then rolls a ball into the opposite side corner and repeats the above protocol, alternating from side-to-side (Draw Diagram).
Advanced players can challenge each other with tricky bounces off the boards and coaches can also ask that players roll/bounce the ball to a variety of spots: low (Variation #1A - 5 min), mid-boards (Variation #1B - 5 min), or high (Variation #1C - 5 min).
Variation #2 (5 min): "Adjacent Pass To Swing Pass." Instead of passing to a cutter from the opposite line after scooping the loose ball, this player sends an adjacent pass back up to the player that rolled them a loose ball and this player then makes a swing pass to the player at the front of the other line. The player receiving the pass can either cut to the net and receive the pass (same as Variation #1) or they can take an outside shot; eventually running into the corner scooping a loose ball to keep the drill going.
Variation #3 (5 min): "Fake Series'." Coaches also have the option to tell a few players in line to throw specific fake series', mixing it up with different styles of shots being commanded (unbeknownst to the goalie).
Variation #4 (10 min): "Game to 7." To add competition, play a game of lefty’s versus righty’s up to 7 goals, losing team does push-ups, sit-ups, planks, body weight squats, sprints, etc.
Variation #5 (5 min): "No Drops/No Misses Game." For every ball that is dropped and/or misses the net during the drill players will have to sprint from one side-board (or end-board) to the other. For every goal that is scored, one sprint is removed from the total, with goalies having to run if the players keep their sprint total at or below zero.

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