BEGINNER 

• Arrange players into teams of equal numbers and then have players jog to one end of the floor and place their ball in piles on the ground (same number of piles as teams), jogging back to the opposite end of the floor; starting behind the goal-line-extended (GLE). 

• *Variation #1:  "Tired Loose Balls."  On the coaches whistle, all players run from one end to the other end and scoop up a loose ball (Variation #1A - 5 min).  Otherwise, have players grouped into 2-4 lines aiming for 4-5 players per line, with all players taking one or more turns (Variation #1B - 5 min); perhaps as a relay race. 

• After scooping the ball, players must run back to where they started (which is a good segue into cradling drills).

• Once everyone has had a turn, players should drop their ball and jog back to the opposite end of the floor ready to run the drill again (if cardio-vascular improvement is the objective). 

• Goalies can take shots from a coach, passing rebounds back where possible.

*Most common error = not lining the stick up with the ball and/or not landing 3-6 inches behind the ball when scooping