Hockeyexercise: warm-up games for youngest youth
Suitable for the following techniques: dribbling
Warm-up games for youngest youth
King of the Ball
- Mark out an area or use a circle.
- Give everyone a ball, except for one player.
- The player without a ball tries to take the ball from someone else.
- If the ball is taken or goes out of the field, that player helps with taking the balls.
- Place all players on one line with a ball.
- Have one player stand on the other side and call "Red Light, Green Light".
- The players may walk, but the ball must remain still when the caller turns around.
- If the ball is not still, the player goes back to the start.
- Give all players a ball.
- Let them dribble and drive through the area with the ball.
- Call "Yes" and let them drive as quickly as possible to a hoop or cone.
- Start with enough hoops/cones for everyone, then remove one each time.
- Place all players with a ball on one line.
- Let them drive with the ball while you indicate the direction by pointing.
- They must look ahead and not only at the ball.
- Give each player a ball.
- Let them drive within a marked area with the ball.
- Call "Yes" and let them drive straight to the other side.
- Ensure they keep watching each other to avoid collisions.
- Create two teams and give all players a ball.
- Let them start at the back line outside the circle.
- On your signal, they drive with the ball along the circle's edge.
- At the cone, they may score in the goal.