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Hockey drills

  • All but one player have a ball.
  • The player without ball is the defender and tries to work all the balls out of the square as quickly as possible.
  • The players with ball drift through the square and try to keep the ball there as long as possible.
  • If the player loses his ball and the defender plays the ball outside the square, the player is finished.
  • In that case, he helps the defender to work all the balls out of the square as quickly as possible.
  • The player who remains last with ball wins the game.
Points of Attention:
  • Emphasize that the players look well over the ball while drifting (head up).
  • If a foul is made by the player with ball, he is out. If the defender fouls, it is a free ball for the attacker.
drawing Defense Exercise
  • A starts with the ball and must have 2 passing options on either side
  • If A pushes the ball to B, C must run so that B also has 2 play-off opportunities again
  • The person in the middle wants to take the ball away
drawing Making triangles
  • A starts with the ball and passes it wide to B
  • B takes the ball and passes to C
  • C comes to the touchline
  • C takes the ball and plays a 1:1 with the defender
drawing Defending from the left + 1:1
  • A starts with the ball and gives a hard push forward.
  • B comes running in and takes the ball, then turns away.
  • Floats around on the pawns, lines up the ball and rounds on goal.
Plot exercise on 2 sides.

drawing Closed assume with turning away
  • A starts with the ball and gives a hard push forward.
  • B comes running in and takes the ball, then turns away.
  • Floats around on the pawns, lines up the ball and rounds on goal.
Plot exercise on 2 sides.

drawing Closed assume with turning away
1 vs. 1
  • Attacker blue plays the ball with a push pass to defender red.
  • Defender red accepts the ball and plays the ball with push pass back to attacker blue.
  • Attacker blue takes the ball and plays a 1 vs. 1 with the blue defender in the square.
  • Does the attacker win the duel he may score freely. The defender does not have to pass if the 1 vs 1 is lost in the square.
  • If the defender takes the ball away, he makes sure the ball is played through the orange gate.
  • The attack is finished when the attacker has shot at goal or the defender has played the ball through the orange gate.
Points of attention:
  • Focus is both on defending -poking, sitting low, not stepping in- and attacking -tempoing, direction changes, etc.
  • Depending on the number of players, the exercise can be plotted twice.
drawing Exercise on target
  • Make two rows of an equal number of players.
  • Players take turns drifting toward the three double pawns.
  • Arriving at the double pawns, do the herring trick three times in a row and then flatten the ball on goal.
Herring trick:
  1. You play the ball to the right of the double pawn and pass it yourself to its left.
  2. Make sure you have control of the ball again before the next double pawn.
  3. So push the ball in a controlled manner.
drawing Exercise on target
Party with four goals.
  • The coach makes two equal teams.
  • Each team defends two goals.
  • It is allowed to play field hockey behind goal, but scoring is only allowed at the front.
Points of attention:
  • Play with the 3 second rule; take the ball quickly after a foul. Takes longer than 3 seconds, free hit for the opposing team.
  • If it is crowded on one side of the field, move the ball at pace to the other side where there is more space.
drawing Party Form
Party with four goals.
  • The coach makes two equal teams.
  • Each team defends two goals.
  • It is allowed to play field hockey behind goal, but scoring is only allowed at the front.
Points of attention:
  • Play with the 3 second rule; take the ball quickly after a foul. Takes longer than 3 seconds, free hit for the opposing team.
  • If it is crowded on one side of the field, move the ball at pace to the other side where there is more space.
drawing Party Form
  • Party form with the goals not in the middle of the field but on the right sides of the field.
drawing Party shape with goals on right side
  • A starts with the ball and plays the ball to B.
  • B takes the ball and plays the ball to C.
  • C takes the ball and makes an action near the pawns and rounds on goal.
drawing Building out defending in the bowl
  • A starts with the ball and passes it into the run at B.
  • B takes the ball and floats onto the pawns at speed.
  • B plays the ball to the offering C.
  • C takes the ball and plays a 1 :1 against the defender.
drawing Attack over right 1:1