Hockey drills
Superslalom.
You can perform this slalom in 4 different ways:
You can perform this slalom in 4 different ways:
- Normal slalom: player and ball move forward through the gates.
- Player keeps moving to the left of the gates and has the ball on the right side of his body.
- Player continues to move to the right of the gates and has the ball on the left side of his body.
- Player moves to the left of the first gate and ball passes on the right, player moves to the right of the second gate and ball passes on the right. The player continues to alternate this until the end of the slalom.
After the slalom, the player rounds the ball on goal and rejoins the back of the line.
Handball -one touch-.
- Player blue begins to move in a lateral direction. So the initiative lies with this player.
- Player red pushes the ball straight to player blue.
- Player blue rebounds the ball sideways.
- Player red has moved on, takes the ball and scores.
- Having scored, you rebound and visa versa.
Points of attention:
- Player blue must make sure he is well turned in at the time of handball.
- Make sure you have your stick well in front of your body at the moment of handball.
- Also pay extra attention when rounding on goal, preferably a flat.
Dummy:
- The player does three passes behind the dummy and rounds on target.
- You can also do this exercise in relay form (do emphasize the proper execution of the exercise and not the speed).
Points of attention:
- With the dummy, it is important that you pretend to pass to the left, but eventually accelerate right around the pawn.
- Make sure you step out well with your left foot and pass the ball well under you.
- After your move, accelerate briefly to the next double pawn.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
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.
- 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:
- You play the ball to the right of the double pawn and pass it yourself to its left.
- Make sure you have control of the ball again before the next double pawn.
- So push the ball in a controlled manner.
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.
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.
- Party form with the goals not in the middle of the field but on the right sides of the field.
