Hockey drills for technique defense
- A starts with the ball
- A gives 2 passing options
- A plays the ball to B
- B takes the ball
- C runs wide and gets the ball from B
- Now a 3:2 starts
1 vs. 1
- The trainer sets out a square and gathers all the balls and players in it.
- The trainer gives all players a number. In this example, 1 through 6.
- The trainer calls out two numbers each time. In this example 3 and 5.
- The player with number 3 plays a 1 vs. 1 against the player with number 5.
- The player who scores a goal gets a point.
- Then the coach calls two other numbers, after which a new 1 vs. 1 is played.
- The players keep track of how many points they have made.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- A starts with the ball and floats to the pawns.
- A does a passing move to them and pushes the ball into B's run.
- B starts to run after A's passing move and takes the ball.
- B plays a 1:1 against the defender.
- A starts with the ball and drifts forward a bit and hits the ball through the gate to B.
- B takes the ball and floats forward a bit and hits the ball through the gate to the incoming C.
- C takes the ball and plays a 2:1 with B against the defender.
- A starts with a ball and does an elevator pass at all the pawns.
- When A gets to the end, he plays a 1-on-1 against B.
- When A gets past B he rounds off with a hit on goal.
1 vs. 1: rounding at goal for attack and how to defend for defense
- Defense: Defending to the outside
- Attack: Clear feint and acceleration
- A starts with the ball.
- A runs with the ball toward the box and does a passing move around B.
- A passes it and goes around the pawn and does the same at C.
- A drives around the pawns and accelerates to the circle.
- A hits the ball on goal.
- Player A runs toward balls.
- Players B and C towards field of play.
- Player A takes the ball out -saves in.
- Players B and C offer themselves, being covered by the two defenders.
- Player A may make a selfpass.
- Attackers score in the big goal.
- Defenders if they get the ball, score in goal X.
Areas of focus are: quick take, offering, run and play lines, tackleback.
- Half Field.
- In the middle of the half field set out a square with pawns, players are not allowed to walk through it with the ball, but are allowed to walk through it without the ball.
Set a goal; for example:
- First play with your team 4x before you can score.
- Try with at least 3 or more players in the circle to outplay the goalkeeper during the attack. Do not aim for the ball to go straight to goal when you enter the circle but look for the right passing options.
- Try to build up the attack from the sides.
- Always try to have someone at the guard.
- Put a bowl down if the attack threatens to fail.
- You can also say; the ball must go around the back of the box per new attack if they are going to be huge on a bowl.
- -. Or if a goal attempt fails that then the ball must first be taken out of the circle before a new attempt may be made.
Additional difficulty: always enlarge the box if the attack goes well
Questions to the players:
- What is the best way to set up an attack?
- What is the best way to defend an attack?
- Which side do you want to guide the attacker to when you are defending?
- Which side do you want to attack from?
- First play with your team 4x before you can score.
- Try with at least 3 or more players in the circle to outplay the goalkeeper during the attack. Do not aim for the ball to go straight to goal when you enter the circle but look for the right passing options.
- Try to build up the attack from the sides.
- Always try to have someone at the guard.
- Put a bowl down if the attack threatens to fail.
- You can also say; the ball must go around the back of the box per new attack if they are going to be huge on a bowl.
- -. Or if a goal attempt fails that then the ball must first be taken out of the circle before a new attempt may be made.
Additional difficulty: always enlarge the box if the attack goes well
Questions to the players:
- What is the best way to set up an attack?
- What is the best way to defend an attack?
- Which side do you want to guide the attacker to when you are defending?
- Which side do you want to attack from?
