Hockey drills for technique defense
You stand in a square and flatten the ball into a square. This is off to 2 sides. The team that scored first gets a 2nd ball and the team that was slower now has to defend the ball.
- A flattens to B
- B flattens to C
- C flattens to D
D scores and either gets a new ball or goes to defend.
- The balls start at player at 1.
- The player at 1 passes to the player at 2.
- The player at 2 takes the ball and at that point the four players around 2 may start putting pressure on that player.
- The player at 2 must manage to find his way and attempt a pass to someone on his team; orange.
- Can player 2 give the pass, then orange attacks in a 4vs4, can white take the ball away, then white attacks in a 4vs4.
- Passing in the loop
- Do not stand still
- Actively moving from pawn to pawn
Player A plays the ball, alone, through the restricted area to player B or C.
- Players attack
- Defended by 2 defenders and a goalkeeper
- Ball and players may not pass through the restricted area
Game ends on a goal or a defending player who hit the ball over the sideline.
Goal Exercise:
Make high pressure tactics clear to a team.
Make high pressure tactics clear to a team.
- 6 vs. 6
- Setup defense is 4-2 and possible goalkeeper
- Attacking formation is 3-3.
Ball is taken out alternately by defenders and attackers.
Goal of defense
In possession of ball:
Goal of defense
In possession of ball:
- Play ball out and score in 1 of the 2 goals on the center line.
- Form triangles so that someone can always be played.
- Be able to change sides when crowded on 1 side.
No ball possession:
- Play compactly / ensure that the ball + player on the ball guide to the outside.
- Cover the inside of an attacker so that the way to the goal is covered.
Goal attack
In possession of ball:
In possession of ball:
- Attackers compact when ball is in middle of field, when ball is played away to side 1 attacker must run into corner and other 2 attackers assume scoring position in circle.
- Be able to shift ball from side when crowded on 1 side.
No ball possession:
- Attackers high pressure on ball / cover play-off opportunities.
- Midfield compact until ball is on one side and then pressure.
- Attacker on the ball runs up and does a reverse.
- Passes to attacker 2.
- 2 vs. 2 starts.
- A starts with a ball and drives into the circle and rounds off
- B plays when A has rounded a ball to V1
- From here the 2 versus 2 starts
- When A and B conquer the ball, they can score in one of the goals on the side
- We always play 2 against 2
- Group 1 plays against group 2
- Group 3 stands ready with a ball, if the ball is out, or scored, group 3 may start, Group 1 then enters that box to defend
- Group 1 against group 3
- Group 4 is ready with a ball, ball out, or scored, group 4 starts with the ball and writes group 3 to defend
- Group 3 against group 4
- And so on
- V1 starts with the ball
- V2 comes running in and gets the ball from V1
- V2 takes the ball open and passes to V3
- V2 runs right through to offer his pass to V3
- V3 passes the ball back to V2, who runs into the circle and completes
- A passes the ball to B when V3 has given the ball to V2
- B passes the ball outside where C presents himself
- It now becomes a 3 vs.
- V1, V2, V3 are going to try to defend the goal
- A, B, C want to score on the goal
- If the defense takes the ball away, they can score in the goal on the side
- A starts with the ball and plays it back to B first.
- When B has taken the ball the 3-on-3 starts and the defenders may start pressuring.
- Tips for the attackers:
- Use the practice of switching the strikers.
- Play only the safe ball.
- Remember the 4 squares in the circle.
- Tips for the defenders:
- Keep your man/woman in the circle.
- Push them to one side.
- Always put pressure on the ball so don't let them shoot.
- Party game with two goals and a square in the middle of the field.
- The ball may not be played through the square. In that case the ball is in touch.
- So the idea is to play field hockey outside and not through the axis of the field.
- Putting pressure on the bowl in positional play
- Covering the pass line and running line
