Hockey drills for technique defense

• Exercise on doubling your opponent
• A 1 to 2. 
• A is the attacker and starts with the ball and wants to score in the goal on the other side. 
• B and C are going to double the opponent so that he cannot start scoring. 
• Tips: 
  • Push them to the outside
  • If they are on the outside put pressure backwards

General

• Orange 1 starts with a pass from the sideline to one of the builders (orange 2,3).
• Orange defends out and scores in the goal (A) on the 23 meter line.
• When intercepting or winning a duel by blue (1,2) they score on the big goal (2 blue against 3 orange+k).
• Orange gives direct pressure on blue when losing the ball.
• The exercise starts again after a goal in 1 of the 2 goals, after a maximum of 2 switch moments or when the ball is out.

Tips ball possession

• Make the field wide.
• Take open after scanning the space (by builders).
• Keep depth between both lines (formation 2-1;1-1-1).

Tips non ball possession

• Make a choice between putting direct pressure on the ball owner or letting the opponent come and reducing space.
• Force a passing or running action to the outside (sideline).
• As a goalkeeper, coach the rear build-up player.
• Switching tips
• At Ball Loss:
  • Put pressure on the ball holder.
  • Play compact and reduce space.

At Ball Profit:

• Preferably play with the ball instead of the ball.
• Make sure there is a quick play point in the depth.

Make it easier

• Build up with 3 players, where the trainer gives the 1st pass to 1 of the 3 Orange players
• Make more difficult
  • Provide an evental in players: 3 Orange (with goalkeeper) against 3 Blue (3rd player of Blue starts from the goalkeeper at 23 meters line).

• Game with the three teams,
• Make three equal and fair teams. 
• A team starts as the defenders (on the picture the red one).
• A team starts as the attackers (in the picture the blue one)
• a team behind the 23 meter line (on the picture the white one)
• For the defenders the intention is to pass the ball to one of the white ones in the box at the 23 meter line.
• For the attackers the intention is to score.
  • When they have scored they get 1 point
• For the team behind the 23 meter line, they are supposed to take the ball as the defenders take it to their pass. 
• If the ball is with the team that is behind the 23 meter line their attacks will start.
• The team that was attacking and the team that was defending will be in the box behind the 23 meter line. 
• In this way, it keeps on turning. 
  • The one who gives the most points at the end wins. 
• Tips for the attackers
• Play the freeman when you are in possession of the ball and make sure that someone runs deep into it
• Pass over your opponent's backhand side
• If you are not in ball possession make sure you close the lines to the people in the box behind the 23 meter line. 
• Tips for the defenders
• Make sure you are defended outside the circle so that they can't pull out
• Keeps track of your own male
• Close the backhand side so they can't pass over it.
• If you do have the ball look up the space and keep passing until there is a hole and you can give it to the people in the box. 

• Further practice with half court press.
• The goal is that they realize what to do when the ball is passed. 
• How are we supposed to walk as a front runner. 
• Ball starts at A 
• The 3 defenders will stand in such a way that the line is closed and so the ball can only be passed to the sides or back out.
• A gives the ball towards B because the line is closed. 
• Now comes what the whole exercise is about what the 3 defenders should do now.
• V1 slides so that it is in front of the ball so that the ball cannot be given straight forward.
• V2 stands between the person with the ball and the ball goal line
• V3 which dribbles to the attacker C who comes closer. V3 prevents C from getting the ball and defends on the inside. between the opponent and the goal. 
• From here on it is a 3:3 
• On the other hand it is exactly the same and discs the defenders the same.

• You let them play a 3:2. Red wants to score the goal and blue wants to intercept and defend the ball.
• When the exercise is running you can add the extra blue defender later on. 
  • This player will run a tackle back. 
  • He is allowed to run when the first ball is played.
• Instructions you can give to the attackers
  • Ball should always be able to go back, 
  • Create speed and keep it in your attack,
  • someone makes depth so that you keep the field long, pass the ball into the forehand of your fellow player, 
  • Pass the ball over the opponent's backhand side.
• Questions you can ask the attackers
  • What is the purpose of the exercise? 
• How can you reach the goal and what do you have to do for it? 
  • What is the task of which player with which pilon?
  • Which pass technique is best to use?
• Instructions you can give to the defenders
  • Slow down your opponent by pushing them outward, 
  • You don't have to take the ball right away but wait for the opponent to make a mistake, 
  • The line must always be tight
• Questions you can ask the defenders
  • What is the purpose of this exercise for you?
  • How can you reach the goal and what do you have to do to achieve it? 
  • What is the most important task you have within this exercise?

• Attack through the middle which starts with a 2:1 
• B is a deep man starting in the circle. A starts with the ball and together with B he wants to complete the goal. 
• C wants to slow down the game and close the pass lines so that D gives the time to come and help him. 
• Goal of attackers:
  • Ball pass over the opponent's backhand side.
  • Playing a fellow player on the forehand
  • Making eye contact with your fellow player
  • Speed making 
• Goal of the defender
  • Float your opponent to your forehand (your backhand side must be closed)
  • Accompany your opponent 
  • Slow down the game so that D gives time to come and help you 
• When D has arrived, one goes on the deep man and the other puts effective pressure on the opponent and waits with the ball take away until the opponent makes the mistake.

• An extension to the exercise of an attack over right under defenders. 
• The goal of the exercise is that the 3 attackers want to get past the two defenders in an effective way. 
• First have them do it again a number of times. After that the exercise that they have done for this purpose will come back. 
  • This is exactly what they have to do, only now there are defenders and they have to watch even more and give the safe pass.  
• The first ball of A always goes back and from there they can build up.
• It then becomes a 3:2 

• A game form where switching is tested. 
• You make two teams, if you score one goal you can take the ball out immediately and you will score on the other side. 
  • This means that both teams have to switch because they are now coming towards the other goal. 

• V1 passes the ball to V2. 
• V2 takes on open/closed and finishes at goal.
• V1 passes the ball to A1.
• A1 attacks, V2 defends.
• V1 passes the ball to A2.
• A2 coincides with A1, V2 defends.
• V1 passes the ball to A3.
• A3 attacks together with A1 and A2, V1 and V2 defends.
• Points of attention:
  • Let the defenders choose who they go for, on the ball or continue to cover their man.
  • Attackers must keep moving.
• The exercise can be played on two sides. 

• A starts with the ball and plays the ball to B (defender must not intercept)
• B then has to play the ball back to A (defender may intercept this ball)
• When A has the ball again he plays it back to C 
• C takes the ball and plays a 2 against 1 together with A who has ran through
• Tips for attackers:
• Keep speed in your game
• Play over backhand side of opponent
• See where your fellow player is standing
• Tips for Defenders
• Push them to the side 
• Close the pass line between the attackers.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Each team has 5 inverted pylons to defend.
• The pylons are on the line and the players may only stand/defend on their own half.
• Which team knocks over the pylons of the other first.

• The children are placed in 2 rows.
• The trainer stands just behind the 2 rows and rolls a ball forward.
• The front 2 players try to conquer the ball.
• The player in possession
• drives the ball towards the goal.
• The other tries to conquer the ball again.
• From a marked point, the ball may not be taken away and the player in possession makes a shot at goal.