Hockey drills for technique passing
Goal:
- Taking out over the side
- Build up over the flank
- Get to the back line and then pass to goal
Points of attention:
- Playing the ball into the forehand.
- Moving behind the ball.
- Player plays the ball hard through push 1 ==> 2 runs directly after her/his pass
- Flattens the ball hard over long distance 2 ==> 3
- Drives the ball to the back line and passes to 4
- Takes to round at pace on goal
- A runs around the pawns with the ball and pushes to B
- B passes to C
- C drives around the pawns into the circle and passes to B who has run into the circle
- Defender D comes into action B and C try to score
Option 1: Extra defender and A attacks with him.
- A pushes to B
- B passes to C
- C drives around the pawns into the circle
- C rounds on goal
Option 1: B runs into the circle and gets the ball from C and rounds on goal.
Option 2: additional player D stands at the second post and tips in.
- A plays the ball to B
- B plays the ball to C
- C plays the ball to D
- D dribbles into the circle and finishes on goal
- A plays the ball to B
- B plays the ball to C who has run up to the green pawns
- C runs along the pawn line and passes the ball to A who has run through to the circle
- A then finishes on goal
You can perform this exercise on both sides.
- A starts with the ball and runs a bit and passes the ball to B
- B takes possession, runs a short distance and passes to C
- C takes the ball, runs a short distance and passes the ball to A who has passed on
- A takes the ball and runs to the pawns where she makes a passing move
- C runs to the circle and gets the ball back from A
- C rounds on goal
- A starts with the ball and sees that the front is very crowded
- Plays the ball back to B, B takes the ball and plays it to C
- C takes the ball open and looks forward and sees D running in there
- C gives a hard pass to D
- D takes the ball on the backhand and rounds at goal
Other side same thing
- A starts with the ball
- B runs in and gets the ball from A
- B takes the ball strongly and turns away past the pawns. Keep the ball on the stick.
- C runs in and takes the ball strongly.
- B runs through and gets the ball back from C. This may be a rebound as long as it is hard and clean.
- A push the ball to B.
- B takes the ball and push the ball back to the wide running A.
- A takes the ball and push it through to the in-running C.
- C takes the ball and push/flats the ball deep to D.
- D takes the ball and and runs across the back line.
- D gives a 90-degree pass to the run-through B.
- B takes the ball and hits on goal.
- 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.
With 3 players run up, pass and finish.
- Blue passes to red, runs after ball and connects behind red.
- Red passes to white, runs after ball and connects behind white.
- White passes to blue, runs behind ball and connects behind blue.
- And so on.
- The one with the ball on the edge of the circle rounds off.
- Use pilons to set up two squares
- Around the dotted head circle (left and right next to/opposite the goal)
