Hockey drills
- Goal: to show the player when it is best to pass and when it is best to push.
- In case of a long pass you pass, in case of a short pass you push.
- Player 1 passes (long pass) the ball to player 2
- Player 2 pushes (short pass) the ball to player 3.
- Player 3 passes (long pass) the ball to player 4.
- Player 4 pushes (short pass) the ball to player 5.
- Player 5 passes (long pass) the ball to player 6.
- Player 6 pushes (short pass) the ball to player 7.
- Player 7 runs along the red pilons to the back line and passes (long pass) the ball to player 8, who has entered the circle.
- When explaining the exercise, you can let the player fill in whether it's a long or short pass and what kind of stroke you use, this way they will actively think about it and will apply it earlier in the game.
- Make 2 teams.
- From each team place 2 players outside the box opposite each other.
- The ball starts with one of the players outside the box (in the example red).
- As a team you get a point to play from one side to the other, through the players in the box.
- Make the box smaller to make it more difficult or with fewer players.
- Make the box larger to make it easier or with more players.
- Practicing putting down a bowl and playing in a cup.
- Ball starts on the sideline and there is no room at the front so the ball has to go back!
- How do you stand in a half-circle?
- We play in a 4 man half-circle and so we stand as it is in the picture below.
- What is the task of the people in the half-circle?
- The left back receives the ball first from the midfielder who takes it out because there is no room in the front.
- It is the task of the left back to have already looked in advance where is the space and where can I go with the ball again.
- Then you have the left center man in the half-circle.
- He takes some steps backwards so he can receive the ball from the back left in a safe place. and must also have looked beforehand how is the game and where can I go with the ball when I'm going to get the ball.
- The right middle man in the half-circle should have an overview of the game and make sure she is playable for the other middle man or even from the left back if there is room for it.
- The right back can stand a bit high or some pockets, he must see the game of the opponent and be able to play on it.
- If high pressure is applied, he has to drop back a bit more to be playable for the people in the bowl behind him.
- If they give less pressure he can stand high to keep the field long and wide and keep playing forward.
- How are we going to build up forward what is the task of the midfielders?
- The task of the midfielders is to offer from the inside out, walk towards the ball and if they don't get the ball you walk away again to create space for your fellow players.
- The other team will put pressure on the players who are playing in the half-circle and will experiment with this.
- 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.
- Practicing with the penalty corner attacking
- Penalty Corner 1:
- Goes to the first couple and finishes at goal
- Penalty Corner 2:
- Goes to the first couple and slides the ball to the right and shoots at goal (if possible, take the ball in a different way at once and then take it out
- Penalty Corner 3:
- Is couple one takes the ball to play the ball to couple two, one has passed through again and get the ball back from two (preferably in one rounding differently take and then shoot)
- Penalty Corner 4:
- The ball goes to the first couple that gives a hard flats towards the first ball where the declarer has walked through and that tip the ball into it.
- Ball possession in smaller teams
- Goals is to keep an eye on each other and passing in the forehand of your team mate and passing over the backhand of your opponent.
- 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
- Exercise with a buildup over right with tip-in variation in it.
- A Wants to play a free ball and there is a lot of pressure at the front. So the ball is played back to B
- B takes the ball while running makes eye contact with the running C which takes the ball and makes eye contact with the running A again.
- A takes the ball open and floats with the ball on the stick at a high speed towards the back line.
- Makes eye contact with the passed C and gives a 90 degree pass in advance.
- C takes the ball and lines the ball up and round with a hit on goal, A stands there active to tip the ball if necessary.
- Next to C, A is immediately ready for the tip of the ball coming from D.
- D has a hard targeted flats just as if he wants to score. A causes this ball to change direction and go into the goal.
- 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.
- Extension to practice with the tip-in.
- Furthermore, it is practiced with the hard and pure pass to each other.
- A push the ball to B on the forehand pay attention to the technique (hands apart, left foot in front, force from all over your body, arms moving in the direction you are going).
- B push the ball back to A, A push to C C back to A, A push to D and D back to A.
- When B has played the ball back to A he turns around and goes around the pilon and bids to receive the ball.
- A takes the ball from D and gives a hard facing flats towards E.
- E makes eye contact with the incoming B and gives a directed pass (may be push or flats).
- B takes the ball open, aligns it up and finishes with a hit on goal.
- After shooting, he accelerates towards the goal to run the tip-in.
- F makes eye contact with B and gives a hard targeted pass just as if he is going to score.
- B causes the ball to change direction.
- A pass the ball with a push in the forehand of B
- B takes the ball open and passes the ball to C
- C takes the ball open and passes the ball to D
- D takes the ball open, makes eye contact with E
- E comes running towards the ball and takes the ball while running and turns to the right with the ball on the stick.
- E makes eye contact with F
- F runs into the ball and gets the ball from E who gives a hard push in the forehand
- F takes the ball in the barrel turning to the left and dribbles with the ball on the stick into the circle and aligns the ball or strikes goal.
- G can be added later in the exercise if the exercise goes well
- This runs before the tip-in of F
- This runs before the tip-in of F
- A starts slaloming through the pilons and does this at speed
- At the end he is told whether he left or right along the pilons and accelerated with the ball on the stick
- A aligns the ball and strikes goal
- He turns around and gets a ball from B on the forehand. he takes the ball, aligns the ball up and around again.
- Turn around immediately and you get a ball of C that you take, line up and complete
- We are running from
- A to C
- C to B
- B to A
