Hockeyexercises for technique positional play

• Balls start at the first cone. The first player passes the ball on the run to the second cone.
• The second player pushes the ball through the cones to the third player.
• The third player runs onto the ball and continues his path.
• Then he pushes the ball to the fourth player on the run.
• The fourth player runs around the cones and passes the ball to the top of the circle.
• The fifth player has moved to the top of the circle to finish the ball directly into the goal.

• The coach makes two equal teams.
• Each team defends two goals.
• It is allowed to play field hockey behind goal, but scoring is only allowed at the front.

• Play with the 3 second rule; take the ball quickly after a foul. Takes longer than 3 seconds, free hit for the opposing team.
• If it is crowded on one side of the field, move the ball at pace to the other side where there is more space.

• The coach makes two equal teams.
• Each team defends two goals.
• It is allowed to play field hockey behind goal, but scoring is only allowed at the front.

• Play with the 3 second rule; take the ball quickly after a foul. Takes longer than 3 seconds, free hit for the opposing team.
• If it is crowded on one side of the field, move the ball at pace to the other side where there is more space.

• The ball starts at the player to 1.
• The player at 1 chooses one of the three gates and wants to run through it.
• The defender at 2 may close a gate by standing in it.
• As a result, player 1 must make choices to go into an open gate.
• When player 1 walks through a gate, he does the same at the second row of cones, does the defender take the ball away? Then he gets to finish the course by himself.
• When you have passed through the two rows of gates, you may finish on goal.

• Divide your team into 3 teams of 3.
• You are going to play 3 against 3.
• One team wants to start scoring by playing the ball against the tires.
• By keeping the ball pace high, you can play around the defenders.

• The defenders want to drive the ball through one of the blue gates.
• If the attackers play against the tire they switch with the team standing to the side, the defenders stay put.
• If the defenders play through the gate then the defenders go out and the attackers become the defenders and the new team will attack.
  
  
• If you have too many players then you can practice the attacking penalty corner
  
  

• V1 pass the ball to V2
• A.B,C are going to run the press together and make sure that V1 and V2 cannot put the ball in the goal
• A makes sure that the ball cannot pass through the axis and thus drives to the middle
• B runs the ball in the right direction and starts to put pressure on V2 from the side
• C is a bit further back so they dare to play the ball to V2 and when the ball is passed together with B he presses on the ball and makes sure it cannot go past the line
• When they have conquered the ball, the 3 of them build up to score a goal

• A starts with the ball and plays it to B (defender is not allowed to intercept)
• B then wants to play the ball back to A (defender is allowed to intercept)
• When A has the ball again, he plays it back to C
• C takes the ball and plays a 2v1 with A who has run on
• Tips for attackers
  • Keeping speed in your play
  • Play over the backhand side of the opponent
  • Look where your teammate is standing
• Tips for defenders
  • Push them to the outside
  • Close the passing line between the attackers
    
    

• A starts with the ball and first plays the ball back to B.
• When B has accepted the ball the 3v3 starts and the defenders may start to pressure.
• Tips for the attackers:
  • Use the exercise of switching the strikers 
  • Only play the safe ball
  • Remember the 4 squares in the circle
• Tips for the defenders:
  • Keep your man in the circle
  • Push them to one side 
  • Always put pressure on the ball (i.e. don't let them shoot)

• Party form with 2 teams and 1 goalkeeper.
• If there's an odd number of players then make 1 player (preferably a midfielder) a neutral player who always belongs to the BB team.
• The right of attack is taken over the 23 meter line by playing three times.
• The right of attack is lost only when the other side has reached the right. 
• An interception does not change this.
• 3 cause penalty corner is a penalty ball (goal is to focus on effectiveness in the circle).
• 2 x 10 minutes with 5 minutes rest (match situation).
• Each team can be given an assignment such as full press / half court / put pressure on certain player when he gets the ball to improve strategy and coaching among themselves.
• Provide enough balls along the lines so that there can be a high ball tempo.

  
  

• full press:
  • defend the inside areas
  • force them to go wide
  • Center striker: responsible for the 2 center backs,
    • start on 5 m and inside,
    • when they pass wide close them to that side
  • Left and right forward: responsible for the right and left back,
    • defend the inside and force them to pass or walk down the line
  • Mid: man to man marking
  • Lm and Rm: man to man and when they force the player to walk down the line block them in a double with the forward
  • Right back and left back: man to man marking and intercept when they pas down the line

There is a square just outside the 23 in the middle.
3 teams between 4 and 6 players.

• Team A starts attacking from the right, trying to score;
• Pay attention to scoring positions (guard, spot, 2nd pole);
• If team A scores, the coach throws in a bonus ball
• If the ball goes out, it is for team B(defence)
  • Team B's task is to play into team C's position;
  • Team C then moves the ball to the right and starts attacking.
  • Team A then goes to defend

• 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.

• 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 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.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Aim

• A game is not only fun, you also learn a lot from them.

Set up

• Very simple: 2 goals, some vests and some balls. 
• Surely no more explanation is required? 
• This kind of game isn't really for training something specific (e.g. playing outside with a box in the middle), but just to have fun.
• If a team goes loses way too easy, you can enter the rule that they have to pass 3 times before they can score. 
• Or you can make that team's goal smaller.

INSTRUCTIONS

• 2 teams
• 5 players per team
• 3 goals per team
• 2 yellow independent goals in the centre of the pitch

• Game: team blue against team red. 
• Team red scores at one of the 3 blue pilons and team blue scores at one of the 3 red pilons. 
• When the ball goes through one of the two yellow goals, the goals turn around. 
• Team blue scores at the blue pilons and team red scores at the red pilons. 
• When the ball goes through one of the yellow goals again, it turns around again.

AREAS OF CONCERN

Ball possession Take a good look at which of the 6 goals there's a lot of free space

Not in ball possession Trap the player with the ball from multiple sides

• Balls are at the first pilon. 
• The player at the first pilon passes the ball to the second pilon,
• who pushes the ball through the pilons to the third person. 
• The third person runs in on the ball and runs even further, 
• then he pushes the ball to person 4 while he's running. 
• Person 4 runs around the pilons and passes the ball at the top of the circle, 
• where person 5 has just run up to finish the ball in the goal.

• You start with 3 teams, A, B and C. 
• The game will be played on about half a field, 
• the ball divider/referee is in the centre of the field in a marked square, 
• this square can't be played through. 
• There is a goalkeeper in the goal and two goals on the half way line. 
• Team A starts defending, 
• team B is attacking, 
• team C is divided over the 2 small goals.
• Team A has to make sure the ball reaches team C. 
• At this moment team B is defending and attacking team C.

• defenders: 
  • 4 man build stretch the field and dare to play forward 
  • center mid; postion offset that means always be on the other side as the ball ( always help side ) 
  • Lmid and Rmid: start small and not on the same hight, lead outside and get the ball on the line moving forward (help side mid open up)
  • center stricker: start up high and make a lead into the ball when the LMid or Rmid is leading outside 
  • Left forward and right forward: lead outside and move back inside if you get the ball. if you dont get the bal lead forward and inside. 

• Defender: 
  • central free defender moves into mid field, Left and right back  come more inside 
  • center mid; move up a bit so the central defender has more space 
  • LM and Rm : open the field as wide as possible 
  • Center striker : connect with the CM mid or RM and LM
  • Left and right forward: stretch the field 
• Zone : 
  • if the opponent plays zone marking you can try to play inside or trow a high ball wide into space man to man:
  • play inside drop and bite and go asap wide. look for the 2-1 

• Defender: 
  • central free defender moves into mid field, 
  • Left and right back  come more inside 
  • center mid; move up a bit so the central defender has more space 
  • LM and Rm : open the field as wide as possible 
  • Center striker : connect with the CM mid or RM and LM
  • Left and right forward: stretch the field 
  • 5 man build is the same only difference is that the central mid is dropping in to the defense line 
• Zone : 
  • if the opponent plays zone marking you can try to play inside or trow a high ball wide into space 
  • man to man:
    • play inside drop and bite and go asap wide. look for the 2-1