Hockey: Use footwork to create space (reverse)

Turned over the ball? No big deal! Produce a team that are ready to work twice as hard to win the ball back!

Players work in pairs in this drill - attacking and defending pair.

The player who starts with the ball has to dribble around the cone and then try to score a goal on the half way line.

At the same time one player from the defending pair also runs around the cone. Once the player with the ball has run around the cone the drill is live.

The defending team are trying to dispossess the player with the ball and score against the keeper and the last defender.

The drill continues until one of the team has had a shot at one of the goals.

Split the players up into two groups for a relay type exercise which starts with one player from group 1 running with a ball to the goal on the half way line, trying to score a goal.

As soon as player 1 has had a shot at goal a player from group 2 runs with a ball to the other goal to try to score a goal.

The player that had the first shot (player 1) has to try and defend against the player from group 2. When this player scores or loses the ball to the defender the next player starts from group 1 and the player that has just taken the shot becomes the new defender.

The player that had the first shot and then defended (player 1) goes to the back of theirre queue.

- Performing a block stick challenge in an 1 v 1 situation