Hockey: Interception - Reverse Stick

Read the signs, time your run and cut out their pass teach your players to watch their eyes, drive and steal the ball

"All for one, and one for all!" - Teach your players to apply pressure to the opposition as a team!

in this video the defender times their run to intercept the pass to the left winger.

To practice this skill set up players in groups of three, with one feeder, one attacker and one defender.

The defender should be standing slightly ahead and on the inside of the attacker to ensure they get to the ball first.

When the feeder plays the ball up towards the two players they should both set off to try and win the ball.

Two lines of players with 1 ball per grid.

Player 1 passes the ball to player 2 who runs to the opposite cone. Player 3 makes their intercepting run as the player makes their pass, trying to intercept the ball before it reaches player its intended recipient. If they successfully intercept the ball they make a pass to player 4.

Exercise start again.

Player 1 runs straight to receive the ball from player 4 and player 2 has to try and intercept the ball and pass the ball to player 5.

4 players inside the 23 meter area try to pass the ball through the defensive zone (the space between the 23 meter to the half way line) to the players in the other half.

When the ball has successfully been played across to the other side the opposite team must try and play the ball back through the defensive zone.

The 6 defenders inside the middle zone have to try and intercept the ball and break. When they get the ball they must try and score a goal against the players who lost the ball.