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Hockey: Move - Kick - Move

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Setup the practice as shown.

This practice can be carried out with the goalkeeper starting the other side of the goal as well.

The feeder stands in the goal with the goalkeeper on the edge of the circle. The feeder hits a ball for the goalkeeper to come and meet before moving side / side to the next cone.

COACHING POINTS

Important to gauge the speed of the ball and direction and adjust the body accordingly.

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Kick through Gates:

Setup as shown.

Goalkeeper starts behind the line and advances 1 pace towards the feeder, who strikes the ball at goal to either corner.

The feeder can work further back and strike the ball harder as the goalkeepers confidence grows.

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Kick and Move:

Setup the practice as shown.

Place a number of balls at each location.

Goalkeeper moves to each station and kicks the ball towards the feeder (open-side) who is positioned in the goal. Once they have kicked all the balls to the feeder the goalkeeper then moves to the next station.

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Kicking Warm-Up:

The ball is fed into the goalkeeper in the middle of the goal. The goalkeeper has to kick the ball back to either player A or B.

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Kicking Accuracy:

Setup the drill as shown.

The feeder starts with the ball outside of the circle and hits the ball for the goalkeeper to kick the ball back to the feeder. The idea is try to kick the ball back through the gates for the feeder. As the goalkeeper gets better at the practice move the cones closer together.

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