Hockey: switch out of trouble

Create pressure situations to improve how your players can pass when they're under pressure and have to think fast!

Split your group in half. The white team each has a ball. The blue team position themselves evenly around the coned area and remain static.

The white players make a pass to one of the static players but are not allowed to receive the ball from the same player so they must move around the grid to find a new ball.

On receiving a different ball, they then carry the ball and look for a new player to make the next pass to

4 players with 2 balls. One player in the middle is tightly marked. One of the players with the ball passes the ball at the marked player who then wall passes the ball back to this player for him/her to run with the ball to the other side. Then the 2nd player with the ball does the same once on the other side. Turn and repeat role reversal in the middle.

Set up a square grid 5x5m with one player in the middle and 3 players on the outside and one player passing the ball into the player in the centre of the grid.

Players on the outside cannot intercept the ball coming into the grid they can only try to stop the player in the middle coming out of the grid.

The players on the outside of the grid can only enter the grid once the player has received the ball.

The Left wing(LW) receives ball from Left midfield (LM) and takes the ball into the zone where the right defender(RD) can try and win the ball. Just before the LW loses the ball he/she turns away from the RD and passes the ball to LM. It is important that LM stays outside the zone and straight behind the LW. When the LM receives the ball he/she has to try and get the ball to Right midfield(RM) either direct or via the Center midfield (CM) depending what The defending midfielder (DM) is doing. The DM is restricted to the coned area and therefore can only intercept when LM runs with the ball into that area.
Pass and follow sequence LM-LW-CM-RM-LM (RD + RMD should be switched every so often).