Hockey: First touch

Create clever hockey players ready to read any situation and outlet with class and confidence!

Use this session to improve your players' first touch and encourage them to spread the ball to use the full width of the pitch!

2 players one ball.

Player passes the ball to the other player who has to first touch the ball into a passing position on the other side of the cone and passes the ball back to the other player.

The team with the ball must try and keep possession of the ball. Only 2 players from each team are allowed to be inside the area.

1 player can move anywhere on the outside of the area. To involve this player, the players inside the area have to pass the ball to the outside player.

On doing so, the outside player can come into the area and the player that passed the ball becomes the new outside player.

2 Players, 1 ball. One of the players has to pass the ball to his partner through the gate. After the pass he/she then runs after the ball to put pressure on the player receiving (they have to run through the gate). The player receiving has to play the ball left or right to avoid the tackle then run to where the original pass started from.

White Player 1 dribbles with the ball to the blue cone before passing the ball through the red gates.

Red player 1 receives the ball once it has gone through the gate and then repeats the practice in the opposite direction.