Hockey: Gate Passing

Feint and run with the ball up field or pass to a team-mate? That's what we work on in this decision-making session!

Teach your players how to read overload situations and make the right decision to continue the attack

The player with ball has a free hit.

They should play a self pass before then trying to get the ball to either player.

The defender has to keep their distance from the free hitter and try to move so that they can intercept the pass. Players on the free hit should disguise the direction of their pass.

2 v 1 with depth.

Blue player starts with a self pass and runs at the defender with the option of then passing the ball to the deep player or taking the defender on themselves.

The defender is allowed to move to try and win the ball.

When the ball reaches the other side the practice reverses and continues in the other direction.

This is a basic practice to help teach players a simple pattern to get the ball out of the back.

Gold players start with a sideline hit and the red players start with a 16 yard hit.

Player 1 on the red team dribbles the ball towards the side line and reverse turns to pass the ball to Red 2 who in turn passes the the ball to red 3.

Red 1 runs up the pitch to receive the ball back from red 3 before passing to red 3 who runs with the ball to towards the back line.

Gold players do the same but start with from the sideline.

The player with the ball runs around the cone before then trying to pass the ball to the player standing behind the defender.

To get the ball past the defender players should dummy and try to pass past the left foot of the defender.

The receiving player has to run the ball around the cone before attempting to pass the ball back to the other side.

If the defender intercepts the ball players must change roles.