Hockey: Run out to receive

See free-hits around the circle as a massive opportunity to take the initiative and create guilt-edge chances at goal.

Make two squares, one big one with a smaller inner square. 3 players stand inside the small square and a fourth player stands on one of the outside square's corners with the ball.

1. The outside player passes the ball anti-clockwise to the player running out of the middle, who receives the ball by the next outside cone (cone A).
   
   
2. This player then passes the ball to the next player running out - timing their pass so that it arrives at the outside cone as the runner does.

Spread your team anywhere inside the half of a pitch. Only give your team 3 balls.

You may pass the ball around to anyone inside the half. This will create a lot of talking and activity.

Do this exercise for about 5 minutes. It is important that the players keep talking and moving off the ball, always making themselves available to receive the ball.

For quick decision making do the same exercise inside the circle.

Players start on small square and run out to the corner of the bigger square to receive the ball.

After having received the ball and having passed it on to the next player the player should return to the middle square.

One player starts outside the square with the ball the next player runs out to receive the baqll on the reverse and passes it on the next player comeing out of the square. After the pass it is important that the players return to the square.