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Hockey: Keep your distance

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4 Players have to pass the ball around the outside of a square of cones in any direction.

After a few minutes remove the cones. The players have to now continue passing around, keeping the same distance to each other as if the cones were still there.

IMPORTANT:

If one player misses the ball all players have to run to where the ball has gone and continue passing, remaining the same distance apart as before.

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Senior Session: Defensive Passing - Moving the ball around the back

Build confidence at the back to stop your players whacking the ball away. Keep possession with this confidence at the back session

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Interceptor:

4 Players with one ball can only be outside the square of cones. A player is chosen to play inside the area. The players on the outside have to pass the ball through the square. The player in the middle tries to intercept the ball.

Possession

Kabadi:

Set up with two teams, each team having their own area in which they keep possession by passing the ball around.

The other team can send one player across to try and win the ball for their side. If they manage to win possession the roles reverse and the other team passes the ball inside their own area.

The winning team is the first team to put 10 passes together without losing the ball.

Possession

Preparation for switching the ball:

Player 1 and 2 have to pass the ball between themselves in order to try and create an oppening through which to pass the ball through either goal to player 3.

When the pass has been made to player 3 the player who didn't play the pass must run to support player 3 and the drill continues.

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Unopposed 11-a-side:

The team has to pass the ball around the team using two touches. However, when ever players run out of position, a player misses the ball or runs with the ball, the coach throws in a new ball and the team has to react to the new ball (keeping the shape of the team at all times).

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