Hockey: 3 vs 1 - Two Grids

Why let them have the ball!? Just keep it for yourself instead! Create goal scoring chances from just keeping the ball.

Three players with a ball start in the grid furthest away from the goal with one defender in the first grid and one defender in the second grid.

The practice is for the 3 players to progress through the 2 grids and score a goal.

Defenders can only defend inside their own grid.

The players must start shown in the picture, standing on alternate cones.

The practice becomes live as soon as the first pass is played by the player with the ball on the half way line.

1 has to play the ball to player 2 as the first pass, after this any pass is allowed.

The attack has to take place within the channel of cones.

Set out 2 grids that are attached by a common line with 3 attackers and 1 defender in each and an extra defender who is allowed to move into whichever grid has the ball.

3 Players, with one ball, in one grid keep possession of the ball and try to pass the ball to the other three players in the other grid.

Once they have done this the other three players must also try to keep possession in order to once again pass the ball back into the other grid.

A good fun exercise for scoring goals, and for keepers to have a good work out.

Split the group into teams of four and put 2 or 3 keepers in the circle. The 4 attackers go into the circle with a ball and try to score, they can take as long as they like providing the ball remains in the circle.