Hockey: Self Pass to create 2 vs 1

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!

Baffle your opponents with the illusion of an extra man - coach your players to move positively with overlapping.

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

Get your players lifting their heads and looking up the field (and not behind them) with this positive play session!

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.

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.

The blue team position themselves tactically around the area.

Players with the ball make a pass to one of the static players, looking to then receive the ball back again and then pass to the next static player.

This exercise is to practise the right wing cross. A player with the ball runs into the area of cones and hits the ball across to the player at the front of the queue.

This player receives and runs into the next area and crosses the ball. After the cross the player runs to the back of teh other queue. Can be done with 2-4 balls at the same time.