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Hockey: receive on reverse and add to pass too shoot

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Player on the ball waits for the player inside the D to make a move and passes the ball hard on to the stick outside the circle.

The player receiving the ball can run on with the ball and shoot or pull the ball inwards to try and turn the chasing defenders and get a short corner or a shot on the reverse stick.

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draw defence and pass:

The player on the free hits starts to move to try and draw the defender to come out. As soon as the defender moves towards the ball the player passes the ball to the player moving out of the D to receive the ball just outside the circle.

The player receiving lets the ball role on with the stick and shoots reverse or pulls the ball round to the forhand to get a shortcorner or to shoot with the forehand.

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deflect inside:

Player on the free hit hits the ball hard slightly wide of the D for a player to move out with their stick to deflect the ball into the D for a shot or onto the foot of the covering defender.

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Free hit forehand add:

Player on the ball waits for the player in the D to make a move with their stick outside the D for them to pass the ball hard onto the stick.

Player receiving the ball adds to the pass and shoots reverse or pulls the ball inside to shoot forehand or get a shortcorner.

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Practice for hit out on left:

Setup as shown.

Player 1 passes the ball to player 2 who gives a return pass to Player 1. Player 3 makes a run to create speace to receive the pass from Player 1. Player 1 then makes the pass to Player.

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