These are game scenarios under drill conditions and are most useful when practice in a certain discipline is required, either in batting or fielding.

They are good at strengthening weak parts of your team?s skills base by allowing you to focus on a specific area of concern.

Conditioned games are particularly good in creating a fun and competitive element to the practice drills and sessions, and offer your players a break from repetitive practice.

As your hockey players develop stick control then you should be looking to teach them 3D hockey control skills. These are advanced ways of keeping control of the ball by flicking the ball into the air and over obstacles (such as the opponent's stick in match conditions).

These intermediate to advanced hockey videos show you how the 3D skill is executed and give you great training ideas for how to keep your trainings fresh - learning new skills to help them beat their defender in their next match.

The world renowned hockey BOLA machine has been specially adapted to fulfil a wide range of Hockey training needs following extensive consultation and development with a number of hockey coaches from around the world.

The bola machine is used to feed the hockey ball to your players. It can be set to release the ball - to mimic a pass - at different speeds depending on the skills of your players.

These video give you great ideas on how use the BOLA machine to replicate game situations including bounced passes, receiving, running to collect and goalkeeping drills.

These fun and challenging games are played under drill conditions and are ideal when you want to improve match skills in a live situation.

Conditioned games allow players train in competitive and fun boundaries of a game or match, but usually involve a series of rules to help encourage players to develop a specific tactic or skill, a key hockey coaching tool and are great for adding a fun and competitive element to your drills and plans.

The scenarios below give you the tools to work on a number of different situations in a game and offers your players a welcome break from structured training drills.

A hockey defender's main role is to stop the attack, regain possession of the ball and pass the ball to a fellow player to begin an attack from the back.

The defending training videos and drills below will hone your players' defensive skills both as individuals in 1v1s and as a team.

The art of defending is broken down into various techniques including channelling, blocking, jab tackling stealing and moving in pairs to cover each other.

The best way of making progress into your opposition's half is to beat opposition players by either dribbling or passing the ball around them (eliminating the player).

Use these videos and drills your players will learn how dribble, beat players in 1 versus 1, (1v1) drills and work in pairs or 2v1s to break down a defence.

These field hockey training games improve how your team defend and attack as a team. These games cover everything from keeping possession as a team to changing the point of attack and creating more goal scoring opportunities.

By practicing in a structured environment these drills give your players the skills and confidence to take this knowledge from the training ground on to the hockey field - giving them the tools they need to win games.

Good goal keeping is the ability to fearlessly stop the other team scoring through your goal keeper's agility and technique.

These goal keeping videos and training drills will help your goalkeeper to cushion the ball, teach them to close down the angles, give them effective shot stopping techniques, improve how they intercept the ball and also clear the ball to start new attacks.

The grip is the way your player holds the hockey stick with their hands.

Starting with the basic hockey grip the videos below will ensure your players are able to dribble, play reverse sweep, take a shot at goal and even understand how to run with the stick when not on the ball.

This is the indoor variant of traditional outdoor field hockey. It began as a pastime for players during the off-season. The key difference between field hockey and indoor hockey is that in the indoor version of the game a board runs around the perimeter of the pitch can be used by the player to rebound the ball off and that the ball can only be pushed with the stick (no hitting or back-left is allowed when playing the ball).

The indoor hockey drills and videos below will help your players improve all aspects of players' indoor game from attacking to defending. They also cover effective penalty corners strategies and advanced dribbling and passing techniques and patterns for speedily moving down the pitch.

Movement off the ball is vital if you want your hockey players to get into space to receive a pass and open up opportunities for attacks to develop.

The hockey movement drills and videos below will sharpen your players' running off the ball skills and to develop their awareness of how to create space using triangles and give them the skills they need to string a dangerous series of passes together up the pitch, to keep possession for longer and score more goals.

Moving with the ball, also known as dribbling, is how a player moves with the ball when in their possession using a hockey stick.

The dribbling drills and videos below will sharpen your players' stickwork and dribbling skills on both the forehand and reverse stick before moving them on to advanced techniques including the Indian dribble (using the stick to control both sides of the ball) and feinting / moving their body (swerving) to trick opponents into thinking they are going one way before moving in the opposite direction.

Hockey overloads occur when a team has more attacking players than defending players in one area of the pitch - giving them a numerical superiority and subsequently an improved chance of scoring.

To exploit these attacking overload opportunities in hockey your players will need close control, quality dribbling and assured passing skills.

If your team are outnumbered by the opposition when defending then the hockey videos below will teach them how to hold up the players by shadowing, shepherding and challenging the players to hold up play and give your team a chance to recover and get back into the correct defensive positions. Includes drills to develop skills including, posting-up, and overlapping.

Passing and receiving are fundamental skills in the game of field hockey and determine the success of your team. The best teams make the ball do the work - and use passing to tire out their opposition.

Using the passing drills and videos below your players will build the skills they need to confidently pass the ball to each other and improve their technique when receiving the ball using the stick, whether it is a slap pass along the ground, a push pass to their reverse stick or an aerial pass far up field. Includes drills to develop skills, for receiving the ball on the reverse stick, push passing, aerials and the chip hit.

Keeping possession of the ball is your team's best way of maintaining the advantage over their opponents and to fabricate goal scoring opportunities.

Good possession in hockey needs your team to pass and receive the ball successfully and for individual players to be able to move into space without the ball to create passing opportunities.

The keep ball drills below will hone your players' ability to scan the field to see where their opponent is and how to move the ball around the pitch to retain possession for longer.

These junior hockey drills and videos are aimed at teaching younger or novice players the basics of the game and get them used to using the stick to control the ball.

Using these practices will ensure your players grow in confidence when dribbling, receiving the ball and passing - all the building blocks required by grassroot players.

We also cover how to hold the stick when running without the ball. Numerous fun drills and games for Under 8s (U8), Under 10s (U10) and Under 12s (U12) Hockey coaching.

Whatever age group you are introducing the basics of hockey to, the drills in this category help players build confidence in core skills.

Field hockey rebound blocks allow players to practise passing and receiving on their own. The rebound block acts like a passing partner by rebounding the ball back to them.

The videos below outline drills your team can undertake as individuals, with a partner or as team and aim to mimic the passing and receiving the player would expect to experience in a hockey game - improving passing accuracy, control and reaction speed.

These drills and videos outline the positions on a field hockey pitch and what is required by each player in those position.

How you set your hockey team will also make a major difference to the outcome of your game, so this category also includes strategies and playing advice to help you choose the formation that will best suit your team.

We also include benefits and disadvantages associated with each team formation and tactic to help you choose the best hockey strategy for your team.

Scoring on the break is a very common form of attack in field hockey, if you watch the Australians you may believe it is the only form of attack.

It often starts when the defending have intercepted the ball from the the opposition, and through passing (outletting) the ball to midfield and attacking players, your players enters the opposition's shooting circle and scores a goal. As well as quick passing, this category also includes drills to teach attackers to press and force the mistake.

These goal scoring drills and videos will have your team working together in small groups to practise fast and effective passing and movement off the ball. This will ensure your players are prepared on match day to regain possession and quickly break to take advantage of the other team being out of position to create better scoring opportunities.

In 2009 Hockey introduced a "self-pass" rule from a free hit (an unobstructed hit by a player who has been fouled by an opponent). It enables the player taking the free hit to play the ball again (effectively pass to himself) after taking the free hit and aims to encourage free-flowing hockey.

If a player takes a self pass free hit and the defence is not 5 metres from the ball then they are not allowed to make a challenge.

Set pieces, sometimes referred to as set-plays in hockey, happen when restarting a game after a foul, the taking of a corner, penalty corner or hit in. A set piece can be a great place to launch an attack or score a goal; however, it is equally important your team know how to defend from a set-piece.

The corner and penalty set pieces outlined in the drills and videos below can be practised on the training ground and should be carefully planned to maximise its impact when used in your next game. It will often involve many members of your team, with each player having a specific role to play.

Your players' hockey shooting and goal scoring ability will ultimately determine if your team wins games. Goals win matches!

Shooting should only be done inside the shooting circle (a semi-circular area 14.63 metres - 16 yards - from the goal also known as the D or arc) because a goal can only be awarded when the shot is taken in this area.

Scoring in field hockey can also be done from the penalty spot (located seven yards from the goal), if your team is awarded a penalty stroke by the umpire for a foul inside the circle. The goal scoring drills and videos below will help your team get into the position where they are able to test the keeper and score a goal.

These hockey skill circuit drills will give you great ideas on how to create fun and engaging practice sessions for your players. They're also ideal if your team are running a fun trials day to choose which players will feature in which squads.

The drills will test your hockey players in many different disciplines including dribbling, shooting, pushing, passing, leading and receiving. In fact all the skills your player require to ensure they are fully prepared for their next match.

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Solid grasp of hockey techniques is often the difference between average and good players. Good technique ranges from how a player holds the stick (grip), to their foot movement and body shape when playing a shot.

These hockey technique videos are an essential how to guide when looking to understand proper technique and will give you the knowledge to pinpoint what might be going wrong with your player's and then give you the tools to correct the issue.

Warm up games in hockey not only serve as an introduction to any good training, but they are essential to any practice session because they are a great way of preventing injury to your players by making sure their muscles are prepared for the physical strain of training.

These hockey warm up drills and games are also a fun way of getting your players switched on and thinking about the training and building or maintaining fitness. They can be used equally at the start of a training or towards the end as a cool down.