As Aristotle famously said, "The whole is more than the sum of its parts." That's why it's important your team practice working together and play possession hockey, rather than making things difficult for themselves and trying to keep ball as an individual.
What's in the Session?
This team-work session starts as it means to go on with a passing and moving drill, with players supporting one another to keep the ball when they've got the numerical advantage in a 2v1. After this we progress to a 2v2 where your players should constantly be looking to offer passing options to their team-mates, both verbally and in their movement around the field!
Get your team talking, calling for the ball and offering options to keep possession as a team!
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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