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Defending Skills 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 ba...

Indoor Hockey Drills

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 fi...

Overload situations Drills

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

Scoring on the break Drills

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 o...

z. Tactical Defending Drills

1V1 Delay Defender

category: Eliminating-a-Player

One player starts 5 metres away from the line, passes the ball to the player on the opposite line. Passing player has to touch behind the line befo...

Follow And Intercept - On The Line

category: Practices-For-Juniors

The attacking player tries to get the ball from one line to the other.

The defending player should watch patiently and steal the ball when i...

Practice For Scoring Goals

category: Shooting-Goalscoring

Two teams and one keeper. The attacking team brings the ball into the circle. The defending team must gain possession and successfully get the ball ou...

Progression For Getting The Ball Out Of A Corner

category: Overload-situations

The Left wing(LW) receives ball from Left midfield (LM) and takes the ball into the zone where the right defender(RD) can try and win the ball. Jus...

Reverse Side Defending

category: Defending-Skills

Players from the side of the area, pass the ball to a player in the goal.
This player, on receiving the ball can try to run the ball under con...

Reverse Stick Drag Stage 4

category: Session-Videos

This time the player should start with the ball in the middle. The player should start the skill by dragging the ball towards the left cone before ...

Reverse stick Drag stage 4

This time the player should start with the ball in the middle. The player should start the skill by dragging the ball towards the left cone before ...

Shadow The Player With Ball

category: Defending-Skills

Two players with one ball position them selves either side of a line. Ball carrier on the left and the other player on the right hand side of the l...

Shooting Challenge

category: Shooting-Goalscoring

This challenge requires two teams; team 1 has to try and score with two touches (1st into the circle 2nd to shoot).

Team 2's players have to...

Terminator

category: Defending-Skills

The players each have a ball. On the coaches command the defending team comes in to the area and tries to hit all the balls out. If a player gets ...

Using Players In Space

category: Shooting-Goalscoring

Player 1 passes the ball into the circle to player 2 or 3, avoiding the defending player, on the edge of the circle, who can only try and intercept...

Defensive tips | ft.eddie way

How-to: Improve your defending as a field hockey player. A tutorial with Crown Hockey's sponsored athlete Eddie Way, giving you his top tips when defe...

1 vs 1 defending tutorial - field hockey technique | hockeyheroestv

Paul explain us in 3 steps how to defend an 1 vs 1 defending situation. Very interesting! Free subscribing to this channel: ...

Field hockey defense tips

Field hockey defense tips, to learn more go to: https://hockeyperformanceacademy.com In this video Performance Coach Lauren Penny and Sasha Siversen t...

How to channel defend a striker - field hockey technique | hockeyheroestv

TODAY a defender video! How should you defend with and without a teammate? How to block your component and many more. Furthermore Maurits and Paul ...

Field hockey 101: defending

Field Hockey - #3 Defending with Jeremy Hayward CD22 at REDS HOCKEY CLUB - Perth, Western Australia Kookaburra Jeremy Hayward (Australia) ...

Jab defending tutorial | hockey heroes tv

Leiah en Tomas explain how to do the Jab for the defense. Free subscribing to this channel: ...

Top 5 | field hockey tips

Here are our TOP 5 FIELD HOCKEY TIPS! 5️⃣ Get low while sweeping - https://youtu.be/JfTcZCSM2UA 4️⃣ Aim small when shooting ...

Field hockey drill | 1 v 1 defending | ft. eddie way

These field hockey drills are focused on improving 1 v 1 defending. Crown Athlete Eddie Way runs through two hockey drills and he gives some top tips ...

England hockey: defending tips

This is an excellent series of coaching videos produced by England Hockey to help players develop their skills.

Defensive footwork - field hockey

In this video, 2008 FIeld Hockey Olympian, Tiffany Snow Huisman, will guide you through basics of Defensive Footwork.

The best hockey goal line saves

Hello, in today's video I will be showing the best field hockey goal line saves in international field hockey. Goals include saves from drag flicks, r...

2 vs 1 Situations from a self-pass

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!

Winning the ball to break!

Turned over the ball? No big deal! Produce a team that are ready to work twice as hard to win the ball back!

Defensive Principles; Shadowing and Channelling

Review the basics of defending with this session working on shadowing, channelling and timing tackles

Defensive reactions - Defending the break!

Build the whole of your game upon having a rock solid defence. Work on defending 1-on-1 as well as a team unit, starting from the front. This session ...

Switch the ball to create forward space

Pass the ball out of pressure and find space to attack with this speedy stickwork and ball switching plan

High Speed Elimination PLUS Closing Down to Slow Attacks

Attack at pace by perfecting high-speed eliminations with a variety of different skills. PLUS equip your defenders with the understanding of how to re...

Low Speed Elimination PLUS Closing Down to Tackle

Eliminate at low speed by recognising the space and utilizing it to beat the defender. The two-way session also works on your defenders movement to cl...

The Four Defending Principles

Focus on defence: Intercepting, Channelling, Zoning and Back-Tracking - All in one defending skills session!

Pressure play - Pressing the ball as a team

"All for one, and one for all!" - Teach your players to apply pressure to the opposition as a team!

Advanced Attacking Play: Beating the man-to-man Defence

Work on lead running down the wings to draw the opposition out of position and create space when up against a team of man-markers!

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Base line defence - How to prevent teams scoring?

Defending ball and help side

Defending left board

Outletting against 1/2 court press

A free hit within the half against a 1/2 court pressLinks and forwards to make in-out lead runs to pull the defending players out of the pass's path

16 Set Up Defending

6v5 With 2 Circle Defenders

The players will play a 6v5, The two defenders in the circle can not leave the circle, and the other defenders can not enter the circle. The whole poi...

Copy of 3v2 Defensive Shape

3v2 where the defending team (blue) pass the ball to an attacker (yellow) and try to take the ball back and score in the mini goals. Defending inside ...

1v1 Defending Quick Lane Change

Autosave 10871392

Defence set up. Attack down right with opposition defending.

possession transferring

Blue has a attack side with three attackers and 2 red defenders Blue tries to keep possession when red comes up with the ball they need to transf...

3v2 Counter using 3 man block (dynamic)

In groups of 3, firstly the spits (A) will pass the ball to either of the opbouwen players, they will in turn pass between themselves and try to pass ...

LHS Press 5v5

Ball played from CH to CBAttacking team score by getting ball over 1/2 way under control.Defending team win ball --> attack goal.