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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

6 Zone: Passive Defending

category: Conditioned-Games

Hockey 6 Zone: Passive Defending Conditioned Games - 6 on 6 drill - Split a half pitch into 6 sections - A forward and a defender should be in each s...

Defence The Circle

category: Defending-Skills

Hockey Defence the circle Defending Skills Defender passes the ball. Attackers go 1 on 1 and try to penetrate the circle. Defenders priority is to st...

Defending In Pairs

category: Defending-Skills

Hockey Defending in pairs Defending Skills Players from the 23 metre line pass the ball to a player in the goal. This player, on receiving the ball, ...

Channelling

category: Defending-Skills

Description. Two defenders can work together to channel. Coaching points. - First defender channelling should dictatce the direction of the attacker....

Jab Tackle

category: Defending-Skills

Hockey Jab Tackle Defending Skills The jab can be used as a form of delay either to dispossess a player with the ball if the ball is away from the st...

1 V 1 - Channelling

category: Defending-Skills

Description Split your group into two teams - defenders and attackers. Players with the ball have to run around the cone and try and score. · Coachi...

9 Zone: Passive Defending

category: Conditioned-Games

Hockey 9 Zone: Passive Defending Conditioned Games - Pitch split into 9 zones (3 x 3) - 6 vs 6 - Can only ever have one forward and one defender in e...

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 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

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

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!

defending corners formation

7-a-side Formation suggestions for u-18 league

2 versus 1 Situation Depth?

Defending ball and help side

Base line defence - How to prevent teams scoring?

Time on warm ups and hockey drills

please assist with tips for defending in indoor hockey

I am a new coach and need pointers!

Break through a team that is playing half court press?

How to improve personal defense ability?

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

defending on the sidelines

-first practice just the 1v1 on the sideline. talk to defense about body positioning and where they want to force - have the attack focus on eliminati...

Ladies 1s Training 23 June - PHASE 2

Attacking Team (RED) - must attack the open side & build up play to bring about an outcome:PCAShot At GoalGoalAttacking PrinciplesPace of PassConn...

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...

around the world

the ball here begins wiith the red team at the far white cone. there are 3 red players here attacking their goal on the left of the screen. there are ...

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...

3v2s Defending Calm

Here the defender will play the ball to the lowest attack on the line. A 3v2 then begins.The job of the defenders is to slow down the attack, keep the...

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 ...