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3D skills Drills

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 con...

Bola Machine Drills

The world renowned hockey BOLA machine has been specially adapted to fulfil a wide range of Hockey training needs following extensive consultation and...

Conditioned Games

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...

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...

Game related Drills

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...

Grips Drills

The grip is the way your player holds the hockey stick with their hands. There is little variation in how a player can hold a hockey stick, but as you...

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...

Movement off the ball Drills

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. T...

Moving with the ball Drills

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...

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...

Passing & Receiving Drills

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 w...

Possession Drills

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

Practices For Juniors

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 c...

Rebound Blocks Drills

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

Roles and Responsibilities Drills

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 t...

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...

Self Pass Drills

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 pla...

Set Pieces Drills

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...

Shooting & Goalscoring Drills

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

Skill Circuit Drills

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 i...

Video Techniques

Solid grasp of hockey techniques is often the difference between average and good players. Good technique ranges from how a player holds the stick (gr...

Warm-up Games

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 grea...

Channelling Defending Skills -...

Hockey Channelling Defending Skills Two defenders can work together to channel. ... First defender channelling should dictatce the direction of the a...

1 v 1 - Channelling Defending ...

Hockey 1 v 1 - Channelling Defending Skills Split your group into two teams ... search our library of 1000+ hockey drills; create your own profession...

2D/3D: Combining elimination skills

- Player peforms a sharp change of direction, followed by a stick dink from hockey position, and finish with a one handed lift
- Combining 2D ...

Attacking down the left (mini hockey)

Pass the ball from right to left ( slightly backwards.

2nd player takes the ball with the open stick to then pass the ball down the line to ...

Break hockey

One defender dribbles with ball into the area in which two attackers are waiting to tackle for the ball. On winning the ball the two attackers run out...

Chase Ball

Set up two teams of 3, with a ball per team in two interlocking triangles.

One of the teams starts passing the ball. The second team then pa...

Colour code

Set out lines of cones in two different colours.

One player always along the red line and the other always along the blue cones.

Play...

Conditioned game - 2 Jokers outside

In the grid play a 5 vs 5 or 4 vs 4 possession hockey game.

There a two jokers stood at either end of the area. These two players may receiv...

Conditioned game - 2 Jokers outside

In the grid play a 5 vs 5 or 4 vs 4 possession hockey game.

There a two jokers stood at either end of the area. These two players may receiv...

Frequently Asked Questions

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Full Hockey Pitch

Half Hockey Pitch

Hockey rugby

2 teams try and score by running the ball into the scoring zone.

Rules are:

• You can only pass the ball back of square.

Hockey rugby

2 teams try and score by running the ball into the scoring zone.

Rules are:

• You can only pass the ball back of square.

hockey squash

2 players with as many rebound boards attached as you can find.

player hit alternate into the board. The first player to miss the boards los...

Hockey/Playing Position

- Showing the 'hockey position' (also called the 'playing posiiton')
- This is how players should be carrying the ball

Hockey/Playing Position

- Showing the 'hockey position' (also called the 'playing position')
- This is how players should be carrying the ball

Hockey/Playing Position

- Showing the 'hockey position' (also called the 'playing position')
- This is how players should be carrying the ball

Hockey/Playing Position

- Showing the 'hockey position' (also called the 'playing position')
- This is how players should be carrying the ball

Inside out - Indoor hockey outdoors

Because of the similarities with indoor and outdoor hockey it is beneficial for the teams to practice indoor style games.

Two 6 a-side teams...

Reflex Hockey Coaching Aid

Great for practising personal skills on any surface.

Reflex Hockey Home Trainer

In the video the player is practiceing the timing of hitting a moving ball

Reverse Stick Dink: Carrying down the line

- Performing a running lift down the line
- Primary lift should be performed from standard playing position
- Secondary and tertiary lfit...

Round the Back

Play 5 vs 5 or 6 vs 6 with goals facing to the side line (can also be played with one goal positioned on the top of the circle turned to the back l...

Scoring

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Stix Awards: 1: Passing

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Stix Awards: 3 : Wide Drag and Lift

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Stix Awards: 4 : Shooting with Flick/Slap/Push

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Stix Awards: 5 : Jab Tackle

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Stix Awards: 6: Shooting Using a Hit

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Street Hockey

Put out lots of short streets around the pitch including some cross-roads some dead-end streets. Ask the players to run with the ball through various ...

Suggested Layout

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The 3 - 1 - 3 - 3 formation

This document explains the 3 - 1 - 3 - 3 formation.

The European Sweeper System is a naturally fluid one; currently played by the majority of t...

Three pass and shoot pattern

Players start on the 23 metre line, in 3 groups, each group with some hockey balls.
2 passes to 1.
3 passes to 2.
1 passes to 3.

Two or Three Touch Game

Players play a normal game of hockey with the added rule that the players are only allowed to touch the ball 2 or 3 times.

Using Board 2 vs 1

The forward (blue 1) gives the ball to the opposition's defender and then tries to win the ball back.

Once they have the ball the defender p...

Wide Goals

Game with 2 teams. Both teams have two goals to score in.

This is to encourage teams to get the ball out of congested areas into the open sp...

Zig Zag Run and Pass

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The rules of hockey (field hockey) - explained!

Ninh explains the Rules of Hockey. A beginner's explanation of the popular game of Hockey (Rules). Watch this short tutorial video guide on how to pla...

Best international - field hockey goals - men - 2017

Hello, in today's video we are going to show you some of the best international field hockey goals EVER! Thank you so much for watching, if you enjoye...

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 ...

Worst field hockey tackles ever

In this video we will show you some of the worst field hockey tackles ever in the sport. For some of these tackles the word "Worst" can be quite an un...

Legendary individual skills | field hockey

Field Hockey is a team sport with lots of passing, but sometimes there are those awesome individual skills from amazing players that are absolutely am...

Field hockey's most bizarre moments

In this video we will show you some of the most bizarre moments that have happened in field hockey. Comment what is the most bizarre thing that have ....

The best field hockey skills and goals compilation (7)

Here is a an amazing compilation of the best field hockey skills and goals of the week. The goals include drag flicks, reverse stick goals and goals i...

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: ...

3 vs 1 Break Hockey - Create Scoring Opportunities

Don't dilly-dally. Teach your players to win the turnover and drive quickly CHARGE up the field to make the most of the fast break!

Push pass with disguise: Send them the wrong way

Passes too easy to read? If so this plan will help your players Push Pass with disguise, to keep the defender guessing

Passing to create deep space

Run deep into space and look for that fast, attacking pass, deep in opposition territory!

Improving forward vision (Pre and Post scanning)

Help your players make better decisions by scanning the field before and after they've received the ball!

Junior Session: Improving Passing in the 2 vs 1

Don't let poor passing hold back your attack! Use this session to help players pick out that killer pass in the attacking third

Receiving the ball with the reverse stick trap

This skill session looks at how to stop the ball using the reverse stick and how to transfer it to your stronger side for the dribble

Bite Size Fitness 9

Don't miss this final 30 minute fitness session - Coach it as a whole or use it as a way to bring new ideas to your pre-match routines

Putting MORE power in the push pass

Teach the push pass to improve your players' passing technique, and their ability to make accurate passes over short-medium distances

Bite size fitness 8

Full pitch sprints and acceleration drills feature in this mini hockey-fitness session. Use this plan to add a fitness element to your training

Passing Accuracy

Reduce turnovers and make misplaced passes a thing of the past! Use this plan to teach players to pass with power and accuracy off both feet

Beginner Coach NEED HELP PLEASE

Hi! How do you keep your players committed?

Drills for beginners age 9-10?

Minkey Coaching Drills

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Hockey drills for children aged 3-5

Midfield Counterattack Control

training program indoor hockey

7 a side competition

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