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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...

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 best field hockey goals of 2019 [part 1]

Hello, in today's video I will be showing you a selection of my favourite field hockey goals from 2019 from competitions such as the FIH pro league an...

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...

Belgium v netherlands gold medal match | 2018 men�s hockey world cup | full match livestream

Tune in at 7:00pm local time to watch the LIVE Belgium v Netherlands FINAL Men's 2018 Hockey World Cup match in Bhubaneswar. About the FIH Set up in ....

Unc v. princeton: 2019 di field hockey championship (full replay)

The North Carolina Tar Heels are your 2019 Division I field hockey champions. UNC defeated Princeton by a score of 6-1 to cap a phenomenal postseason ...

Forehand shot high on goal - field hockey technique | hockeyheroestv

Tomas explains us how to hit the ball with a Forehand shot high on goal. Free subscribing to this channel: ...

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...

Field hockey fit with hertzberger | running exercises | hertzberger tv

After getting a lot of questions about how to get fit for hockey i decided to make a video of 4 running exercises. You can use these to get fit for th...

4 elimination skills (seal, aka, turn, bridge) - field hockey technique | hockey heroes tv

We've got 4 new elimination skill for you! The seal dribble, The Aka, The Turn and the Dutch Bridge. Woehoe! Free subscribing to this channel: ...

Unc v. boston college: 2019 ncaa division i field hockey semifinals

UNC beat Boston College 6-3 behind four goals from Erin Matson. The Tar Heels will look to win their second straight championship on Sunday. Subscribe...

The slap shot by hertzberger | training tutorial | field hockey | hertzberger tv

THE START OF SEASON 2! This weeks tutorial is on the Slap Shot. An old school technique which can be useful in the D to surprise goalies. If you like ...

The best field hockey goals of 2019 [part 2]

Hello, in today's video I will be showing you part two of the best field hockey goals of 2019 including drag flicks, reverse stick goals, top corner g...

Pre-Season Conditioning - Part 2

Hard work doesn't stop! Continue with part two and get your players in the best shape of their lives! ready for the new season.

Masterclass - Passing for Possession

Masterclass in the dark arts of passing. Develop your team's passing and help them to get the ball for longer with this possession session!

Coaching Players with Different Abilities in one session

How to run a mixed ability session: Get everyone working, while some players receive a little extra tuition to bring them up to speed!

Pre-Season Full Body Conditioning - Part 1

Get your players moving and ready to the hit the ground running with this pre-season plan, working on your side's stamina.

Attacking the central channel - Narrow Possession

Why let them have the ball!? Just keep it for yourself instead! Create goal scoring chances from just keeping the ball.

Improving pace of the pass

Develop your team?s ability to zip the ball around the field with skill and confidence.

Training for the weekend - Committing fewer fouls

Stop unnecessarily giving away possession through sloppy fouls with this fair play 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!

Introducing Outletting for Juniors

Create clever hockey players ready to read any situation and outlet with class and confidence!

Improving passing movement and vision

Space; something we all crave, but it won?t just come to you? unless you?re doing everything right! Find out how to make space find you!

reflextion, reaction lights in Hockey?

Coaching basics to 10-14 year old boys new to the sport?

How do you hit a reverse stick shot/pass?

Beginner Coach NEED HELP PLEASE

Hi! How do you keep your players committed?

Drills for beginners age 9-10?

Minkey Coaching Drills

How can I make an animation of a drill?

Hockey drills for children aged 3-5

Midfield Counterattack Control