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What is the best drill for teach hit outs at 16's?

My team have asked for drills to help them at 16s, can anyone help me

Jax Pheiffer Coach, England

what are the best drills for defending the left channel?

I can find lots of defensive drills, but am not sure which would be best for defending the left channel.

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1-2-1 coaching with u12 son ?

1-2-1 coaching with u12 son (forward-JDC level) need to keep it fresh and fun any ideas? Andy Batch

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Does anyone know some simple drills to coach hitting?

Does anyone know some simple drills to coach hitting on the move to young people.

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How can I stop my team from diving in and over-committing in defence?

I am coaching my first season as head coach. I am confident that my team has improved on alot of skills (mostly due to sportplan.net, thank you!). The only thing that is driving me crazy that my team has not improved on is the over committing block tackle. When an opponent is coming down the field on a breakway, my defense runs up and block tackles, and the opponent shoots right past them. This will happen two or three times in a row, one defender after the other. I've told them to keep their feet moving and to keep off their toes, keeping their momentum with the opponent. I don't know how to practice this with them. We only have 9 players (this is a high school varsity team) so we can't scrimmage full field during practice. Please help! I'm desperate for a solution.

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How to do an Indian dribble in hockey?

how to do a indian dribble in hockey

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Decision making and moving forward after using the dish

Recently been working hard developing the use of the dish around the back to create space. Working great but would now like to develop this with more drills.We have discussed decision making, leading runs and movement but I'm now looking for ideas of exercises that will develop these thoughts amongst the guys. All ideas for exercises we could use at training gratefully received

Amanda wood Coach, England

Coaching plan (season outline) for coming season?

Hi all, after "volunteering" at the last minute to coach last season, I'm looking forward to coaching again this season but would like to be a bit more organised starting the season. Last season I used drills from here (thank you contributors) and put together a practice plan each week addressing what I thought were our weakness from the game just played. This got us through the season, we were promoted after grading and finished the season in the top 4 playoffs for our grade.I wonder if there is some kind of guide to putting a more coherent training plan together for the season.I'm coaching a boys secondary school team, aged 12-18. What kind of skills should they have mastered?What should they be attempting, working towards mastering (individually and as a team)?I last played as a collage boy on grass fields, the change to turf pitches has obviously obsoleted (along with age) much of what I knew as a player.Any pointers appreciated.David

David Smith Coach, New Zealand

hockey indian dribble

Indian dribble coaching point

ashalee Coach, Jamaica

Tackling from wrong side

How do I teach kids to get body around to tackle from correct position? Asked using Sportplan Mobile App

Deirdre lithgow Coach, New Zealand

I am a new coach and need pointers!

I just became the head coach of a middle school field hockey team and would like some pointers on how to coach. I have experience with goal keeping and defensive drills, I was a keeper, so I would like to learn more about offense as well. Any help is appreciated!!

Amanda Emerich Coach, United States of America

How do i get the right timing for a Jab

How do I get the right timing for a jab im trying to step up my defensive skills and i just cant get the right timing and technique for it Asked using Sportplan Mobile App

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Defending ball and help side

Looking gro theory or practicals on defending help side vs ball side.Any help?

Leroy Coach, South Africa

What's the best way to teach children how to press?

I'm looking for a simple and basic way to teach and encourage children to press. Asked using Sportplan Mobile App

Ryan Schutte Coach, South Africa

How to play hulf press

how to play half press and full press

Ritu Khanom Coach, Bangladesh

Striking ball on the reverse side

My players never seem to be able to execute a successful reverse stick shot when in the D. What are the key coaching points/technique for this skill that I should be highlighting to them?

Paul Furlong Coach, England

Tackling from wrong side | Spo...

How do I teach kids to get body around to tackle from correct position? Asked using Sportplan Mobile App

Deirdre lithgow Coach, New Zealand

Looking for a 6-a good side ho...

I am looking for 6 a side hockey formations. We have been playing 3-1-1-1. Worked very well, however sweeper was so good, goalie never touched the ball. I want to move sweeper to goalie/ sweeper but our mid field player is too good to just play right. What to do? 2-2-1-1 or 1-3-1-1?     

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