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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...

6 Zone: Passive Defending

category: Conditioned-Games

- 6 on 6 drill
- Split a half pitch into 6 sections
- A forward and a defender should be in each section
- Defenders can only interc...

Channelling Proud To Coach

category: Roles-and-Responsibilities

Difficulty of the skill: Red - a difficult core skill for ages 7-9 years and upwards. As players progress and develop the difficul...

Cover And Delay - Proud To Coach

category: Roles-and-Responsibilities

Head The defending player should constantly scan for possible tackling opportunities, teammates to channel the ball carrier into and possible passing ...

Jailbreak

category: Warm-up-Games

One team runs clockwise round the inside of the circle with the other team running anti-clockwise around the outside of the circle (blue cones).

Low Reverse Stick Tackle

category: Defending-Skills

- Set up a small area, with 2 forwards and 2 defenders
- The forward players should dribble towards the weaker side (the left foot) of the def...

Low Reverse Stick Tackle

category: Session-Videos

- Set up a small area, with 2 forwards and 2 defenders
- The forward players should dribble towards the weaker side (the left foot) of the def...

Marking And Chaneling

category: Defending-Skills

As the attacker makes lead runs left and right the defenders main concern is to be between the attacker and the D.

If there was a huge stic...

Marking And Chaneling

category: Video-Techniques

Numbers Intercept

category: Possession

Teams of 3 - 4 players. Each team numbers themselves 1-2-3-4 and has one ball. The ball should be passed around the team in numerical order whils...

Reverse Stick Drag And Pass To Score

category: Overload-situations

Players in pairs with the ball on the right.

Player 1 runs into the circle towards the defender. The defender runs out, with their body pos...

Tackling In A Crowded Area

category: Defending-Skills

- Set up a rectangular box
- One forward and one defender
- Ball is bounced in, and the forward has to try and use elimination skills to ...

Tackling In A Crowded Area

category: Session-Videos

- Set up a rectangular box
- One forward and one defender
- Ball is bounced in, and the forward has to try and use elimination skills to ...

Tackling Techniques

category: Session-Videos

- This is a combination of two videos currently used

Ath tackling with mark knowles

Mark Knowles of the Australian Men's Hockey Team with some tackling techniques.

Tackling drills, techniques & strategies for field hockey

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Ryde hockey core skills #3 - tackling

Ryde Hockey Club Director of Coaching Tim Collier offers some tips for players and coaches interested in mastering the core skills of hockey. In this ...

How to tackle in field hockey with eva de goede (2 x olympic gold medalist)

How to tackle in field hockey: https://hockeyperformanceacademy.com Eva De Goede (2 x Olympic Gold Medalist from the Netherlands) demonstrates how to ...

How to make the most perfect block tackle in field hockey?

The Australian defender, Georgina Parker, made a perfectly strong and precise block tackle inside the circle. Pay attention to the details where she l...

England hockey: defending tips

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

How to tackle in field hockey

Tackling in field hockey is essential to having a strong defense, and there are subtleties that a defender must know when attempting to tackle without...

David bell tackling new

A great hockey tackling video by former Kookaburras Captain David Bell. This video follows the original paper presented at the Level 3 course in 1990 ...

Hockey australia skill video - block tackle

Safely tackle from behind

Field hockey safe technique to tackle from behind.

Tackling from wrong side

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Receiving the ball forward facing

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Swinging stick in the air when passing ball

Body position & defending

Hockey level 2 assessment

3d skills while entering the d

Man to Man Marking Behind the Zone

Don't get caught standing! Teach your players this all-in-one receive and run onto the pass skill to give them the extra yard

Defensive Principles; Shadowing and Channelling

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

Defensive Interceptions - Be first to the ball

Read the signs, time your run and cut out their pass teach your players to watch their eyes, drive and steal the ball

1v2 Box tackling

*Mini-goals needed for this drill"In this exercise the attacker (blue) must dribble to the goal and score. The defenders (red) must work together...

Copy of Copy of GameGame

Group of 4 with one ball and 1 chosen defender. The aim is to keep possession of the ball without the defender tackling the ball. Make 10 consective p...

Tackling

3 defenders, 1 AttackerAttacker scores a point by dribbling through any side of the boxDefenders work together to win the balldefenders allowed i...

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Tackling Drill

Tackling Channels

Red passes to BlueBlue attacks Red Defends1 point for getting out bottom orange, 3 points for green, 5 for tackle!Keep own scorePurpose: Defensive- k...

Dribble Steal Game (Meany/Shark)

- Inside an area, everyone has a ball & dribbles, try to knock away other's ball/make others lose their ball. Without fouling- last one still in w...

"Robin Hood"

In three teams the player will run to the middle and get a ball and dribble it back to their box. The rules are as follows:Players can only take one b...

Game - Cops and Robbers

Cops and RobbersAim: for the robbers (starting in the cone box) to get the balls (diamonds) across to their hideout without them being intercepted by ...

ATH Tackling

Mark Knowles, Australian defender. Probably one of the storngest players in his position on the planet. Giving some fantastic hints and tips as to how...

End zone hockey

Two sides, possesion based game, must make a pass to a team-mate in their scoring "end-zone" whilst defending their own end-zone, similar to...