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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...

Open Side Block Tackle

category: Defending-Skills

Hockey Open side Block Tackle Defending Skills Strong low body position and balanced ... Flat stick only when attacker stationary or moving very slow...

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...

Shave Tackle - Reverse

category: Video-Techniques

Hockey Shave Tackle - reverse Video Techniques - A shave challenge is when a defender makes a sweeping challenge from behind, moving the ball away fr...

Reverse Stick Tackle

category: Defending-Skills

Hockey Reverse Stick Tackle Defending Skills - Utilising a reverse stick pick challenge - 2 lines of players - One player will dribble in a straight ...

Marking

category: Defending-Skills

Hockey Marking Defending Skills Temporary footage Players should not wear baseball ... the World's Largest Field Hockey Coaching Resource and we're s...

Block Tackle - Reverse

category: Defending-Skills

Hockey Block Tackle - reverse Defending Skills - Using a reverse stick block challenge to gain possession of the ball.

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

- 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

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...

One Handed Block - Open Stick

category: Defending-Skills

Players set up in pairs, this is a 1 v 1 situation

One player starts with the ball and dribbles towards the defender

The defende...

One Handed Block - Reverse Stick

category: Defending-Skills

Players set up in pairs, this is a 1 v 1 situation

One player starts with the ball and dribbles towards the defender

The defende...

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...

Steal - Reverse Stick

category: Defending-Skills

Players are split up into pairs

One player starts with the ball and runs about 5 yards into space, with the defender behind them to the l...

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

- 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.

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 ...

England hockey: defending tips

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

Defensive Principles; Shadowing and Channelling

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

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 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

tackling on the bad side

Tackling from wrong side

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Tackling drills, techniques

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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 ...

1v1 Small Game

Blue Players = DefenceRed Players = Attackers Blue pass the ball to the red team and the aim of the game is to dribble the ball into green cones ...

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...

Starter: 2V2

2V2Aim:Can't score in the same goal consecutivelyLook at the basic tackling skillsTeam wins once they have visited all areas

Marking & Tackling

Can be played with any number on each team.Each player has a partner that they can only mark & tackle.Normal hockey rules unless the teacher puts ...

Field hockey basics / tackling

These are the Hockey basics you have to know to be a Pro hockeyplayer. If you did enjoy it please leave a Like or Subscribe for More! The Tricks in th...

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...

Rats and Rabbits

Pair up the players- put the pairs opposite each other either side of the lineAll players facing the sidelineEach player has a ball and their stickCoa...

Main Session - Technique

Basics of block tackling(Get low to the floor, body behind the ball, hands apart on the stick, feet shoulder width apart.)Players are split in to team...