Excellent drills, very detailed videos. Useful site for my U15 boys team.
I am looking for drills for the autoplay rule and the ball touching another stick 5 metre free hit outside before entering the circle
Can you explain the overhead receive rule to me in detail please?
What happens when a defender breaks on a short corner?
If there are two defenders trying to tackle one player. Do you pull up for two on one or do all three sticks need to be making contact with the ball?
Hi everyone, I have been hunting for a more detailed explanation on the self pass rule for hockey. My under standing of it is that a self pass must involve the ball moving five meters before it is hit by the player or it must be hit from a dead positon (not moving) I have umpired many games where the players 'tap and hit' the ball, often with another player rushing in to tackle just as the 'tap' is played. This seems dangerous but im not sure if the tackler is playing dangerously or if the 'tap and hit' player is dangerous? I have read the rule book but this rule is not explicit enough. Any interpretaions welcome. Thanks
I notice the screen is hard for a weaker teams backs to get the ball through. What are some methods of defeating the screen for juniors? The Olympics dont seem to use screens, they seem to instead retreat first to fill holes in the middle? while the team with the ball does back and around in front of their goal for a while before sending it down the wing. Would the umpire notice if you put one of your players amongst their screen to provide a path past that player to another player deeper? Your player in the screen blocking the path of the defender from getting a stick to the passing ball. Is it just that senior players are able to do effective lateral cross turf hits, so the screen is unrealistically player intensive, leaving holes in the middle risky? Whereas entirely logical to use a screen against a weak team?
For high school, I can't find it saying it isn't allowed, but I don't want to teach it to my girls or make them aware of these if they can't technically use them
hi allI'm currently coaching 12 and 13 yr olds and the team has a massive problem with shape and being disciplined positionally.Any tips, ideas, drills etc for helping with / teaching this?many thanks,Gary
I am a high school coach in the USA. We played a team this past weekend who had a defender who lifted on a free hit 30-40 yards. That was pretty much their only offense. All of their forwards were ready to receive the long balls. How do we defend that? Should I have almost everyone drop back 30-40 yards?
I wanted to learn how to trap pc's like the the Spanish team i.e with the stick upright. Does any have any tips?
hi everyone,I'm confused.A player was injecting the ball in a shortie against my u/13's and even the umpire was left in confusion.The umpire wasn't sure what to do and just told the player not to do it again.Does anyone have answers for me?Leone
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Excellent drills, very detailed videos. Useful site for my U15 boys team.
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