Double Teaming/Track Back

The ball gets feed into the middle attacker who is trying to score in the mini goal. Defender 1 is looking to delay the ball through 1 vs 1 skills learnt last week. Defender 2 needs to sprint back and support by channelling the attacker onto the defender 1s stick. If the defence successfully win the ball, they should be looking to get the ball to the starting point with a 2 vs 1. The feeder does not join in the drill after giving the ball to the attacker. Make sure all the players rotate through each of the 4 positions. The quality of the initial pass needs to be high so the attacker can quickly move towards the goal and the tracking back defender has to work hard. Although the session is focused on defending skills it is a good drill to highlight and encourage elimination skills. - Making sure the tracking back defender is sprinting to help their teammate who is delaying the ball and showing why they should not (D2) be making the tackle. Their body position would be in the wrong place meaning they most likely would cause a stick tackle and foul unless they performed a shave tackle. - The D2 should challenge the attacker and D1 should be making the block tackle. The only options the player should have is going backwards or off the sideline, which recap is a win for the defence. - Encouraging player to be patient when channelling the player on the ball. - Highlight the key use of communication so only one player is making the tackle to avoid turn over ball and foul. - Recap body positioning and tackling which we did last week. When the player is the feeder as them what they think of other players techniques