Hockey drill: short pass, long pass
Suitable for the following techniques: push pass ball control warming-up passing
Short pass, long pass
- Goal: to show the player when it is best to pass and when it is best to push.
- In case of a long pass you pass, in case of a short pass you push.
- Player 1 passes (long pass) the ball to player 2
- Player 2 pushes (short pass) the ball to player 3.
- Player 3 passes (long pass) the ball to player 4.
- Player 4 pushes (short pass) the ball to player 5.
- Player 5 passes (long pass) the ball to player 6.
- Player 6 pushes (short pass) the ball to player 7.
- Player 7 runs along the red pilons to the back line and passes (long pass) the ball to player 8, who has entered the circle.
- When explaining the exercise, you can let the player fill in whether it's a long or short pass and what kind of stroke you use, this way they will actively think about it and will apply it earlier in the game.
