Hockey drill: warming up
Suitable for the following techniques: warming-up
Warming up
Warm up three exercises
Exercise 1: Overplay
Exercise 2: Run and play.
Exercise 3: Run to the left and play.
Exercise 1: Overplay
Exercise 2: Run and play.
Exercise 3: Run to the left and play.
Exercise 1: Overplay.
- Two players face each other, both near the bar with 1 ball.
- They play the ball to each other on the forehand.
Note:
- They must keep the stick low when attacking the ball and the ball must be pushed.
- They must keep the stick low when attacking the ball and the ball must be pushed.
Exercise 2: Run and play.
- Groups of 3 or 4 players.
- 2 players on one side of the bar with ball, the others on the opposite side.
- One player with ball starts walking to the other side.
- Halfway, the player passes the ball to a player on the other side.
- That player takes the ball and now runs to the middle himself and then passes the ball on.
- Once the ball is played, the player continues to run across to the other side.
Note:
- They must keep the stick low when taking the ball.
- Left elbow forward as you run with the ball.
- Walk in when the ball is played to you.
- They must keep the stick low when taking the ball.
- Left elbow forward as you run with the ball.
- Walk in when the ball is played to you.
Exercise 3: Run to the left and play.
- Groups of 3 or 4 players.
- 2 players on one side of the bar with ball, the others on the opposite side.
- Same as exercise 2 but now the player does not run straight ahead with the ball but in an arc to the left and then plays the ball.
- When the ball is played, the player continues walking to the other side.
Attention:
- Stick low when taking the ball.
- Ball stays to the right of the player as he/she runs the arch to the left.
- Walk in when the ball is played to.
- Stick low when taking the ball.
- Ball stays to the right of the player as he/she runs the arch to the left.
- Walk in when the ball is played to.
