Hockey drills for technique attack / offense
Organisation
Field: half field
General
- Orange has 6 players and blue has 4 players plus a goalkeeper.
- After a self pass, the first player of team orange passes to the right player (2) or left player (3).
- Then Orange plays in the central part of the field a 6:4+gk.
- At interception by Blue, Blue then scores in one of the goals (A/B) on the side between the 23 meter line and center line.
- Start over after a goal is scored, after the ball goes over the back line/middle line or after a maximum of 3 interceptions
Tips Ball possession
- Take an open control
- Keep depth as six (play in 3 or 4 lines).
- Make the playing field wide.
Tips Not In Ball Possession
- Slow down the attack by chanelling.
- Keep pressure on the one in ball possession (1 sticklength distance).
- Goalkeeper: coach your team-mates briefly and concisely.
Tips Switching
At Loss of Ball:
- In the event of ball loss, apply pressure directly to the player in possession.
- Quickly regroup between player in possession and own goal.
In case of ball gain:
- Choose to pass the ball.
- Walk out of the duel after winning the ball.
Make it easier
- Changing the number of players: Orange with 5 players against Blue with 3+keeper.
Make it more difficult
- Third goal at center line (just before the starting position of Orange player 1).
- Player 1 plays the ball to player 2
- Player 2 plays the ball to player 3
- Player 3 plays the ball to player 4
- Player 4 finishes on target
- Everyone runs to where he passes and when you've shot at goal you start at Player 1's spot
- Player 2 runs in front of the defender (line of pilons).
- Then player 1 plays the ball to player 2 performing an open control and runs towards the circle.
- Then player 2 finishes the attack.
- The same happens to players 3 and 4.
- In this exercise you can switch between open/closed controls.
- Player 1 runs with the ball to the circle and shoots
- Player 4 plays the ball to the left where player 2 and defender 1 are running in (2v1)
- Player 4 plays the ball to the right where player 3 and defender 2 come running in (3v2)
- Player 4 runs with a ball into the circle and finishes off the attack (4v2)
- The centre mid runs in towards the defender (red) he plays the ball to the right half, who runs into the free space
- The centre mid runs forward.
- Right half plays the ball between the defenders to the right front who comes running in between the defenders.
- Front right passes te ball to the left and goes past the defender and runs in the circle.
- The centre mid now has two options that influence finishing:
- 1: he plays the ball to the striker to the left within the circle area.
- Striker plays directly on goal OR crosses to the right front (and runs towards the front of the second post).
- 2: he plays it to the right of the central defender on the right front player.
- Right front attempts to shoot directly on goal OR passes towards to second post, striker tips it in.
- 1: he plays the ball to the striker to the left within the circle area.
- Tip: Because the game can change depending on choices, communication is key!
- Indicate where you want the ball and shout to whom you are playing it!
- Player starts at the blue pilon and runs inwards.
- While running he receives the ball and continues.
- Before the player reaches the red pilon, the ball must be passed on to the next player.
- The centre mid player passes to the left half, left half to the left front.
- Left front puts it back in front of the striker.
- Striker crosses it and right front scores with a tip-in.
- The defender (1) plays the ball to the right back (2).
- Right half (3) pulls in and right front player (4) goes deep.
- Defender (2) plays a deep pass to the front right player (4).
- Front right player turns away and plays the ball back to the midfielder (3).
- Midfielder plays the ball back to the other central defender (5) who runs forward.
- Pass to the left back (6) and then repeat the same exercise over the right.
- Push: In the cirkel and close by the goal
- slap: for a deflection or from 2 meter inside the cirkel
- deflection:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ7-bvFhojs
- hit: top of the cirkel FH/BH
- FH:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgx-pvioXrE
- BH:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0PC3GbGRm0