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Hockey drills for technique build-up

  • A starts with the ball and passes it wide to B
  • B takes the ball and passes to C
  • C comes to the touchline
  • C takes the ball and plays a 1:1 with the defender
drawing Defending from the left + 1:1
  • Party form with the goals not in the middle of the field but on the right sides of the field.
drawing Party shape with goals on right side
  • Player A runs toward balls.
  • Players B and C towards field of play.
  • Player A takes the ball out -saves in.
  • Players B and C offer themselves, being covered by the two defenders.
  • Player A may make a selfpass.
  • Attackers score in the big goal.
  • Defenders if they get the ball, score in goal X.
Areas of focus are: quick take, offering, run and play lines, tackleback.
drawing Quickly take out and offer
  • Half Field.
  • In the middle of the half field set out a square with pawns, players are not allowed to walk through it with the ball, but are allowed to walk through it without the ball.
Set a goal; for example:
- First play with your team 4x before you can score.
- Try with at least 3 or more players in the circle to outplay the goalkeeper during the attack. Do not aim for the ball to go straight to goal when you enter the circle but look for the right passing options.
- Try to build up the attack from the sides.
- Always try to have someone at the guard.
- Put a bowl down if the attack threatens to fail.
- You can also say; the ball must go around the back of the box per new attack if they are going to be huge on a bowl.
- -. Or if a goal attempt fails that then the ball must first be taken out of the circle before a new attempt may be made.

Additional difficulty: always enlarge the box if the attack goes well

Questions to the players:
- What is the best way to set up an attack?
- What is the best way to defend an attack?
- Which side do you want to guide the attacker to when you are defending?
- Which side do you want to attack from?
drawing 6 against 6 attacking exercise
4 defenders in the bowl -build up-, 2 midfielders, 3 strikers.

  • From the bowl play around without pressure.
    • With pressure: 3 defenders - opponents and goalkeeper in the circle.
  • The 2 midfielders offer themselves from the axis to the back where the ball goes.
    • Not being played on is to the line and back to the axis. Not passing to the long passing line.
    • To be played on is to open and then pass to the pendant striker or the wing striker. After play-off continue to offer in the guard position.
  • The two wing strikers offer themselves to the 23 meters.
  • The striker on the attack offers himself to the front circle.
  • The wing striker on the supporting side looks for scoring position at the far post.
drawing Basics: how does the bowl work?
With 3 players run up, pass and finish.

  • Blue passes to red, runs after ball and connects behind red.
  • Red passes to white, runs after ball and connects behind white.
  • White passes to blue, runs behind ball and connects behind blue.
  • And so on.
  • The one with the ball on the edge of the circle rounds off.
drawing Weave
Party form where you play a regular game.
But when the trainer whistles, the ball they are playing with goes out. And the trainer then throws in a new ball at a different spot in the field.


drawing Party form with switch moment by trainer
  • A starts with the ball and returns the pass to B.
  • B has the ball wide to C.
  • D runs into the depths and gets a hard pass from C who finishes his corner.
  • A has run through and receives a hard pass from C towards the circle.
  • A takes on and turns to her backhand and rounds. Preferably high.
drawing Depth pass with rounding high backhand on goal
  • A starts the ball and passes the ball to B.
  • V1,V2,V3 are going to close the pass lines.
  • V1 closes the pass line between A and B.
  • V2 runs up and makes sure the ball cannot pass through the axis.
  • V3 is going to close the pass line between B and C and make sure it can't get past the line.
  • When they have taken the ball away, they score in the goal.
  • A, B, C want to score in the goal on the back line.
drawing Pressing with 3 men with closing the ball back
  • A starts with the ball and wants to try to score with his teammates.
  • The defenders, who want to keep the axis closed, put pressure when the attackers cross the 23 meter line.
  • When they have conquered the ball, they score in the goalmouth on the other side.
drawing 5 against 5 with axis close and put pressure
  • A gives a long hard ball to B.
  • B takes the ball and passes it to C.
  • B and C play and 2:1 against the defender who starts to pressure from the inside.
  • When the defender takes the ball he scores in the little goal on the side.
drawing Ball shy and 2:1 play out
  • A starts with the ball a has a hard flats to B.
  • B passes the ball back to C.
  • C then makes a passing move past the pawns.
  • B runs through and plays with C who rebounds.
  • C has got the ball back and passes the ball back to the run through A.
  • After several balls apply the 1touch in the circle.
drawing Creating depth by means of handball movement