Hockey drills

  • 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.
  • 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!



drawing Building up an attack between defenders
  • 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.
drawing Attacking from the midfield
  • 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.
drawing Building up attack and changing side of play
  • recieve the ball on your forehand or backhand,
  • recieve forehand and turn strong to your left site.
  • recieve backhand and turn strong to your right site.
  • under press:
    • recieve on the side were the defender is and recieve strong turn the other way and speed up
drawing reverse forehand and backhand
  • Passing: 
    • push, slap, hit, overhead, running lob
  • Recieving:
    • FH: left hand forward, walk/run into the bal, open- closed recieve 
    • BH: recieve with a high backhand run into direction of the ball
  • Note: recieve always on the move 
drawing Passing recieving
  • 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


drawing Scoring
  • Dribble:
    • indian dribble: make touches from FH/BH if you have control increase the speed
    • dummy: drag the bal to your left food make a c pull with out the ball, drag the ball with your backhand to your righthand site and speed up
    • 3d skill: 
      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahig2BR72Do . 
    • it all starts with lifting of the ball in the air you make a move to change direction 
drawing Dribble, 3d skil
  • 3 v 2 :
    • ball speed is importend as is the shortest way to the goal
    • make a triangle with one player wide and one player up high to stretch the field 
    • look for the 2 v 1 
    • defenders Work together and defend zone 
  • 4 v 3 :
    • make sure where you want to play 
    • make game like postions: Center mid, left mid, center striker and left forward 
    • ball speed 
drawing 3 v 2 and 4v 3
  • defenders: 
    • 4 man build stretch the field and dare to play forward 
    • center mid; postion offset that means always be on the other side as the ball ( always help side ) 
    • Lmid and Rmid: start small and not on the same hight, lead outside and get the ball on the line moving forward (help side mid open up)
    • center stricker: start up high and make a lead into the ball when the LMid or Rmid is leading outside 
    • Left forward and right forward: lead outside and move back inside if you get the ball. if you dont get the bal lead forward and inside. 


drawing game plan 4 man build up
  • Defender: 
    • central free defender moves into mid field, Left and right back  come more inside 
    • center mid; move up a bit so the central defender has more space 
    • LM and Rm : open the field as wide as possible 
    • Center striker : connect with the CM mid or RM and LM
    • Left and right forward: stretch the field 
  • Zone : 
    • if the opponent plays zone marking you can try to play inside or trow a high ball wide into space man to man:
    • play inside drop and bite and go asap wide. look for the 2-1 
drawing Game plan 3 or 5 man build up
  • Defender: 
    • central free defender moves into mid field, 
    • Left and right back  come more inside 
    • center mid; move up a bit so the central defender has more space 
    • LM and Rm : open the field as wide as possible 
    • Center striker : connect with the CM mid or RM and LM
    • Left and right forward: stretch the field 
    • 5 man build is the same only difference is that the central mid is dropping in to the defense line 
  • Zone : 
    • if the opponent plays zone marking you can try to play inside or trow a high ball wide into space 
    • man to man:
      • play inside drop and bite and go asap wide. look for the 2-1 
drawing Game plan 3 or 5 man build up
  • defense system
    • defend man to man 
    • central free defender close the gaps 
    • everyone move to ball side 
    • center striker is responsible for the 2 central defenders all the other marking man to man 
drawing Half court