Hockey Session (Under 18s): Circle Defence & Frontal Pressure

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Chris Marriott
Name: Chris Marriott
City: Cardiff
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Hockey

Description

Game to help develop your teams ability to defend the circle as well as outletting skills, counter-pressing etc.

Lots of opportunities for technical development too!!


Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Circle Defence & Frontal Pressure

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Circle Defence & Frontal Pressure (40 mins)

Organisation

Half-Pitch game with a counter-attack line 5 yards into the half (red line in the diagram above).

Attacking team has Back 4 plus 3 strikers in the circle.

Defending team has 2 pressing players, a spare defender, and 3 marking defenders in the circle.

Phases start with a ball in the back 4. Play sets of 10 balls and rotate players as appropriate to your circumstances (numbers etc.)

Rules/Scoring

The attacking side must start each phase with all 4 players in Zone 1.

The attacking side must keep at least 3 players in Zone 1 at all times.

Attackers score 1 point if they can deliver the ball into the D from outside the 23m line.

Attackers score 1 point for a goal.

If the defending side regain posession in the 23m area they kill the phase by getting the ball under control over the 23m line. If they regain posession in Zone 1 they kill the phase by getting the ball under control over the counter attack line (red line on the diagram.)

They score a point for every time they successfully do the above.

KEEP SCORE & MAKE IT REALLY COMPETITIVE!!

Coaching Points

Back 4 - Shape, outletting skills, promoting FB or HB's, footwork to reposition

Front 3 - Leading (timing etc.) receiving skills, goalscoring skills.

Pressing Players - Positioning and line speed to get pressure to the ball and deny passes into the circle

Circle Defence - Dominating space/opponents, marking positions etc.

Spare Defender - Protecting the space between the 2 pressing players, picking up and Back 4 players leading through.


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