Hockey Session (Under 10s): P5-7 sessions 4 Nov

Warm-ups

Stick and Ball warm-up

1. Carry ball in a small space and move amongst each other without bumping into another player (2-4 minutes)

2. Progress to King of the Ring - players knocking each other's ball out the playing area. If player is knocked out, they must do 5 passes through gates to another player who has been knocked out the Ring, before they can go back in. It doesn't matter if the opposite player doesn't get their 5 at the same time. (5-8 minutes)

Focus points

King of the Ring

1. grip on the stick (left-hand on top controlling the stick, right-hand relaxed and lower on the stick)

2. ball-carrying position (ahead of front foot, not next to feet)

3. knees bent to encourage eyes-up to scan

Passing Penalty

1. ball out in front of body, eyes up, front foot/toe pointed to target

Game for P7

P7 Game

Quarter pitch building up numbers (overload and underload training)

Start 3v3 with goalkeepers in both goals, except Cs/Ds who play with End Zones (if things get too messy, start again with 2v2)

Every time a goal is score, team adds a player (4v3 etc) until 6v6

Coach throws ball in, keeps flow of game

Focal Points:

1. Driving with the ball into space to move forward on attack

2. Creating height/width (space) while attacking

3. Ball protection

4. Defenders close down spaces

5. Defenders jump back to assist deep defender and cover defend

6. Pace of counter attack IMPORTANT when a player down

Rebounds off goalkeepers - encourage the GKs to get SUPER involved in communication with team