Hockey Session (Under 12s): P6 & P7 Games Wk 3

Warm-ups (10 mins)

Stick and Ball warm-up

Exercise 1

1. Carry ball in a small space and move amongst each other without bumping into another player

2. Progress to King of the Ring - players knocking each other's ball out the playing area. If player is knocked out, they must collect another ball and practice elimination skills with other players who have been knocked out of the game

Exercise 2 (groups of 4):

Pass ball to any player in the square and move to an open cone

Continue to promote "give-and-go" mentality

Progress to time test after a few minutes to see how many successful passes can be made in 1 minute

Focus points

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 for space

P6&P7 Games wo GKs (20 mins)

8v8 Volleyball-Hockey (focus on sweeping skills, space awareness and redirecting the ball)

Aim of the game is to get the ball over the backline of the opposition

Each team may only have 4 touches in their half of the ball before it needs to go back over the halfway line (the net)

Once a player has touched the ball, they may not touch it again until it comes back into their half

The ball must not be stopped dead at any point - if it does, the opposition win the point

Ball can be moved in a half 3 times (like volleyball) and the 4th time it is touched must be to pass it over into the other half

If the ball goes over the sideline of the oppositions half, they take it as a sideline hit

If the ball is touched by a player in the half and it goes out the sideline/base line in their half, they lose the point

Players should be moving to get into better positions to stop/deflect

Focus is on practising the sweep in a competitive environment