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Hockey Session (Under 12s): Hawks Spring League Passing + Receiving Week 1 (1) U10/U12

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Matt Sarmento

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Matt Sarmento
Name: Matt Sarmento
City: Vancouver
Country: Canada
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Hockey
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Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Name Game

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Name Game (10 mins)

All players are in the circle, or other designated space.

Half the players have balls, half do not.

All players move around in space and those who do not have balls call for the ball from the players who do.

Can make it a competition by going for 2-3 mins and saying those who have a ball at the end win

- must learn everyone's name in order to be successful!

- no one should ever be stationary

- no passing 2 balls to 1 player - awareness

- make the space big enough so players can maintain distance from each other

Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Short passing

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Short passing (15 mins)

Players stand 5-10m away from each other and pass ball between. One ball between two players. Set a gate of 2 cones in the middle to act as a target. 

Start 5m away, beginning with push passing and receiving. Emphasize the importance of proper reception technique: feet behind the ball, left elbow up, left had out further than right hand, body relatively upright but with slightly bent knees.

For passing, discuss the Left-Right-Left footwork. This should be reminded to them in every drill that requires passing or shooting!

Make this fun by turning it into a competition: How many passes can you and your partner do in a minute?? Repeat a few times to let them try to beat their scores. 

If you have a group or individuals who are more advanced here are some progressions (keeping in mind that while this might not be super exciting, basic skills are incredibly important to master):

Progressions: 

- lifted passes

- increase distance (must maintain accuracy between the gate)

- sweep hits - take the time to properly explain this technique!

Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): middle work

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middle work (15 mins)

Each player on the outside has a ball. The player in the middle receives a pass from one of the outside players and then passes it back to the same player. They then turn and run to receive a pass from the other outside player and repeat the same skill. Set a timer and let each of the 3 players have a turn in the middle. Recommend about 45s-1min. Players should be fatigued but still willing to try skills in motion. Do 3-4 rounds per skill.

Start with push passes. 

Progress to sweep hits (make it a longer distance)

If an advanced group:

- one time passes 

- receive forehand, pass back with reverse sweep

Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): zig zag

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zig zag (15 mins)

Player A passes to Player B

Player B passes to player C

And Player C passes to Player D for a shot.

Focus on two touch. Follow your pass. Can make it longer with more passes to involve more players.

Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Tennis

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Tennis (15 mins)

*emphasis this week on sweep hits*

- objective is to hit the ball over the opponents end line

- players cannot cross the blue centre line

- next hit comes from wherever the player received/stopped the previous hit - so stopping the ball closer to the centre line makes the next shot easier (make sure younger groups are being safe with this and not standing RIGHT in front of a hit... it does happen)

Can split the field in multiple sections to have a few games going at once - can go as small as 2 vs 2 to promote more touches on the ball.

Can also allow one pass to try to get the movement up

Can become very static with younger groups. So, encourage proper sweeping technique but put a time limit on how long a player has to hit the ball after receiving it. One touch to receive and then a quick shot back!

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