Hockey Session (Under 18s): Defending with intensity

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Name: R&J Hockey R&J Hockey
City: Cape Town
Country: United Kingdom
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Sport: Hockey
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Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Defensive channelling

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Defensive channelling (15 mins)

1v 1 defence

Attacker (yellow) runs to the ball and enters the channel

Defeder (blue) runs down and round cones into the channel to defend.

If defender wins ball they try make it through red gates

Progressions:

Change defensive team positioning to run the same as yellow team(from left side of goal) This changes how they defend/pressure ball straight away and must run hard.

Send 2 defenders (double team) work on one channelling and one tackling 

Play 2v2 


Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): 1v 1 block tackle

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1v 1 block tackle (15 mins)

1 v 1 (Flat Stick Tackle)


  • Attacking players begin with the ball near to their defending goal.
  • Their objective is to score points by eliminating the defender, dribbling the ball through the opposite goal.
  • The defender's objective is to win possession of the ball using the flat stick tackle and score through the attacker’s goal.
  • If the attacker loses possession of the ball they then become the defender and attempt to win the ball using the flat stick tackle.
  • Move one player every 2-3 minutes so that everyone has different opponents.


Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): 1v1 continuous

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1v1 continuous (15 mins)

1 attacker tries to beat the defender on the left side channel, as soon as the defender wins the ball or the attacker makes it out the channel the next channel is live.

The one defender (blue) must shuttle between the channels trying to defend non-stop for 2 mins! 

Can set up twice

Teaching points:

Body position to force attacker wide

Timing of tackle

Sometimes you will be on the back foot- don't dive in!


Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): 4 v4 man marking

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4 v4 man marking (15 mins)

4 v 4 in the 25

Tight man to man marking

Coach calls out colour of cone and the attacking team must play the free hit from that cone. Play out 10 balls then swap round.

Ensure defending team are 5m away from the free hit

Ensure they are goal side

No passing over of players, stay with your marker.

Cover direct rout to goal

Be physical!


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