Hockey Session (Under 12s): P6 & P7 5 Nov 24

Carry Focus

Station 1: Ball Carry Focus

Walk through with players first, THEN create competition

Players get into pairs and stand at a cone (pref 5 cones with some good space between)

Each pair has a ball, player 2 carries ball (focus correct technique) around the outside of the circle until they get back to their partner. 

They pass the ball through the legs of their partner who then carries the ball around the circle until they get back to original partner. They can overtake slower players by dragging ball to their RIGHT, away from circle

Continue this while you correct technique and explain how the ball must stay on the stick (no tappytap)

COMPETITION: Now run it as a race with the 2nd player having to drop stick and ball, crawl through partner legs and grab the cone in the middle of the circle. First one wins. 

Level up: Run practice and coaching of carrying ball the OTHER way (to the left) and focus on getting feet around the ball and keeping ball on front stick

P7 Games with GKs

4v4 Turn and Burn with goalkeepers

Set up 7m scoring zone with goals with GK and opposite side End Zone

4v4 attacking to goals. If defending team wins the ball, they need to carry or pass the ball to a team mate over the End Zone. They then turn and attack the goals. While they are behind the End Zone line, they may not be tackled. Another player from their team can drop behind this line to help transfer the ball away from opposition to space. 

No more than 2 players from each team can be in the Scoring Zone (create some space) 

GKs challenge - clear the ball away from players in the Scoring Zone

If more than 8 players per 1/8th, leave a player from each team in the End Zone and when the outletting team gets them the ball, they join the turn and burn attack and create an overload of players.