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Hockey Session (Under 12s): Y7&8 WK 5 S2 - Defending with Pressure

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Radnor House Sevenoaks

Ben Allberry

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Ben Allberry
Name: Ben Allberry
City: Tonbridge
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Hockey
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Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Pitch Layout

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Pitch Layout

U13 A - Butt

U13 B- Brocklehurst

U13 C & D - Green

U12 A - Wil-Rowe

U12 B - Morton

Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Continuous 1v1

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Continuous 1v1 (15 mins)

Stickwise continuous 1v1

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Focus on Defending

- Channeling/ forcing to forehand

- 2 hands on stick

- use of Jab & Block

Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): 3v1 Rondo

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Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): 3v1 Rondo
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3v1 Rondo (15 mins)

Description: 

  • Circle of flat markers. Roughly 10mx10m
  • One defender and three attackers in circle. 
  • 3v1 possession 
  • If a defender wins the ball they swap with player who lost possession 
  • Attacker in middle swaps out with another attacker after a period, if they have been in for too long

Coaching points:

  • STAY OUTSIDE DEFENDER'S REACH: When offering a pass make sure you stay outside the reach of defender. WHY? So the ball won't be intercepted.
  • Move outside reach of stick and create a passing angle. 

What does good look like?

  • Players stay outside reach of defender when offering a pass. 
  • Pressure on ball at right time.
Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Kabaddi game

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Kabaddi game (20 mins)

Description: 

  • Two boxes side by side. Five players in each box. One team starts with the ball and the other sends one player across to try and win the ball. 
  • The five must keep possession off the one. If the one wins it or the five make 10 passes, the ball is passed to the other side and the now out of possession team sends one player across to win it back. 
  • The drill repeats. 
  • Progression: Defending team can send two players across. Then 3 players.
Coaching points:

  • What actions can you take on a hockey pitch: pass or dribble

  • KNOW YOUR NEXT ACTION: Know what you are going to do before you receive the ball. WHY? Because if you don't know what you are going to do, you will hesitate and defenders will tackle you.
What does good look like?
  • Players know their next action
  • Players make quick decisions 
Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): 3 v 6 Pressing

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3 v 6 Pressing (20 mins)

3 teams with 3 goals.

Ball played in to Blue team who must work together 3 v 6 to score into the red or yellow goal.

Coach feeds another in to another team and the game continues. 

Tally goals scored.

Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Continuous 2v1 Fast

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Continuous 2v1 Fast (20 mins)

How it works:
  • 2 attackers (orange) try and score. If defender (blue) touches the ball or the ball goes out the attack is over. If the defender wins the ball cleanly, encourage them to outlet to their team.
  • Next attack starts with a feed from the defender (who is a player waiting from the orange team - 1 orange defender now joins) to the blue player who just defended the previous attack. An extra attacker joins from the blue team to make a 2 v1 in the other direction 

Looking for:

  • Ability to connect in the circle and avoid contact
  • Low body position around the goal and anticipating space to move to to get high quality goal shot opportunity
  • Defender - Get body on line to defend both players at once

Progression:

  • Remove mini circle - everywhere is the D
  • 2v2 - team that scores is out, defending team stays in until they score

Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Swapping Game

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Swapping Game (20 mins)

SET UP

  • Two teams. Each team is split across two pitches.
  • Each team has a goal to attack towards and a goal to defend. This must be the same direction for each team on both pitches.
  • When a player scores, that player immediately moves to the other pitch, joining the same coloured team.
  • There should be lots of movement of players from one pitch to the other and this will naturally lead to players having an underload or overload.
  • How do we react in these situations?
  • How can we react in the situations?
If you have a large group, create several pitches for scoring players to keep moving down the pitches.

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