Hockey Session (Under 14s): East U14 Development Session 3 (Start Time: 2021-05-28 18:00:00)

Warm-up (25 mins)

Group Run and Stretch

Ball and Stick movement in space; working on carrying; change of direction; elimination drags; 3D skills 

Add in passing/swapping balls with players nearby

Encourage calling for ball, 360 pick-ups, change of pace

4 groups: 

2 x goalkeeper warm-up and shots; 2 x 4v4 possession game

5 minutes each then change groups

Goalscoring Game (15 mins)

4v4 Continuous - Annie and Emily

Set-up: Back-to-back goals in the middle of pitch with demarcated playing pitch, allowing for players to stand safely on the sides

- 4v4 inside the pitch and can shoot at any goal from anywhere in the pitch

- if goalkeeper makes a save, attacking team can play rebound on same goal or try to attack the other goal

- if goalkeeper makes a save and the defending team pick up the rebound, they must attack the other goal

- teams may use outside players as rebound passes to create width/height/counter-attack/change of point of attack etc

- team that scores first stays on, while team that is scored against become outside players, new team from outside drives onto pitch with a ball from the opposite side that the goal was scored (either side A or B)

Adaptions: if the goals are being scored too easily or a team is struggling to stay on, change rules that teams only change after 3 goals have been scored and then both teams are off and 2 new teams on

5v5 without 2 GKs

5v5 changing numbers - Turn and Burn

Attacking team shoots in D, turn-and-burn areas (ABCD)

Teams gain a player when:

1) Goalkeeper has to make a save

2) Opposition team scores a goal

3) Team Turns-and-Burns

Teams lose a player when:

1) Ball hits a foot or a penalised for a foul and the umpire blows the whistle (stop momentum)

Encourage shots at goal to progress the goal-scoring theme/focus of the session