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Hockey Session (Foundation Phase): HWHC U6-U9 25-4-21 (Skill Focus - Clip Hit)

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Hampstead & Westminster Hockey Club

Alexandra Smart

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Alexandra Smart
Name: Alexandra Smart
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Hockey
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The clip hit is a quick hit and a valuable skill to learn on a 3G pitch where you need to put some welly behind the ball to move it! 

**Players should not lift their stick above waist height, before or after connecting with the ball. Please continue to stress this.

**They should only hit a ball if they are in space.

COACHING POINTS:

  • Hands together with a V shape between thumb and index finger down the edge of the stick.
  • Hands halfway down the stick, between the top of the stick and the end of the grip.
  • Left foot is level with the ball.
  • The wrist and elbow move to hit the ball.
  • Head is in line with the ball, not over it.

Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Cross My River - No Stick & Ball

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Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Cross My River - No Stick & Ball
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Cross My River - No Stick & Ball

SET UP

  • Start without stick and ball.
  • Indicate a start line and a finish line.
  • Player in the middle is the catcher.
  • The catcher decides who is to cross the river. Eg, Cross my river if you're wearing orange shoes. Cross my river if you have blonde hair.
  • When a player is caught they join the catcher in the middle to increase the number of catchers.
Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Cross My River - Stick & Ball

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Cross My River - Stick & Ball

SET UP

  • Introduce stick and ball.
  • The catcher only has to get a touch on a ball for that player to become a catcher. No tackling or wildly knocking balls out!
Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Accuracy

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Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Accuracy
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Accuracy

Adjust width of cones and distance of players from the cones to increase difficulty.

Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Coconut Shy

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Coconut Shy

  • Players try and knock over as many 'coconuts' as they can.
  • Make sure everyone has had their turn before going to collect their turns.
  • Set up lots of small groups so everyone has lots of turns.

Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): On the move

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Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): On the move
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On the move

SET UP

  • Groups of 4. 2 players taking part in activity, 2 players resting to rotate in.
  • Player with the ball passes to their teammate who carries forward a few paces and then clip hits through the cones.
  • They collect their ball while the player who made the pass moves into the receiving position and the first resting player moves in to make the pass.
Ask your players: How does your hand position change from carrying the ball to a making a clip hit?(Left hand meets the right hand further down the stick).

Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Shooting Competition

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Shooting Competition

SET UP

  • Mark out a line in front of the goal - players need to shoot before this line.
  • Each player takes a turn, carrying (dribbling) the ball into the D and taking a shot using a clip hit.
  • Discourage players from stopping the ball before hitting it. Encourage them to adjust their feet and hand position to get ready to hit the ball as it rolls in front of them.
(Using a football goal is fine if you don't have a hockey goal).

Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Game - Gateways

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Game - Gateways

SET UP

  • Set up 4 gates (two cones make a gate, as wide or narrow as you like) in the corners of the pitch. The gates should be on the pitch rather than the line, so players can enter them from either side.
  • Players score a point by dribbling or passing the ball through any gateway.
  • This game encourages players to react quickly as the ball constantly turns over between teams.
  • You can’t score in the same gateway twice in a row.

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