Hockey Session (Under 18s): Midweek Aspire Session 18/10/17 (Start Time: 2017-10-18 18:00:00)

Box Possession (15 mins)

Organisation

Three players on the outside of a box, two on the inside.

The players on the outside must stay outside and the two players inside must remain there and not tackle the ball carrier.

The player on the ball can carry around the edge at will in any direction, and their teammates should move to open passing lanes.

Score points for making a certain number of consecutive passes without the defenders touching the ball.

The player turning the ball over should swap with the player that gave it away.

Defenders should be adopting bosy positions that allow them to maintain sight of the space "behind" them, and work to deny passes for as long as possible. (score a point if the ball carrier is unable to make a pass for say 5 seconds)

Overload/Underload Game (45 mins)

Organisation

4 Blues v 5 Reds

Balls are fed in from the coach fed in and are and played out until a goal is scored or the ball travels over the baseline. 

Ball 1 = 4 B v 3 R

Ball 2 = 4 B v 4 R

Ball 3 = 4 B v 5 R

Ask teams to play in the following scenarios. Give them time to consider tactics.

1-0 up with 5 mins to go

1-0 down with 5 mins to go.

Score with overload = 1 point

Score even handed = 2 points

Score short handed = 3 points

Repeat 5 times (3 balls each phase) then swap Blue team and Red team for another 5 sets. Total score across all 10 repetitions.

You can adapt the size of pitch and amend numbers accordingly.