Hockey Session (Foundation Phase): HWHC U6-U12 30-5-21 (Elimination)

Traffic Lights

• Start without stick and ball.
• Players move around in the area you define.
• The focus is on changing pace.
• Hold up cones to indicate change of pace: yellow for walk, green for run, red for stop.
• Add more instructions / cone colours - change direction, side step, run backwards.
• Progress to adding stick and ball.
• Use the red/stop command to demonstrate a strong ball carrying position.

Skill Focus

SET UP

• 1 v 1
• Look at different ways of effectively eliminating a player - 
• Pace.
• Change of direction.
• Drag right / drag left.
• V drag.
• Roll out.

• Partner (defender) is not making a tackle. They can stretch their stick out left/right to demonstrate their reach for the attacker to move past.
• Each player attacks five times and then swap with their partner to defend.
• Swap partners every few minutes to work with different players.

Return to the Sharks & Fishes activity.

Small Sided Game - Multiple Goals

SET UP

• Two teams.
• Split pitch in half with goals for each team in each half. Eg. 4 goals in each half.
• The blue/white team is scoring in the red goals. The orange team is scoring in the yellow goals.
• If the blue/white team starts with the ball, the orange team cross over to defend. Play only takes place in one half of the pitch at a time.
• If the blue/white team scores in any of their goals, they get a point and then it's the orange team's turn.
• If the orange team intercepts, play transfers to the other half of the pitch with the orange team aiming to score.

Yes - The attacking team is successful in scoring goals.Reduce the number of goal options that they have.

No - The defending team successfully intercepts repeatedly.Reduce the number of defenders in each round to create 4 v 2, for example.

Keep teams small to encourage lots of touches on the ball and lots of goals scored.

Set up multiple games for teams to rotate every few minutes as a mini tournament.