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Hockey: Reverse Stick Dink and Squeeze

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DESCRIPTION

- Combining the reverse stick dink and squeeze motion
- Perform the reverse stick dink on the red cones
- Perform the squeeze on the blue

COACHING POINTS

- The collection of the ball after each lift is very important. The ball must be placed into a position in which the next skill can be performed
- Accomplish this with soft hands and a controlled lift

PROGRESSION

- Swap the 2D markers for 3D, requiring larger lifts
- Introduce a passive defender to increase pressure on the ball carrier

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OFTEN USED WITH...
Reverse lift | 3D skills

Reverse lift:

- Perform a stick dink from left to right
- White cone is a defender, red cones mark the range of their stick you are looking to lift over.

3D skills
Reverse Stick Drink: Advanced | 3D skills

Reverse Stick Drink: Advanced:

- This is an elimination lift, with a secondary touch taken in the air
- An advanced skill which makes a mid air interception much more difficult
- Allow the ball carrier the run in the same direction while moving the ball away and back around a defender

3D skills
Forehand lift over stick | 3D skills

Forehand lift over stick:

To do this skill the players should run to the left of each wooden stick and reverse stick drag the ball to their right, then forehand lift the ball, under control, over the wooden stick.

3D skills
Reverse Stick Dink and Straighten 2 | 3D skills

Reverse Stick Dink and Straighten 2:

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