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Hockey: Stick Dink: Changing Direction

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DESCRIPTION

- Perform a stick dink while changing direction
- At red cones, perform a 45 degree lift
- At blue cones, straighten up

COACHING POINTS

- Players should look to explode away after each lift. There is no point eliminating a player slowly, as this will give the defender a second chance to take the ball
- Use the momentum of the ball to aid the lift
- The controlling of the ball at the end of the lift is just as important as the lift itself. Make sure soft hands are instilled into your players

PROGRESSION

- Use 3D markers to promote larger lifts
- Introduce a passive defender to track the run, introducing additional pressure on the ball carrier

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Squeeze: Introduction:

- Performing the squeeze movement over 2D markers
- Should have a single marker to indicate where the movement should be performed
- A line of markers should also be used to indicate where the ball needs to travel past

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Squeeze and Lift:

- Performing the squeeze from right to left, and a reverse stick dink over hurdles

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Up Up Up:

- Practice running, lifting the ball under control
- The ball should bounce in between each cone

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Squeeze: Over Hurdles:

- Practising the squeeze over hurdles.
- Ball is played outside the body before the squeeze then collected by the left foot and brought back under control to continue the dribble.

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