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Hockey: Coloured Marking - 4 v 4

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Setup as shown.

Get players into pairs and give the pair a bib, with the next pair a different colour. Red players can only tackle gold and blue players can only tackle white players. The aim of the game is for players to score in the goals.

On the whistle the people that the pairs are marking changes so it might be red players mark white and blue mark gold players.

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Channelling onto the forehand:

This exercise is designed to encourage defenders to force attacking players to move onto the defenders forehand

The player with the ball tries to run through between the 2 cones, indicating the maximum 10 points.

This should encourage the defender to try and force the player onto their open stick side, away from this high scoring gate!

Defending Skills

1 v 1 - Channelling:

Split your group into two teams - defenders and attackers.

Players with the ball have to run around the cone and try and score. Players without ball also have to run around the cone, and then try and stop the other player scoring.

Defending Skills

Channelling:

Two defenders can work together to channel

Defending Skills

Shadowing:

Setup as shown.

Blue players have to run along the line and try and lose their marker by stopping and starting, as well as using a change of pace. Players take it in turns to be the marker.

Defending Skills

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