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Hockey: Wide Goals

Excellent drills, very detailed videos. Useful site for my U15 boys...

Parry, U15 boys Hockey Coach

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Game with 2 teams. Both teams have two goals to score in.

This is to encourage teams to get the ball out of congested areas into the open spaces.

Play 5 vs 5 in a 23m area (width of the full pitch and the length of a 23 metre area).

COACHING POINTS

The team in possession should not be too eager to switch the ball for the sake of it. They should try and draw the defenders to one side of the pitch by holding possession, and then switch to the other goal.

It is very important for the team in possession to keep moving the ball.

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OFTEN USED WITH...

King Ball:

This is a game where you learn to pass the ball beyond defenders, to players in space. No aerial ball allowed. Two teams positioned either side of the 23m line. One player from each team goes to the end zone behind the opposing team. The team with the ball has to try and pass the ball into the end zone behind the defence. Whoever makes the successful pass can join the player in the end zone. The aim of the game is to be the first team to have all their players in the end zone behind the opposition. The ball can only be won by the opposition intercepting a ball on the way to the end zone or back.

Conditioned Games

Kabadi:

Set up with two teams, each team having their own area in which they keep possession by passing the ball around.

The other team can send one player across to try and win the ball for their side. If they manage to win possession the roles reverse and the other team passes the ball inside their own area.

The winning team is the first team to put 10 passes together without losing the ball.

Possession

4v4 Endzone Game:

Set-up the pitch as shown. Place one player from each side in the opposite End Zone.

Players have to try and get the ball to the player in the End Zone for them to then score a goal. Only the designated players are allowed in the End Zone.

Conditioned Games

Round the Back:

Play 5 vs 5 or 6 vs 6 with goals facing to the side line (can also be played with one goal positioned on the top of the circle turned to the back line and the other goal 15 metres inside the half way line facing away from the other goal).

Teams try to score a goal, encouraging players to go deep.

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