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Hockey: Reverse Stick Interception

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DESCRIPTION

- Ball is passeed to the left foot
- Player receiving deliberately traps the ball on the reverse side

COACHING POINTS

- The planting of the feet should be avoided so the player can move off quickly
- The feet should not be square, as this allows the play to be knocked off blanace much easier
- It should be noted that players should almost always try to get their feet around and pick up the ball on the strongsize. This is so they can move with the ball much quicker.

PROGRESSION

- Have the player passing the ball apply pressure to the other
- This will require to player to chnage where they trap the ball so as to move off quickly in the best direction

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OFTEN USED WITH...

Reverse Stick Tackle:

- Utilising a reverse stick pick challenge
- 2 lines of players
- One player will dribble in a straight line
- The defending playing has to come from the left side and try to steal the ball

Session Videos

Reverse side defending:

Players from the side of the area, pass the ball to a player in the goal.
This player, on receiving the ball can try to run the ball under control out of the area across the 23 metre line.
The player coming from the 23m line has to try and win the ball and score a goal.

Defending Skills

Running onto the ball and keep moving:

Playere lined up in a relay with 1 ball.

Player starts by running with the ball into the grid and pass the ball to the player opposite. Player 2 has to run onto the moving ball collect and keep moving to pass the ball back to the other side .for player 3 to run onto the ball.

Each player has to run to the back of the opposite side each time they have passed the ball.

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

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