Field Hockey: Moving ahead of the ball

Good attacking play requires vision and heads up hockey - get your players picking out the best pass!

Don't get frustrated when the attack grinds to a halt due to a lack of support - improve your players' support running into space!

Player 3 runs into the channel. At the same time player 1 passes the ball to player 2. Player 3 has to time the run, so they can run out of the channel once player 2 is ready to pass the ball, not before. Again it is important that player 3 should not have to slow down to receive the ball, and should take the ball while continuing to run and shoot at goal.

The worker player makes a run around the outside of the channel.

The passer times their pass so that the worker player can run onto the ball inside the channel.

The worker player then dribbles out of the channel and into the circle for a strike on goal.

Practice starts with player 3 passing the ball to player 2. Who in turn passes the ball to player 1.
Player 3 has run towards the top of the circle to receive the ball form player 1 and shoots at goal.


Rotation of players - 1 moves to 2, 2 moves to 3, 3 moves to 1.

Set out lines of cones in two different colours.

One player always along the red line and the other always along the blue cones.

Players pass the ball to the other player every time they reach a cone, culminating in a switching of sides and changing of passing order when they reach the final cone.