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Hockey: Cross over Tag

Excellent, used the drills at our first training session today with...

Shane, Hockey Coach

DESCRIPTION

One player without stick or ball is the catcher. Everyone else has to try and get from one side to the other without getting caught.

Players that are caught will help catch.

COACHING POINTS

Ensure that everyone has crossed over to the side before commencing the next run.

Ensure players keep their heads up to avoid collisions and spot the danger (defender).

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Cross over relays:

Same principle as the straight relays, but players have to run diagonally across avoiding the other team.

It is that all players keep their heads up and do not run so fast that it causes them to lose control of the ball.

Moving with the ball

Cross over Relays:

4 Teams, ball in each team. 1st player in each team has to run around the outside of the inside square back to their starting cone. Then give the ball to the next player. Variation on running in the same direction is that 2 teams run clockwise, other 2 anti clockwise.

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Confusion:

To improve running with the ball and changing direction players have to run around the cones creating a figure of eight as they go around the centre cone before then running out and around the outer blue cone.

Players must dribble forehand around the middle cone and then reverse the stick around the outside cone.

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Dribbling Players v Runners:

On the command the player with the ball runs around the blue cones, with the player without a ball running around the red cones. It is a race to see the first one back.

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