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Hockey: Dribbling - Slalom

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Utilise the Indian Dribble to manoeuvre through the cones
Alternate open side and reverse side pushes through each gap in the cones

COACHING POINTS

Make sure the drag is as large as to ensure the 'defender' is eliminated
Notice that the entire body moves through the cones as well as the ball.

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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.

Moving with the ball

Slalom test:

How quickly can your players dribble through the cone slalom, from one side the pitch the other?

Slalom includes wide slalom, Indian dribble and a circle around the final cone before sprinting through the gate.

Time taken from start of course to when the ball is stopped on the finish line.

Skill Circuit

Sprint test:

Players are timed over a 40 meter sprint.

The player who starts has a standing start, runs around cone one, then round cone two and back through the two central cones (where they started from) which marks the finish line.

Skill Circuit

Body movement:

Set out two lines of cones in a tight zig-zag formation.

Players take it in turns to run through the cones. The ball travels down the middle while the player uses quick feet to shuffle in and out of the cones, maintaining a forward body position throughout.

Moving with the ball

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