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Hockey: Two player square passing

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Moving back and forth between two cones players make straight and diagonal passes to each other while moving.

COACHING POINTS

Players should time their passes so that it arrives at the cone just as the runner reaches the ball.

Look for good control, preferably using only two touches. One touch to bring the ball under and the other to set themselves up for the pass to the other player.

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2 player passing pattern:

A. Player 1 passes the ball to player 2.

B. Player 1 then follows his/her own pass.

C. Player 2 passes the ball back to player 1 for a wall pass back in the space

D. Player 2 runs onto the ball and has a shot at goal.

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Receive Back:

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.

Movement off the ball

Colour code:

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.

Movement off the ball

cross over passing on possession:

Player 1 dribbles across the square.
Player 2 starts without the ball and takes over possession and carries on dribbling across.

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