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Hockey: Drag Flick

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- How to perform the Drag Flick on penalty corners

- The most common approach to penalty corners in the modern game

COACHING POINTS

- There are 4 key steps to the drag flick. These are the approach, the pick up, the skip, and the flick.

- The approach is usually 2 or 3 steps from the head of the D. This depends on the individual

- The ball should be picked up well behind the body. Have your players place the stick on the ball as they approach without touching it until the body is well beyond the ball

- Players can rather kick their feet together or grapevine the legs during the follow through

- The flick should be performed by rotating the full body. The ball should be moved from the back foot through to the front. The entire body should then rotate to add power to the motion

- This is a very difficult skill, and requires hours of practice

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OFTEN USED WITH...

Penalty Corner Injection:

- Restart at a penalty corner
- Very important that the ball goes exactly where desired so the routine can run smoothly

Set Pieces

Short Corner Defence 2 - 2:

Setup the defence as shown with defenders on each post and a runner on each post.

Player 1 runs to the top of the circle with Player 2 running on their right hand side, but only 3/4 of the way out. Player 2 is their to put pressure on any slip left or pass back to the injector.

Players 3 and 4 are responsible for protecting the posts as well as picking up any rebounds off the keeper's pads.

Also should be ready to adjust in case the opposition perform a set play

Set Pieces

Penalty Corner Hit:

- Utilising the strike from the top of the D during a penalty corner

Set Pieces

Deflection from the left post:

Players set up as shown in the diagram. The ball is pushed out to the stopper at the top of the circle, who then proceeds to stop the ball and roll it into the circle. The striker then looks like they are going to shoot before hitting the ball to the left hand post for the injector to score.

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