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Hockey: England v Canada - German Variation

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Players line up as shown. The ball is pushed out to the stopper at the top of the circle. They then move the ball to Blue five on the left slip.

The ball is then passed to blue 6 who has run into the penalty spot, he / she then deflects the ball back for blue player 4 to run in and lift the ball over the goalkeeper.

COACHING POINTS

Make sure that the striker does a convincing dummy to draw in the runners.

When Blue 6 runs in make sure they deflect the ball back towards Blue 4.

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Double Move left then cross to far post:

Players line up as shown in the diagram. The ball is pushed out to the top of the circle for the striker (Blue 3) to dummy over the top of the ball. The stopper then passes the ball to the left to Blue 5 who then passes to the injector who has made a lead in towards the goal before coming out to receive the ball.

The injector then passes the ball to Blue 6 on the far post to deflect the ball in.

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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Open play short corner:

Set up as shown in the picture. The ball is pushed out towards the top of the circle, but on this occasion the stopper dummies to stop the ball but leaves it for the player backing up (Blue 7).

This player picks up the ball and passes the ball to the right (Blue 4), who in turn takes the ball into the circle to draw the defender before passing to the unmarked attacker (s) on either of the posts.

Set Pieces

The Drawbridge:

Line up for the short corner as shown above. The ball is pushed out to the stopper at the top. The striker then moves the ball to the right. Blue 4 looks like they are going to take the ball but dummies over the top of the ball and leaves it for blue 6.

Blue 6 picks up the ball and drives to the goal line before laying the ball back to score.

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