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Hockey: Semi-Pressured Shooting

Excellent drills, very detailed videos. Useful site for my U15 boys...

Parry, U15 boys Hockey Coach

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- Top D Pressurised Shooting
- Passive defender
- Forward takes the ball across the body
- Defender must run from inside the D, around a flag and put pressure on the forward
- The forward must move the ball around the opposite flag to that of the defender

COACHING POINTS

- The shot at goal should be under control
- Set up cones just outside the posts, indicating where deflection runners may be, effectively widening the goal

PROGRESSION

- Defender can start closer to the flags to put a greater amount of pressure on the forward
- Install a point system, with points being scored for various criteria (positive score for sideboard, backboard, deflection zones, negative points for lifted balls, wide shots, no strikes etc.). This adds competition and should make the drill more game realistic

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OFTEN USED WITH...

Shoot and Rebound:

Setup the practice as shown.

Coach starts on the goal line by one of the penalty corner lines.

Player 1 starts on the 25 yard line and dribbles to the top of the circle before shooting at goal. The same player then continues their run to receive a second ball from the coach to simulate a rebound situation.

Shooting & Goalscoring

Shooting challenge:

This challenge requires two teams; team 1 has to try and score with two touches (1st into the circle 2nd to shoot).

Team 2's players have to try and stop team 1 having a shot (they can start defending when player 1 has made the first touch).

Scoring:

Team 1 score a point for a shot at goal, and score 2 for a goal.

Team 1 starts with 3 lives. They lose one each time they are stopped or miss the goal.

When all lives are lost teams swap round.

Shooting & Goalscoring

Scoring from the top:

Player runs into the square. Player at right angle passes the ball into the square for the runner to receive, the receiver then runs into the circle and shoots. Passer becomes the next runner etc.

Shooting & Goalscoring