HOME Hockey Drills Warm-up Games

Hockey: Warm up exercise for vision and talking

Great site. An absolute must for coaches who are willing to change...

Ignatius

DESCRIPTION

Spread your team anywhere inside the half of a pitch. Only give your team 3 balls.

You may pass the ball around to anyone inside the half. This will create a lot of talking and activity.

Do this exercise for about 5 minutes. It is important that the players keep talking and moving off the ball, always making themselves available to receive the ball.

For quick decision making do the same exercise inside the circle.

READ MORE

READ LESS

RELATED PLANS...

Junior Session: Improving Passing in the 2 vs 1

Don't let poor passing hold back your attack! Use this session to help players pick out that killer pass in the attacking third

Free hits outside the D

See free-hits around the circle as a massive opportunity to take the initiative and create guilt-edge chances at goal.

OFTEN USED WITH...

Pass and receive:

The blue team position themselves tactically around the area.

Players with the ball make a pass to one of the static players, looking to then receive the ball back again and then pass to the next static player.

Warm-up Games

4 v 2 in area:

Players are trying to keep possession of the ball for as long as possible. Players inside the area can use the two players on the outside of the grid to help them keep the ball.

Warm-up Games

Pass and score:

Players line up in two groups outside the 23 metre area.
Player on the left, passes the ball to a player on the right running towards the goal. On receiving the ball this player runs into the circle and shoots at goal.

After passing the ball, the player on the left runs towards the goal and receives the pass from the player on the left etc.

Warm-up Games

Pass and Follow:

Pass ball to player and then chase pass to put pressure on player.

Receiving player either passes first touch or two touch to the next player.
First touch should be in direction of intended pass.

First clock wise then anti clock wise then both ways

Group size can vary 5 would be in a square. etc

Warm-up Games

36560

1001

SIGN UP NOW FOR FREE

search our library of 1000+ hockey drills
create professional hockey coaching plans
or access our tried and tested hockey plans

Hockey

STAY CONNECTED

in more ways than one

sportplan_netball

JOIN SPORTPLAN FOR FREE

search our library of 1000+ hockey drills
create your own professional coaching plans
or access our tried and tested plans

Hockey

STAY CONNECTED

in more ways than one

sportplan_hockey

LATEST FROM THE BLOG

The 2025 British & Irish Lions Tour: What To Expect

As the Lions tour approaches with their first tour game this Friday against Argentina, we look ahead at what the fans can expect to see from both sides as the tour in Australia approaches...

June 18th, 2025

Cam Hughes