As Aristotle famously said, "The whole is more than the sum of its parts." That's why it's important your team work together when playing possession hockey, rather than making things difficult for themselves and trying to keep ball as an individual!
This team-work session starts as it means to go on with a passing and moving drill, with players supporting one another to keep the upper hand in a 2 vs 1. After this we build on from this simple pass and move practice to a 2 vs 2 where your players should constantly be looking to offer passing options to their team-mates - both verbally and in their movement around the field!
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