International field hockey drills

International field hockey drills

1. Ball around man
Man around ball
Stop with rs pass with fs
Stop with fs pass with rs
Offensive front stick
Air pass
Run without ball
Run with ball
Ground pass
Offensive reverse stick
Deffensive front stick
Defensive reverse stick
Lift ball
Change position
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2. Ball around man
Man around ball
Stop with rs pass with fs
Stop with fs pass with rs
Offensive front stick
Air pass
Run without ball
Run with ball
Ground pass
Offensive reverse stick
Deffensive front stick
Defensive reverse stick
Lift ball
Change position
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2 variations:
1-hit
2-push
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3. Ball around man
Man around ball
Stop with rs pass with fs
Stop with fs pass with rs
Offensive front stick
Air pass
Run without ball
Run with ball
Ground pass
Offensive reverse stick
Deffensive front stick
Defensive reverse stick
Lift ball
Change position
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Alternate throwing ball at
spots 1 and 2
Stand on penalty flick spot
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Alternate throwing ball at
spots 1 and 2
Stand on penalty flick spot

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Goalie has to clear shots on goal
stick clear high ball
stop ball with pads and hit ball
with front sticks to the right
stop ball with pads and hit ball with
reverse stick to the right
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7. Ball around man
Man around ball
Stop with rs pass with fs
Stop with fs pass with rs
Offensive front stick
Air pass
Run without ball
Run with ball
Ground pass
Offensive reverse stick
Deffensive front stick
Defensive reverse stick
Lift ball
Change position
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All fs
All rs
Repetition drills –
passing repetition
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8. Ball around man
Man around ball
Stop with rs pass with fs
Stop with fs pass with rs
Offensive front stick
Air pass
Run without ball
Run with ball
Ground pass
Offensive reverse stick
Deffensive front stick
Defensive reverse stick
Lift ball
Change position
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Front stick passes to
front stick, pass to
reverse, stop then pull
back and repeat
Page 34b
Repetition drills –
passing repetition

9. Ball around man
Man around ball
Stop with rs pass with fs
Stop with fs pass with rs
Offensive front stick
Air pass
Run without ball
Run with ball
Ground pass
Offensive reverse stick
Deffensive front stick
Defensive reverse stick
Lift ball
Change position
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DD
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11. Page 34e
More passing repetition drills
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12. Ball around man
Man around ball
Stop with rs pass with fs
Stop with fs pass with rs
Offensive front stick
Air pass
Run without ball
Run with ball
Ground pass
Offensive reverse stick
Deffensive front stick
Defensive reverse stick
Lift ball
Change position
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Defensive
passing
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13. Ball around man
Man around ball
Stop with rs pass with fs
Stop with fs pass with rs
Offensive front stick
Air pass
Run without ball
Run with ball
Ground pass
Offensive reverse stick
Deffensive front stick
Defensive reverse stick
Lift ball
Change position
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14. Ball around man
Man around ball
Stop with rs pass with fs
Stop with fs pass with rs
Offensive front stick
Air pass
Run without ball
Run with ball
Ground pass
Offensive reverse stick
Deffensive front stick
Defensive reverse stick
Lift ball
Change position
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Rotation to relieve
pressure
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15. Stopping skills:
Stick straight up & down
Hand down the stick
Knees bent
Back straight
Absorb ball
Stick angled down
Change the direction
The ball is traveling when receiving it
Bad hits:
Ball outside of feet
Page 85
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16. Ball by right foot
Roll stick over the ball from left to right
Manvits (Spanish coach)
- controlled match
- generate short corners
- circle penetration
- dominate with possession
- dominate with pressure
- move ball around
- discipline to the game plan
- no protests
- no delay of game
Page 153
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17. Deflect the ball on the ground
The players in the good teams know where to
pass the ball before they receive it
The good teams have players which will
tackle back
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18. Ball around man
Man around ball
Stop with rs pass with fs
Stop with fs pass with rs
Offensive front stick
Air pass
Run without ball
Run with ball
Ground pass
Offensive reverse stick
Deffensive front stick
Defensive reverse stick
Lift ball
Change position
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Page 482
FIH coaching ?
Open
Open
Attack in narrow
lane
Space management – attacking and defending circles blind and
narrow lines
Preferred ? to gain possession: common pressure covers to gain
possession, turn overs

19. Page 485
Pace up: ability to play ball at high speed; defensive 1:1 & 1:2
Korea closing down space all over the field; defensive closing down;
patient execution of the job tackle
Short and controlled overhead passes
Technical aspects: receiving aerial balls and passes; long, diagonal,
short, to midfield
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20. Page 493
Ability to stop both legs.
Fully compress when stopping.
Don’t try to stop on one leg fully
compressed.
Page 497
Pass out of a ball carrying position (no signal that
the pass will be made – no change in body
position) push (no swing).
3D dribbling skills (elimination)
3D lifting skills (pass)
Spinning pass backhand
Lifted sweep
Attacking patterns – lifted high speed ball
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21. Page 501
Breaking
Presses
How the back 4 can play the lifted sweep 6" ’s
above the field to break the press
¾ ½ ? Press
Moving press
Full press
Delay press
Outlets – midfield role
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22. Ball around man
Man around ball
Stop with rs pass with fs
Stop with fs pass with rs
Offensive front stick
Air pass
Run without ball
Run with ball
Ground pass
Offensive reverse stick
Deffensive front stick
Defensive reverse stick
Lift ball
Change position
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Disadvantage leading to the side
line not goal; receive ball behind
border ? in front of border
Page 527
Narrow forward line
Forwards break to
the outside

23. Page 541
Moving press:entire press line moves together. Risk lots
of space behind the press.
Japan fitness ? Training sessions for 2 years prior to WC
Reverse stick tackling.
Fitness targets.
Beat Arg with small triangles and hand
running off of the ball
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24. Page 545
Receive the ball on the move not stationary.
German team prep for WC:
F 3 x 2 days
M 10 days 30 players hitting/receiving 5 days
A 5 days tournament
M 2 days 5 days
June 5 days
July 5 days 5 games 12 (CT)
Aug 4 days 11 days (?)
(tactical only, no ?)
Arg 19 -29 31
Sept 2-17
3 days to train before the start of the WC.
Outside of training – weight lifting
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25. Page 551
Winter – train indoors; no hitting - > lose hitting skills
Training camp:
7 - 8 AM wake up
9:15 – 10:45
10:45 – 12:15 lunch
15:00 – 16:15
18:00 – 19:15
19:15 – 20:00
3 days a week.
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26. Page 555
Stability and weight training before breakfast:
20 minutes short run
Typical day: technical development, tactical, set piece.
Then game against another country, tournament conditions,
players become fatigued.
The days: before the world cup there is no stick training only
endurance training so the players can regenerate.
Page 560
Per week: 3 x 30 minutes of weights + 15
minutes of stability
Dutch training schedule on the Dutch website
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27. Page 564
Create base break
3 x a ? (maintainance)
Must spend time on the tournament field.
The intensity of the training sessions varies according to the
timing of the tournaments.
German National team away 130 days + 20 ? Days, 2 games
weekend.
Indoor, march outdoor, indoor ? , 22 outdoor + Euro Cups
Page 567
Andy – special corner camps
German national team – 150 days of hockey in WC year.
Junior National time schedule
Fitness programs: current target times for specific fitness runs,
number of years to build a training base.
Pressurized training.
German coaching website: 100 videos on specific skills
www.hockey-coach.com
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28. Page 568
Junior hockey association.
Forum association.
Non-profit corporation tax deductible .
Fund raising goals -> then FFF watching funds
Plan
Database for registering kids.
Pay pal account for paying fees constitution by laws
Fund raising
committee
Permanent directors exec – no
mission ? changes
Follow the rules .
Enforce he rules
Web site -> web person
Boys league.
Equipment sticks, pads, uniforms.
Mission statement ?
Develop a junior boys hockey league in the boy area. We have a
limited amount of resources and we will ? Boys ?. There is one
significant skill.
Settling the bouncing ball.
- front stick on top
- reverse stick from side
- front stick catch
Calendar with people’s names, no girls, organizational structure.
Parents can’t tell the coaches what to do.
We want to produce hockey players.
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29. Page 569
Age group
Level
Fitness training programs
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30. Page 570
Arg will pin ? stick whenever possible.
RH on LW.
RH will put stick halfway up the LW stick.
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31. Page 571
Tubes
Stick in
the air
Stick on
ground
5-10-15-20-256x30 secs
400 meter 6x68 seconds
I ? 60 seconds
Winder
3 minutes
2 mile time
5 mile time <32:30 , 5:30 min/mile
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32. Page 575
NZ WC training camp
July 1 – Aug 15, then games in Germany
Man to man defense, zone defense.
Monthly targets.
Fitness targets:
- weight lifting
- running
-stability
-agility
Page 581
Press in the other team’s defensive half of the field.
- ¾ press down to the team’s 25
- full press other team’s half
- ½ ? Press meet them at the 50 yd line
- moving press, move entire press unit with the ball to
? Out, let passes from being made.
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33. Page 586
Paul Lissek: technical and tactical, the role of midfield
players.
Ball possession:
- positioning
- timing
- defenders 4
-mid 3
- attack 3
How ? the top. Teams developing chances skill.
Technical level.
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Lissek:
- what are the differences between the teams?
- why are other teams not using off the ball running?
The role of 4 defenders when they have the ball and play the
ball out of the defense: RH and LH positioning is not the
same; too high, too low (close to the goal).
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34. Page 591
Lissek: 16 yd hit positioning
D
D
D
Should be here
This man can cover
the LH if the CH is too
close to the end line.
Eliminate players with the pass
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35. Ball around man
Man around ball
Stop with rs pass with fs
Stop with fs pass with rs
Offensive front stick
Air pass
Run without ball
Run with ball
Ground pass
Offensive reverse stick
Deffensive front stick
Defensive reverse stick
Lift ball
Change position
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Page 602
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C
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B1
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Lissek 4:
Tactical aspects to transfer th ball.
Tactical aspect of the side line ball:
1 pass + 1
st
time
Forward must run into the empty
space.

36. Page 606
Lissek 5: tactical aspect of high balls (overhead)
Short pass to
midfield
Medium pass
to midfield
Pressure release
over the line or
running pass to
forward
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37. Page 610
Lissek 6: tactical aspect of central and short passes.
Using a midfield player to:
Midfield player is trained to shield the ball from the pressure
and can handle the pressure.
Turn away from the pressure and pass.
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38. Ball around man
Man around ball
Stop with rs pass with fs
Stop with fs pass with rs
Offensive front stick
Air pass
Run without ball
Run with ball
Ground pass
Offensive reverse stick
Deffensive front stick
Defensive reverse stick
Lift ball
Change position
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Page 614
Lissek 7
Play out of 16 yd hit using
midfield player where is the
empty space.
Side line
channel
Side line
channel

39. Page 620
Lissek 7:
When the side line ball is closed
then the center is open.
space
space
player
players
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40. Page 624
Lissek 8:
The change from 4-3 defenders, 1 defender moves into a
space created by the movement of a midfield player.
Quarter and triangular system.
Formation against attack by the full team defense
50 yd/ 40 yd/ 25 yd
Changes of formation.
Tactical play “off-of the ball” and ball position during the
movement of the ball from left to right and right to left.
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41. Page 625
The role and function of the center forward; when do I
have to run and where to run.
Lissek 11:
Pressure “the sandwich”
0
x
x
x x0
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T point

42. Ball around man
Man around ball
Stop with rs pass with fs
Stop with fs pass with rs
Offensive front stick
Air pass
Run without ball
Run with ball
Ground pass
Offensive reverse stick
Deffensive front stick
Defensive reverse stick
Lift ball
Change position
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Page 626
Ball moved around the
defense while looking for
a gap in the defense.
Defense pressure the
ball carrier.
Find gap in defense to score a
deflection goal
Lissek 9
X
X
X
X
X

43. Page 627
Function CH during 16 yd hit
Low position
Meet the ball
Shield the ball
Play with defense
Tactical advantage of “escaping” the pressure
When someone pressures the CH, there is space
somewhere else on the field. A 10 yd back pass.
Lissek 11
CH
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44. Page 632
Midfields are involved with building the attack out of defense.
Side line position of the wings moves during side attacks:
- move and create space for the next pass
Line ball situation
- open the ball for the line
Circulation of players
Lissek 10
CH
RW
LW
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45. Page 643
High leg outside
Spanish running
Warm up
15 yd
coach
Players run down the middle
S running
50 yd
Arg does not like full press.
Man to man marking.
Don’t try to beat #3 with tight dribble – he can turn quick.
#3 can’t run fast.
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46. Page 654
Rotate upper
body to face
the goal
crossover
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Add to ?
Junior League goals
# of players
# of games
Length of season
Ages:7-8 and 9-10
# of coaches
# of nets
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