Hockey,

Moving with the ball

Moving-with-the-ball1 - Reverse stickat this level the reverse stick is us...
Moving-with-the-ball2 - Run with ball in straight lines and shoot at goal.
Moving-with-the-ball3 - Speed slaloms - try and go through slaloms as fast...
Moving-with-the-ball4 - Two groups of players start on the back line. Play...
Moving-with-the-ball5 - Player 1 passes the ball to player 2 who passes th...
Moving-with-the-ball6 - The player at the front of the queue passes to the...
Moving-with-the-ball7 - Setup the practice as shown.Player runs up to the ...
Moving-with-the-ball8 - ok
Catch a stick - Players without sticks try and catch a player with...
Confusion - Player has to run forehand around the middle cone ...
Cross over Relays - Same principle as the straight relays, but now the...
Cross over Relays - 4 Teams, ball in each team. 1st player in each te...
Cross over Tag - One player without stick or ball is the catcher. ...
Dribble pass and run - Player 1 starts running, turns and gets a pass fro...
Dribble pass relay - Set out the cones as shown.Player 1 starts by runn...
Dribbling - Comfort on the ball, with forward vision
Dribbling Players v Runners - Setup the cones as shown.Split the group into two ...
Dribbling - Slalom
Fetch the Ball - One player stands in between the cones with 4 ball...
Figure of 8 - Player runs in figure of 8 around the 2 cones, for...
Gate Running - Ball each. Players have to run from gate to gate ...
Get rid of balls - Two teams. Both teams have to try and take all th...
Indian Dribble - Left-handd at the top right-hand loose in middle o...
Island Bulldog - Players with a ball try and get to the other side ...
Island Hopping - Players try and run from island to island without ...
Moving the ball from right to left - Important that the player steps out and pushes off...
Moving with the ball through space - Strong, low body position body upright Knees bentE...
Musical Islands - Players run around with their ball outside the isl...
Name Running - Ball each. Players have to run the shape of lette...
Nick a Ball - Players without a ball have to try and take the ba...
Open Side Dribble - Set out the practice as shown.Players are given a ...
Passing relays - Passing the ball around the outside of the cones. ...
Pull back - Set up four cones in a 5 by 5 metre squareYou can ...
Pull back technique - Set up for cones about 2m squareand explain the sq...
Relays - Players in teams have to run the ball to the oppos...
Release Tag - Player without stick has to try and tag as many pl...
Round and Across - Players run around the outside of the 4 cones with...
Round and Change - Players run around the outside of the 4 cones with...
Run around relays - 4 Teams, ball in each team.1st player in each team...
Speed Work - Player runs up and down slalom.
Spy Tag - All players with a stick and a ball. One player wi...
Stick Up or Down - Player 1 starts by running with the ball to the ri...
Stick Work - Player runs up and down the slalom.
Train Run - One ball between three or four. Front player runs...

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If this goes well, introduce another 1 or 2 balls in each team."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Cross-over-Relays.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"h400020","pracTitle":"Cross over Relays","pracDescription":"4 Teams, ball in each team. 1st player in each team has to run around the outside of the inside square back to their starting cone. Then give the ball to the next player. Variation on running in the same direction is that 2 teams run clockwise, other 2 anti clockwise."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Cross-over-Tag.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"h400021","pracTitle":"Cross over Tag","pracDescription":"One player without stick or ball is the catcher. Everyone else has to try and get from one side to the other without getting caught. Players that are caught will help catch.Ensure that everyone has crossed over to the side before commencing the next run."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Dribble-pass-and-run.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"h300r12","pracTitle":"Dribble pass and run","pracDescription":"Player 1 starts running, turns and gets a pass from player 2 and carries on dribbling. Player 1 then watches what direction player 3 is going, and does a short wall pass with the player. Then afterwards plays a short pass to player 4."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Dribble-pass-relay.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"H0103005","pracTitle":"Dribble pass relay","pracDescription":"Set out the cones as shown.Player 1 starts by running with the ball to the right hand cone, keeping the ball in contact with the stick, before passing the ball to the next player (Red Player 1). Whe the red number 1 receives the ball they mirror the move coming from either direction. After the pass the players join the opposite queue.You can introduce a second ball. (Both sides starting the practice at the same time)."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Dribbling.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"dribble4","pracTitle":"Dribbling","pracDescription":"Comfort on the ball, with forward vision"},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Dribbling-Players-v-Runners.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"H0103002","pracTitle":"Dribbling Players v Runners","pracDescription":"Setup the cones as shown.Split the group into two groups, one with balls and sticks, the others with just sticks.On the command the player with the ball runs around the blue cones, with the player without a ball running around the red cones. It is a race to see the first one back.When running anti-clockwise it is a lot easier for players to move the ball first then let their feet follow.When running around clockwise its advisable for the player to leave the ball behind, move their feet around the ball before picking up the ball again. This allows the player to get a tighter line to the cones."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Dribbling-Slalom.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"dribble1","pracTitle":"Dribbling - Slalom","pracDescription":""},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Fetch-the-Ball.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"h100010","pracTitle":"Fetch the Ball","pracDescription":"One player stands in between the cones with 4 balls. He/she has to push the ball out of the area. Then name a name of the player that has to fetch the ball, and run it back to the player between the cones."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Figure-of-8.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"h500035","pracTitle":"Figure of 8","pracDescription":"Player runs in figure of 8 around the 2 cones, forehand only."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Gate-Running.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"h400011","pracTitle":"Gate Running","pracDescription":"Ball each. Players have to run from gate to gate avoiding each other.Keeping the ball on the forehand (no reverse stick) and in contact with the stick at all time."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Get-rid-of-balls.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"h100009","pracTitle":"Get rid of balls","pracDescription":"Two teams. Both teams have to try and take all the balls from their goal and put them in the other teams goal. Each team should only stay on their side of the line of cones (one ball per player at any time)."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Indian-Dribble.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"dribble3","pracTitle":"Indian Dribble","pracDescription":""},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Island-Bulldog.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"h400022","pracTitle":"Island Bulldog","pracDescription":"Players with a ball try and get to the other side without being caught. None of the players are allowed on the islands."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Island-Hopping.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"h400023","pracTitle":"Island Hopping","pracDescription":"Players try and run from island to island without being caught by the catcher. The catcher is not allowed on the islands. Anybody caught goes to a prison island."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Moving-the-ball-from-right-to-left.jsp","fileType":"3","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"fordrag3","pracTitle":"Moving the ball from right to left","pracDescription":""},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Moving-with-the-ball-through-space.jsp","fileType":"3","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"runheadup","pracTitle":"Moving with the ball through space","pracDescription":""},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Musical-Islands.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"h400024","pracTitle":"Musical Islands","pracDescription":"Players run around with their ball outside the islands (make the island shapes using a ring of cones). On the whistle, the players have to go and stand on one of the islands. Rules: no more than 2 players on any one island, last 2 out etc;"},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Name-Running.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"h100008","pracTitle":"Name Running","pracDescription":"Ball each. Players have to run the shape of letters to spell a word i.e. their own name or their club name etc;"},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Nick-a-Ball.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"h100004","pracTitle":"Nick a Ball","pracDescription":"Players without a ball have to try and take the ball off a player with a ball."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Open-Side-Dribble.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"H0103004","pracTitle":"Open Side Dribble","pracDescription":"Set out the practice as shown.Players are given a number from 1 to 4.No. 1s should stand behind the black cone.No. 2s behind the pink cone.No. 3s behind the red cone.No. 4s behind the yellow cone.On the coaches command the players dribble across to their colour cone on the opposite side."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Passing-relays.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"h4100030","pracTitle":"Passing relays","pracDescription":"Passing the ball around the outside of the cones. While another team is running a relay around the the outside square. How many passes can the passing team do in the time the relay does 8 runs. Then vice-versa."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Pull-back.jsp","fileType":"3","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"clockpull6","pracTitle":"Pull back","pracDescription":"Set up four cones in a 5 by 5 metre squareYou can have 1 to 4 players working in any one square, each player needs a ball."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Pull-back-technique.jsp","fileType":"3","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"clockpull5","pracTitle":"Pull back technique","pracDescription":"Set up for cones about 2m squareand explain the square being the clockPlayers start with the ball at 6 oclock and run to 12 oclock, players then stops the ball and pull the ball back towards 6 oclock to change direction and run the ball towards 3 oclock restart practice"},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Relays.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"h400015","pracTitle":"Relays","pracDescription":"Players in teams have to run the ball to the opposite cone for the next player to run the ball back etc; Progression
NB These can be races.This practice can be used to introduce all the coaching points of running with the ball"},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Release-Tag.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"h100002","pracTitle":"Release Tag","pracDescription":"Player without stick has to try and tag as many players with a ball. When a player has been caught he/she has to stand on the spot with feet apart. He/she can be released by a player who is still in the game, pushing the ball between the feet of the caught player."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Round-and-Across.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"h400018","pracTitle":"Round and Across","pracDescription":"Players run around the outside of the 4 cones with their ball (in the same direction). On the whistle, all players have to run across the square from the side they are on to the opposite side avoiding others."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Round-and-Change.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"h400017","pracTitle":"Round and Change","pracDescription":"Players run around the outside of the 4 cones with their ball (in the same direction). On the whistle, all players have to change direction."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Run-around-relays.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"h400019","pracTitle":"Run around relays","pracDescription":"4 Teams, ball in each team.1st player in each team has to run around the outside, of the inside square. Returning to their starting cone to give the ball to the next player."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Speed-Work.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"h500034","pracTitle":"Speed Work","pracDescription":"Player runs up and down slalom."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Spy-Tag.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"h100003","pracTitle":"Spy Tag","pracDescription":"All players with a stick and a ball. One player without stick and ball is the catcher they have to try and tag as many players with a ball. When a player has been caught they have to stand on the spot with feet apart. They can be released by only one player, the spy , pushing the ball between the feet of the caught player."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Stick-Up-or-Down.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"H0103005b","pracTitle":"Stick Up or Down","pracDescription":"Player 1 starts by running with the ball to the right hand cone, keeping the ball in contact with the stick. The player opposite them holds their stick above their head. On lowering the stick to the floor the player must pass the ball to the next player (Red Player 1). When the red number 1 receives the ball they mirror the move coming from either direction."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Stick-Work.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"h500032","pracTitle":"Stick Work","pracDescription":"Player runs up and down the slalom."},{"linkHref":"drills/Hockey/Moving-with-the-ball/Train-Run.jsp","fileType":"0","pracBGColor":"#a0d038","pracSportDir":"viewer/movies/hockey","fileName":"h100007","pracTitle":"Train Run","pracDescription":"One ball between three or four. Front player runs with the ball in any direction, rest of the players follow. On the whistle the front player leaves the ball and goes to the back. Next player takes over etc;"}]