Game Day & Game model

Number 10

What is a number 10? A number 10 is an attacker who operates in the spaces between central midfield and the front line. They often receive between the opposition’s midfield and defence – a space commonly referred to ...

Managing Junior games

There will be times when teams facing each other are so much stronger or weaker than their opponents that double digit scores could ensue. OBVIOUSLY this has no benefit to the children (both teams) and can easily result ...

Stacking forwards

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Midfield leads and rotation

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Outletting from a 16

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Middle pocket collapse

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3/4 hold shuffle

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Line ball shuffle

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3/4 hold default positioning

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4-1-2-3 – press (aka 4-3-3)

Here is my ideal press ...

Strategy

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Game Day Warmup

Generating space in the D ...

How we play (Game model)

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Teamwork

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Structure

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Pressing pockets

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PCA

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PC Stopping

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Injecting

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Tactical Identity – Game Models

Get your players to learn/buy into/participate and even contribute during training sessions. The aim should be at the beginning of the season to have very clear moments, usually 6 weeks, in which tactical developments take place, create a ...

Free hit game

Manage as a team and recover ...

Counter pressing

Pressing Zones – Identify zones on the pitch where regaining possession can lead to immediate threats. Loss of Possession – Train players to react instantly when the ball is lost, closing down the ball-carrier. High-Intensity Pressure – Swarm ...

Playing out from the back

Core concepts Attracting pressure deep to create space higher up the pitch. Creating overloads. Exploiting space. Looking for the furthest pass. Finding the free man. Finding the third man. Recognising when to play long direct passes if the ...

Penalty Corner Knockout

Objective – improve PCAs Simply, each team score points for scoring goals. Only the goalkeeper defends against these practise penalty corners. Area: You will need one D for each team of players. A team will need to be ...

PCA Challenge

Objective – win and score from a PCA SSP link ...

Crash shot scoring

Objective – teach instant response to ball in D/Defending in the D SSP link ...

2v2 – see context

Use the width ...

4v4 Awareness 360° – #11

Develop awareness of space ...

Outletting

How to get out from the back SSP link ...

Surrey GU14 12th Feb – Reeds school

Our focus on sunday is going to be: Defending without diving – short and sweet Scoring in constrained environments Pressing – 3 games in priority order – we will not use all https://www.hockeytraining.co.uk/zonal-press/ https://www.hockeytraining.co.uk/possession-transition/ https://www.hockeytraining.co.uk/transfer-on-loss-press-to-recover/ Following the training ...

Structure in & around the D

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Decision Making

There are 2 key factors to a decision How/What to do When – Timing ...

Sideline press solutions

Game 1 RH moves up field to RW RB moves up RW cuts inside RB passes to RW who receives Not on diagram but RH rolls out and sends to RH who has continued down the field ...

Penalty Corners

It can get be frustrating, to say the least, to watch your team receive penalty corner after penalty corner, but not score. If this is happening, something just isn’t clicking and it’s time to switch things up. The ...

In2 Girls Game Model plans

A U10s session for the girls Feb 2019 | Passing around a square and moving to corners (encourage triangle passing) | Slap hitting at pace ...

Attacking Free Hit Strategy

Strategies for free hits do not rely on the hitter — they rely on the entire team’s movement off the ball ...

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