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Draw the defender

Analogies can be a vital coaching tool encapsulating a concept for players – the ‘Matador’ image helps when teaching the tactic of enticing opponents towards you in order to evade them – going against their flow to exploit ...

Zonal press

Coaching Points Red & light blue on same team (temporarily) with one player floating inside of area. If dark blue win ...

Protected: Block tackling – Defend the box

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Possession at the bell #13

Objective – Keeping the ball under pressure and moving to space ...

1v1 – Rack

Coaching Points Red & light blue on same team (temporarily) with one player floating inside of area. If dark blue win ...

1v1 – Left or Right

Coaching Points Red & light blue on same team (temporarily) with one player floating inside of area. If dark blue win ...

Breaking lines

Objective – Playing through, around or over ...

Using the middle to overload high

Objective – Playing through the midfield ...

Passing thro’ the #10/screens

Objective – Getting the ball through/to the screens or #10 ...

4v4 diamond transitions

Objective – Defense and attack transitions – dynamically reshaping – Explode/Implode ...

4v4 side goals

Objective – transitions – explode/implode ...

Use the width

Objective – Using the width to get “down” the pitch ...

Press & Dictate – 5v4 press

Objective – Defensive press & channelling ...

4 box channelling

Objective – Channelling to the corners – OUT OF TROUBLE ...

Find the high player – breaking the press

Objective – break the lines – find a high player ...

4v2 transition rondo

Objective – pass through the line and teaching transition on possession ...

Possession Rondo – Move The Ball To Move The Player

Move The Ball To Move The Player - Possession Rondo

Coaching Points Red & light blue on same team (temporarily) with one player floating inside of area. If dark blue win ...

Leading – 4v4+1 #9

Objective – Teaching off ball players to lead for a pass ...

3 goal run – Channelling

Objective – Channelling off the pitch – dictate the attack ...

1v2 defending – double teaming

Objective – Teach defenders to communicate and control or “push the attack” back ...

Score in the box (AKA diamond defense)

Large square with small square in centre. Attackers placed in corners of outer square and 2 defenders stay in centre square. ...

Defensive Strips & Principles – 5 D’s

Objective – Do not dive and channel ...

Creating space to receive

Objectives Attacking – How to create space – relieving the immediate pressure on receipt of the ball Defending – Marking & putting pressure on ball receipt ...

Deny the channel

Objective – Passing through screens, defenders to close of channels ...

1 v 1 Gauntlet

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3 team attack

Objective – scramble/delay defence – attack + retain to score ...

Defending/Clearing the press

This is a game where you learn to pass the ball beyond defenders, to players in space. No aerial ball allowed. Two teams positioned ...

Rondo’s – Part 3 “Playing Around & Through” – “9V4”

Coaching Points Ball start with keeper, ball plays out. Look to play around defending unit linking up with 10. When defense unit is ...

Fast Break 3V3

Team 1 attacks team 2. Player on the 23m line starts with the ball and attacks the two defenders from team 2 (while this attack ...

2v2 Strips

Game makeup 1. 2 v 2 2. Normal pitch - trying to score Rules 1. Std hockey rules ...

2v2v2 – Possession/Passing

Game makeup 3 teams of 2 players. Teams in different colour bibs (2 Yellow, 2 White and ...

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