Psychological safety is (IMO) very important in sports teams and it has gained more attention in recent years. Promoting psychological safety creates a chicken or egg situation: what comes first, feeling safe to speak up or speaking to ...
Goals decide the outcome of the game, so it is assumed that scoring goals is the desired end result when we have the ball! Build-up play to this point (Possession, Elimination) will have an effect on creating good ...
The starting point for team defence is knowing where you want to direct the ball. This depends on many variables (both teams’ systems, personnel strengths/weaknesses, coaching philosophy). It is important, however, to determine where you want the ball ...
Individual and Team possession skills are the building blocks of attacking hockey. At the introductory and earlier stages of development, field hockey is very much a transition game, with many changes of possession. However, as individual ball-control skills ...
