Hockey | Moving with the ball Lesson Plans

Continue your growth into the new season by rediscovering the basics to create a foundation to build upon. It?s all about getting your touch, zipping the ball to your teammates and finding your level again to go into the first game at your best!

Baffle your opponents with the illusion of an extra man - coach your players to move positively with overlapping.

Don't stop moving! Speed up gameplay by working on your junior players' ability to pass and receive on the run!

Give everyone on the team the confidence to take the ball under pressure, beat a player with their 1-on-1 skills, then move it on.

Carry the ball with confidence and run at goal! Teach your players to switch the ball and feed the lines to get the ball up the pitch!

Your season starts now! You?ve been doing your fitness work but now it?s time to get a stick in your hands and start working on the basics with this session so that you?re sharp, polished and ready to hit the ground running when the first competitive game comes around.

Rolling out on your backhand side can be a risky play, exposing the ball more to the defender. However being able to effectively utilise it in games will develop you attacks, keeping them unpredictable and open up areas of the pitch you may not have discovered before.

As the season beckons, make sure you?re fully aware of your strongest XI by putting them through their paces with numerous tests to really see who you are getting the most from.