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Hockey Session (Under 8s): U8 May 9

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Matt Sarmento

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Matt Sarmento
Name: Matt Sarmento
City: Vancouver
Country: Canada
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Hockey
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Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Simons Says Warm Up (15 min)

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Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Simons Says Warm Up (15 min)
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Simons Says Warm Up (15 min)

Warm Up Simon Says Game: 

  • Partner up, each player stands about a lunge step away from the 3 cones
  • Coach yells out the instructions, either to touch a body part or grab a cone before their partner does:
    • Head
    • Shoulders
    • Knees
    • Ankles, etc (something 
    • Cone (by colour)
      Reset the cones and/or switch partners
    • After a few minutes of playing, bring the attention to body "ready position"/athletic stance (knees bent, on your toes, head up)
Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Relays (15-20 min)

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Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Relays (15-20 min)
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Relays (15-20 min) (20 mins)

Split the group into 2 teams. Set up 2 identical courses towards goal. Put a pile of balls at the start of each course, somewhere near the 25yrd line. Line each team up on the baseline. When you say go, one player from each team sprints out to the balls, completest the course and scores a goal. Once their ball goes in the net, the next player from their team starts.

*If you have a lot of players, create a third or even a fourth group

**encourage speed through the course!

*** you can vary how they run to the balls: forwards running, backwards running, two foot hopping, one foot hopping, cartwheels, summersaults, crabwalk, bearcrawls... anything fun that gets them moving! (If doing cartwheels/summersaults/crabwalks/bearcrawls/anything where they need their hands, leave all sticks at the pile of balls for them to pick up when they arrive)


Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Block Tackles (15-20 min)

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Block Tackles (15-20 min)

Block tackles:

  • Player Red dribbles forward towards Player Blue
  • Player Blue runs towards Player Red, block tackles, and carries the ball to the opposite cone while Player Red runs to the opposite side. 
  • Player Blue then carries ball, Player Red tackles

Key Points:

- hands apart

- stick and hands low to the turf

- knees bent (ready position) staggered stance, 

- NO swinging stick 

- strong arms

- Tackler's right shoulder lines up with Dribbler's right shoulder

Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Sharks & Minnows or Scrimmage (15-20 min)

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Sharks & Minnows or Scrimmage (15-20 min)

Sharks & Minnows: 

- Must block tackle to take the ball away 

- Encourage players to dribble to the open space

If you'd rather scrimmage: 

- split your team into 2 and make a field with 2 goals on each side

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