Hockey Session (Under 8s): u8s Session 1 - In possession

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Name:	Richard Penrose
City:	Winchester
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Hockey

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A session with lots of touches of the ball

Allow the players some "free swim time" at the begging of the session and kick off the warm up at 9:10

Have a drinks break before the big games and at other times as appropriate.

Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm up - Sharks / Fishes

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Warm up - Sharks / Fishes (10 mins)

Standard warm up consisting of some jogging followed by Dynamic stretches followed by sharks and fishes

Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Roundabouts and Motorways

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Roundabouts and Motorways (10 mins)

Every player with a ball in a big space area (in D or 25 depending on numbers).
Coach has a red cone and a green cone in her/his hand and whistle
Initially players are moving with the ball, keeping it on or close to their sticks at all time
When the coach holds up a red cone (red traffic light) players stop
When coach holds up a green cone players can start moving again
When the coach blows the whistle players do a roll out (randabout)
When the coach blows the whistle twice players do a roll out the other way (European randabout)
When the coach shouts "Motorway" players speed up.
When the coach shouts "In town" players slow down.

Start with one or two rules and gradually introduce the other rules
Coaching pointsWhen players are moving slowly, bottom hand should be lowerWhen players speed up they can bring their bottom hand up the stick a littleScanning all the time

Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Raid the nest

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Raid the nest (15 mins)

Raid the Nest

4 teams of 4-5 players

Players must run to the Nest, grab a ball and dribble it back to their box.

They may only take one ball at a time and may not steal from anyone else.

They may not pass to their team mates.

Once all the balls are gone from the Nest, teams must count the number of balls in their box. Highest score wins.

Change it up: a certain colour ball is worth 5 points

Change it up: ONE player from each team can be the Chief Thief and steal balls from other teams' box

Change it up: TWO players from each team can be Chief Thieves but players can tackle them if they catch them between boxes

FOCUS: After each round, allow the teams to form a a strategy and play the game again. Get some feedback from them after the strategy round about HOW / IF they were better etc.

Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): End zone

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End zone (15 mins)

3 v 3 End Zone

Focus on basics along with attacking principles: Scan, play foward fast, play into space

3v3 with goal scorers for each team in the End Zone

Teams score by passing the ball to either Goal scorer in the End Zone

When a team scores, the End Zone player who receives the pass is released and another must take their place.

Teams must complete 3 successive passes before they can score each goal

Change It: Each player must get a touch on the ball before they can score in the End Zone

Scoring

Play in sets of 2 mins

2 pts for pass into end zone

1 pt for 3 successive passes

Coaching points

Scanning

Apply pressure quickly to get the head down

Footwork

If in doubt play the way you are facing

First touch

Quick reaction to turnover

Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Bigger games

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Bigger games (25 mins)

Set the pitch up as per u8 festivals

Play across 1/4 pitches (as many pitches as needed for the players)

Max 6 aside - resist the temptation to accomodate more on a team - "lots of touches of the ball"

Play 5 min sets then stop and chat for a couple of mins, then go again

Coaches to join in and play to encourage moving and playing into space

Chage it

5 second rule (must pass within 5 seconds of having the ball)

1pt for 3-5 passess

Lose possession if carry into contact

Coaching points

Scanning

Eye contact before passing

Defensively play out to the sides

Goal scoring pass the ball into the goal

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