Hockey Session (Under 10s): U8/9/10 Session #2

Pro-Club: Field Hockey BC

Matt Sarmento

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Name:	Matt Sarmento
City:	Vancouver
Country:	Canada
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Hockey

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Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm Up

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Warm Up (15 mins)

Cone Flipping Warm Up

- Split the group into two teams

- lay out a lot of cones right-side up and upside down

- one team is trying to turn all the cones upside down, one team is trying to turn them right-side up

This exercise is to get the kids warmed up, used to getting low, and moving around with their eyes up.

Coaching Points:

- Make sure the kids stay on their feet (no crawling from cone to cone)

- Play for 3-4 minutes, take a break

- To keep it interesting, you can call out exercises for them to do from cone to cone (i.e. skipping, shuffling, hopping)

Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Push Passing

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Push Passing (20 mins)

Push Passing

- Left hand top, right hand at the end of the grip, knees bent

- Drag the ball across your body along the ground and pass towards your partner (not a slap motion)

- Push down and through, transfer your body weight, and finish with your stick pointing towards your partner

Receiving

- stick out in front of you with the toe on the ground

- push your left hand out to receive the ball

Kids partner up 5-8 meters away from each other. After they have gotten used to passing, make it a competition where pairs try to get as many passes as possible in a minute.

Hockey Session Plan Drill (Colour): Push Pass Progression

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Push Pass Progression (10 mins)

For the U9/10 groups & any group that gets push passing down quickly

Explain that you can push pass towards goal too. More advanced groups can flick the ball off the ground towards the goal too.

- Pass and follow your pass

- Receive across your body, move your feet, and try to receive & pass in 2-3 touches

- After you shoot, go to the other side

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

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Block Tackles (15-20 min) (20 mins)

Block tackles:

Player Red dribbles forward towards Player Blue ("dummy attack", aka the attacker is not trying to get around the defender, just dribble forward)
Player Blue runs towards Player Red with the toe of their stick along the ground, 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

Coaching Points:

- Many kids will run to the middle, just set with their stick along the ground, and wait for the attacker to dribble into their stick. Encourage them to run and MEET their attacker to block tackle them.

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

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Sharks & Minnows or Scrimmage (15-20 min) (20 mins)

Sharks & Minnows:

Each player has a ball and is dribbling around in a space (i.e. circle, or make a area with cones). Everyone is trying to protect their ball and dispossess the other players to be the last one standing. If your ball is hit outside of the grid, you are out.

Player who are out choose a player to cheer for! If the person you cheer for is eliminated, the whole cheering squad starts cheering for the player who knocked that ball out!

- Must block tackle to take the ball away

- Encourage players to dribble to the open space with their eyes up

After a couple rounds, here is the progression:

Explain to the group that in a real game you want to WIN the ball not just hit the ball away. Instead of hitting the ball away, block tackle and take the ball. Leave your ball behind, the player you tackled takes your ball and we continue dribbling. In this version of the game, no one is eliminated, so after 4-5 minutes take a break.

Progression for Older Groups

Octopus with stick and ball

Rob the Nest/Capture the Flag with block tackling

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