Pass and follow
Ready when: Push pass and receive (b3) done.
What you are learning
Passing and then moving straight into space to get the ball back, receiving with the body turned open toward the pass, and finishing with a shot. Players who stand still after passing are easy to mark.
Words on this card Stick, Push pass, Receive, Goalkeeper
- Stick
- The hockey stick, with a curved hook at the bottom called the head.
- Push pass
- A pass made by pushing the ball along the ground with the stick, without swinging it back.
- Receive
- Controlling a ball that comes to you, with the stick flat on the ground.
- Goalkeeper
- The player who guards the goal, in full padded kit.
Set up
A stick, ball, goal with a net or a fence behind, cones.
Weather: dry ground
Show it first for the one teaching
- Pass to your partner and run at once into an empty space nearer the goal.
- Turn the body open toward your partner as the ball comes back.
- Take two or three touches, then shoot at the goal.
Your part while they practise
Pass and move to a new spot.
Step by step
- Push pass toward goal.
- Move quickly into space.
- Receive with the body open to the pass.
- Pass in two or three touches.
- Shoot; go to the other side.
How much: 8 rounds 10 min a session 3 days a week
Say one thing Pick one line from "What you will see" for today and say only that.
The game: Four passes
Pass four times before a shot can score.
Who plays: 2 or 3 players as a team against a goalkeeper (you), or against their own best.
How to play, turn by turn
- Turns
- Start 20 m from the goal
- The players pass to each other, each moving after every pass
- After the fourth pass, anyone may shoot
- 8 rounds
- Fair play
- A grown-up goalkeeper must keep one knee on the ground.
- Points
- 1 point for a goal after four passes; 1 bonus point if the scorer received the ball on the move.
- Fouls
- The round scores nothing
- A shot before the fourth pass
- A player standing still after passing
- The stick above the waist
- Winning
- Beat your best from 8 rounds.
- 3 points for 1 star
- 6 points for 2 stars
- 9 points for 3 stars
Easier or harder
Standing passes.
Pass on the move with a defender.
What you will see, and what to say
- the player stops after passing
Pass and move
Run as soon as the ball leaves you. - they receive closed
Open the body to the pass
See the ball and the goal.
Self-check
6 of 8 pass-and-shoot sequences end with a shot on goal.
Stop and get a coach when
Pain in the back from a low stance.
Fitness for this
Warm up first: how to warm up, at workonfitness.com. For strength and stretching, its exercise library shows each exercise step by step, with an easier version.
This card trains moving off the ball, receiving.
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