Study Guides

Unit Summary

This unit explores a wider range of tactics and strategies to include dispersal, penetration, support and screening in attack whilst defensive strategies of delay, compactness, depth, balance and control/ restraint can be applied in many sports with the ball in hand, at feet or on a stick.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to manipulate a hockey stick and transfer tactics to keep possession by passing and dribbling.

Key Notes

• Move: moving with bent knees and an upright back enables sight of the stick, ball and field.
• Move: making square and diagonal passes helps to utilise width and avoid defenders.
• Think: fast passes and dummy passes help shake off defenders.
• Feel: striving to achieve goals regardless of external factors like praise from others demonstrates self-motivation.
• Connect: supporting and encouraging others enables them to develop control of the ball when using a stick.

Vocabulary To Learn

• square: a pass that goes sideways across the pitch, not forward or backwards
• reverse stick: passing on the backhand side by turning the stick over to ensure the flat side of the stick contacts the ball
• cross: a pass that goes across the field, often from the wings towards the goal

Common Mistakes To Avoid

• Pupils use both sides of the stick like they see in ice-hockey.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

More Lessons In This Unit

• Design set plays to overload the attack Study Guide
• Marking players, marking space and adapting on the fly Study Guide
• Playing smart with the ball at your feet Study Guide
• Playing smart with the ball in your hands Study Guide
• Responding to tactical challenges in different scenarios Study Guide