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By Jude Felix Sebastian Published on: Wed Mar 9, 2022
Nothing matters more than knowing how to score a goal when the time comes. This training covers a set of four exercises performed by a player with the help of a coach, to improve goal-scoring technique. It includes a reverse to score, forehand run and score, and a dribble three, among other drills.
Former Indian National Team Captain, Arjuna and Dronacharya Awardee, your coach has capped over 250 matches, including 2 Olympics, 2 World Cups, 2 Asian Games, and 3 Champions Trophy tournaments. He is the founder of Jude Felix Hockey Academy and brings 22 years of coaching experience.
By reading till here, you would have picked up a whole lot of field hockey skills for attack as well as defence. Every one of them is no doubt important, but nothing matters more than knowing how to score a goal when the time is right. Jude Felix has a set of exercises from his years of experience in the game that can help you perfect your finishing move and lead your team to victory.
Two players stand 10 feet apart with a ball each. On the coach’s whistle, both start and proceed towards the goal to score. The first to score wins that round. It is advisable to change sides after 10 repetitions.
The coach stands 16 yards from the goal post, facing the post. He pushes the ball forward and to his left for the player to run behind the ball, and bring the ball to his right using the reverse stick. The player then scores with a push. This can be practised by interchanging the directions as well, starting with the coach pushing the ball to his right.
This involves a forehand run of the player from the right into the circle, followed by hitting the ball to the left target or post. It can also be done as a forehand run from the left into the circle, followed by hitting the ball to the right target.
The player dribbles past 3 cones and enters the circle from the right or left, scoring into the left and right targets respectively with a hit. The same can be done using the back of the stick as well to score with a reverse hit. There’s also an interesting variation of this exercise that involves the player using a push instead of a hit. But for this to work, the player needs to be about 8 to 10 feet from the goal post to score.
These are by no means comprehensive and there are several more exercises that can help perfect a player’s goal-scoring technique. The next post covers a few of these, so keep reading to learn more.
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