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By Jude Felix Sebastian Published on: Wed Mar 9, 2022
The player evades the defender by tapping the ball to the left in an arc, quickly running around the right side in a semi-circular trajectory, and picking up control of the ball again. You can visualise this as a sort of run around the defender. Apart from practice exercises, there are a set of specific drills for children.
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.
This brings you to the final elimination skill in field hockey, quite an interesting one at that. It is highly effective and can help an attacker set up several goal-scoring opportunities in the game. And there’s usually very little the defender can do about it.
A marked cone ‘A’ on the pitch is used for this hockey training. Player runs with the ball, keeping it in front by using the blade of the stick to tap the ball forward. On reaching cone ‘A’, the player taps the ball to the left (refer the dotted lines in the figure) of the cone, quickly runs around the right side of the cone, and picks up or controls the ball again. Remember that one shouldn’t get too close to cone ‘A’ as it will hinder the tap and run around it. It is advisable to do the tap at least 2 feet away, before you reach cone ‘A’.
The main practice exercise involves four cones placed on the ground, to the left and right, to form two makeshift goal posts. The attacker has to get past the defender and cross into either of the two goals with the ball.
In case children are the ones doing this exercise, the defender needs to walk and defend while the attacker can run to either of the goal posts. For this particular elimination skill, there are four exciting group practice exercises for children below 12 years of age.
Group of Five: One player stands in the centre with four others around forming a square, 10 feet apart. The centre player tries to take the ball while the four keep passing it among themselves. Whoever ends up losing the ball to the centre player has to switch positions with him.
Eliminate the Others I: This involves 6 players standing in a 20x20 feet square. The objective is to push the other players’ ball out of the square while dribbling and protecting your own. When your ball goes out of the square, you’re eliminated. The last one left standing is the winner.
Eliminate the Others II: Next is a variation of the one you just heard, the only difference being that one player does not have a ball. And this player has to push the others’ ball out of the square. Last player remaining with the ball is the winner.
Dog and Bone: This is done in two groups with players numbered in pairs. A ball would be placed in the centre between the groups. When a number is called out, the pairs have to come and each try to take the ball back to their own line. As they get better, the difficulty level can be increased by numbering them in three’s instead of two’s.
Now that you’ve read about an attacker’s moves quite a bit, it’s time to see how a defender can win back the ball. The first of these techniques is known as the forehand tackle. Continue reading the upcoming posts to learn these hockey skills.
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