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Hockey: Sprint test

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Players are timed over a 40 meter sprint.

The player who starts has a standing start, runs around cone one, then round cone two and back through the two central cones (where they started from) which marks the finish line.

COACHING POINTS

Average times

..............Male Female

U10 .....10.71 11.42

U12 .....10.54 10.92

U14 .....10.18 10.49

U16 .....9.53 09.78

U18 .....9.51 09.52

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Slalom test:

How quickly can your players dribble through the cone slalom, from one side the pitch the other?

Slalom includes wide slalom, Indian dribble and a circle around the final cone before sprinting through the gate.

Time taken from start of course to when the ball is stopped on the finish line.

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Goal scoring test:

In this test the player starts by rolling the ball into the 'D' to the forehand side and hits the ball at goal.
The next ball is pushed to the left and hit with the reverse stick side only, then the next ball to the right, etc.

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Skill technique circuit:

There should be approximately 4 players on each of the 3 stations in this drill.

The player at the top of the pitch (player 2) starts with the ball and passes player 1 on the wing. Player 1 should run in field to meet the pass.

Player 1 then lifts the ball over the stick and runs with the ball to the 3 cones, performs a reverse stick drag and then progresses down the field to the 3rd cone.

In the mean time players 2 and 3 have both made a run into the D to receive the ball back from player 1 and score a goal.

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Stick Work:

Player runs up and down the slalom.

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