Field hockey tips and tricks

Basic information on the signals used by the umpires in a game of field hockey. The game is administered by two umpires whose duties are to enforce the rules as written in the current rule book. The umpires will blow the whistle and then use hand signs to signal their ruling.

The individual hockey defense, has become an extremely important part of the game. Here you have some coaching ideas that will help you improve.

This is a great drill to improve the defensive skills and it can be used with any level of players.

I am often asked what selectors and coaches look for in field hockey players in order to get selected into a team. In this post I answer this question

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Read "The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Field Hockey" by Rob Price available from Rakuten Kobo. The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Field Hockey is the most comprehensive and up-to-date field hockey-specific tr...

An educational resource from the NFHCA designed to help brand-new coaches and parents get to know the sport of field hockey.

Results: What field hockey position should you play?

Want to be a bigger threat by passing and shooting on your 'weaker' reverse side too? Learn how to do the tomahawk. If you don't have enoug

STX Field Hockey on Instagram: "Learn how to insert from one of the best to do it! 🏑"

LevelUpFieldHockey on Instagram: "We love doing this warm up drill and our Athlete Academy and so do our athletes! Set up a big rectangle pushing distance apart. There are many variations you can create for this drill. Here we did passing clockwise, anti clockwise (focus here on getting your body around the ball!) and then clockwise again but with a double drag or fake drag. SAVE this drill to try at your next session 🔥🔥"

Recently I have been speaking to a lot of hockey players and coaches from all over the world, including Europe, UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Amer

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