3 WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR FH ABILITIES

In the off-season, there are lots of ways you can work to improve your FH skills & abilities. You should be working on all three areas presented below. 1) Running & Stamina, 2) Strength Training & 3) Ball/Stick Skills. If you are truly motivated to up your FH game, we have also provided TWO BONUS categories below: 4) Drives, Powerful Push Passes, Reverse Hits and Aerials/Flicks/Overheads and 5) Agility. All of the stick skills and hits can be worked on daily. Try to set a specific time each day to complete these tasks. If you need one or more FH balls or a FH stick, contact Coach Fischer Voice/Text 585-233-2105

Priority 1: Running & Stamina

Volt conditioning weekly workouts. Just follow them in order whenever you have the opportunity to work out. There are 12 workouts. Just get through as many weeks as possible. Improvise cones. Follow instructions on sheet. CLICK HERE TO VIEW CONDITIONING WORKOUTS

Priority 2: Strength Training

Use this link. It is a simple workout that requires no equipment. Try to do it 3x per week.

https://www.nytimes.com/guides/well/strength-training-plyometrics

Priority 3: Ball and Stick Skills

Ball and stick control. Watch these three videos. Try to do this drills for 5-10min at least 3x per week. Improvise cones:

This video is about Ball Control and drills to improve it.

After our previous tutorial video a lot of you have asked us to do more. So here it is!!! In this video we are doing ball control. The practice that we are doing is called the rectangle, because you move to the left, foward, right, back just like the form of a rectangle.

This is our first tutorial video on youtube. After a lot of you awesome people asked for it here it is, and we really hope you like it and that you find it usefull. You can also leave any suggestions in the comment for awesome videos.

Uploaded by Field Hockey at Home on 2017-04-20.

This video is about 7 Ways to Beat an Opponent

Air dribble. Try to increase your number of taps. Try to self start your air dribbles. As you get better, vary the height of the taps and tap on edges of stick as well as flat side.

Former college field hockey player and CoachUp coach Anna Giannoni shows how to air dribble. Click here to train with coach Anna: http://bit.ly/19sEpqP Visit http://bit.ly/1bNkTDK to find a field hockey coach near you. Visit http://www.coachup.com to find your perfect coach in any sport! CoachUp is a service that connects athletes with private coaches across all sports.

Yard stick pulls. With feet shoulder width apart and standing in athletic stance with knees bent. Work on pulling ball from left foot to right foot. Work to get this as fast and controlled as you can.

Uploaded by Field Hockey at Home on 2017-04-23.

BONUS!

Priority 4: Drives, Powerful Push Passes, Reverse Hits and Aerials/Flicks/Overheads

Hopefully you can find a wall against which you can practice drives, pushes and aerials. Try to do 25 of each every time you are able to practice. Go for strength on those push passes (get low and use your legs!)

Former college field hockey player and CoachUp coach Anna Giannoni shows how to hit a field hockey ball. Click here to train with coach Anna: http://bit.ly/19u1Cmw Visit http://bit.ly/1e2MzoZ to find a field hockey coach near you. Visit http://www.coachup.com to find your perfect coach in any sport!

Reverse Grip and Hit: Tjerk Van Herwaarden shows you how to properly swing and grip the field hockey stick when hitting on the weak side. WORLDCAMPUSA.COM

Uploaded by Hockey Zone on 2014-02-24.

BONUS!

Priority 5: Agility

Volt agility workouts. Just work your way through them as you have time. Improvise cones and ladders.

Try to do any three exercises 3x per week. Follow instructions on sheet. CLICK HERE TO VIEW AGILITY DRILLS