Field hockey hitting

by Derek Pappas

Description

We will cover the biomechanics, the footwork, the movements, htting off of the right and left feet, ...

Forehand Hitting
Grip
Palms neutral and facing each other
Pivot point
Left little finger
The lines in the hand and the pads in the palms and the stick
The bottom of the right hand on the top of the left hand
Making fists
The wrists
The bent right wrist
The arch formed by the right wrist
The angle of the left wrist and forearm
The arms
Preserving the forearm relationship
The straight left arm
The bent right arm
The upper right arm and elbow
The upper right arm is on the right side and moves up as the right shoulder rotates
Failing to move the elbow up cause the stick to pivot on the right hand
The backswing
Avoid pivoting off of the following
Right forefinger just after starting the backswing
Right arm when the stick approaches horizontal
Right elbow when the stick is pointing up
The right elbow continues to bend on the backswing otherwise the elbow becomes a pivot point
The position of the toe of the stick
At address
At horizontal on the backswing
At impact
At horizontal on the follow through
Hit the back of the ball
Types of hits
Upright forehand hit
Hitting off of either feet
Hitting off the right foot
Hitting off the left foot
Setting the angle between the stick and the left forearm and looking to hit
No backswing/backswing stops
Drills
Right hand only hit
Swing back 18” hit
Swing back to horizontal hit
Types of hits
Regular upright grip at the end of the stick
Grip at the end of the stick and backswing to the horizontal position
Grip at the end of the stick and 2 foot backswing
Mini grip/choked down grip
Slide the right hand up the grip and then the left hand down the grip
Choked down grip and full swing
Choked down grip and mini swing (mini hit)
Hitting footwork and combining stickwork/ball movement and hitting
Pivoting off of the right foot
Pivoting off of the left foot
Michael Peters turn on the ball of of the left foot to the left and hit it left
Moin Iqbal pull diagonally back right and turn on the ball of of the right foot to the right and hit it right
Keller cross over and mini hit across the midfield from right to left
Bring the ball from the deep defense using the cross over step and hit
Blocher pull the ball right and hit it off of the right foot from a stationary position

Lessons

1 Mini hit drill 0:20 2 Wall hitting repetition practice 0:26 3 Animated slide presentation on hitting fundamentals 13:18 4 Receive, pullback diagonally, and use the mini hit 1:38 5 Repetition hitting 0:19 6 10 ball baseline hitting test 0:23 7 Alternating shots at the left and right posts 0:07 8 Field hockey fundamentals slides (animated) 13:18 9 The plane: above, below and on plane 1:48 10 Various footwork, ball position, and hitting scenarios 5:10 11 Hit follow through 0:17 12 More on the the hit follow though 0:38 13 Mini repetitive hitting against the goal 0:14 14 Why you keep the ball behind your right foot as a deep defender when you bring it up 1:07 15 Lunge position 3:07 16 Positioning the ball behind the left shoulder, positioning the ball to hit it left, right, and straight 3:48 17 Craig Davies AUS right hand curl and hit and the diagonal pull, right rotate right, and hit 1:36 18 Grip and take away 6:21 19 Bent right wrist, helicopter back swing, compensations 3:39 20 The hit backswing 1:00 21 The plane and one handed hitting 4:01 22 The plane: a way to visualize the plane 1:59 23 Left hand only hitting and why you should not use a baseball grip 1:40 24 Continuous hitting and the two bad grips and the good grip 1:30 25 What happens when you use a baseball grip when you hit the ball and the correct grip and motion 1:37 26 The mini hit and grip, two fists, pads of the palm on the top of the stick 1:09 27 Rotate and mini hit to the right 1:53 28 Positioning the ball to hit it right, straight, and left 2:06 29 Hitting along a line 1:27 30 Rapid hitting 0:08 31 The movement of the stick and the stick face 0:54 32 The motion of the stick from address, back to horizontal, back to impact and the follow through 0:43 33 The right elbow and the release through the ball 1:55 34 Hit off your right foot 0:40 35 Cross over to lunge position hit 0:33 36 Hit off of right foot into lunge position 1:02 37 Hitting of the right foot on the run 1:21 38 Hitting of the right foot from a stationary position 0:57 39 Hit off of the right foot into the lunge position 2 1:23 40 Hitting off the right foot front diagonal view 2:05 41 Mini full grip hit against the wall 0:18

The Coach

Derek Pappas

US National squad 1982-85
Develop attacking players who are on the Polish and Italian national teams
National club champions in Italy (juinor) and Srrbia (senior)
I run the Facebook field hockey fundamentals group.
-there are 56,500 people in the group, including Olympic coaches and players and top club players and coaches from every major hockey center around the world.

Ratings and Reviews (2)

Rob Matthews

This is really informative and useful. Every coach should see these videos for improving hitting and getting more technically correct players into the game. 5 stars!

Apr 20, 24 09:07 AM