Skills Pages
PASSING
Passing skills needed when practising and playing a match, including:
Open Stick
- Push
- Hit
- Clip Hit
- Long-handled Slap
- Aerial
Reverse Stick
- Upright Hit
- Reverse Stick - Off the Dribble
- Sweep
- Scoop
OPEN STICK
Push
Clip Hit
Push
Basic grip hands apart.
Keep low.
Ball starts near right foot.
Stick stays in contact with ball as weight is transferred from right to left foot.
Follow through, keeping stick on ball for as long as possible.
For power need to be side on to the target, butt of stick low with a tighter grip.
Hit
Clip Hit
Push
Double ‘V’ grip.
Ball position level with front foot.
Feet and shoulders in line with target.
Get low.
Flat backswing, head still and level.
Turn the shoulders.
Cock the wrists on the backswing.
Step towards the ball.
Right knee low to the ground at impact.
Hitting on the move
Right foot crosses over behind left foot to get body into the correct position.
Clip Hit
Clip Hit
Long-handled Slap
Left hand slides down the grip to meet the right, in the short handle grip.
Shorter vertical backswing with an emphasis on wrists cocking.
Ball position level with left foot on impact.
Long-handled Slap
Long-handled Slap
Long-handled Slap
Double ‘V’ grip.
Step to the ball.
Hands low to the ground.
Sweep the stick along the floor before contact.
Strike the ball just above the hook of the stick.
On follow through the right hand crosses over the left.
Aerial
Long-handled Slap
Aerial
Basic grip.
Get low, step in.
Ball is in front of left foot.
Side on to target line.
Smoothly accelerate the stick head once in contact with the ball.
Just before release lever the left hand down against the right for power.
REVERSE STICK
Upright Hit
Use the double ‘V’ grip hands at top of stick. ‘V’s in line with back edge.
Toe of the stick points to the floor.
Feet at right angles to the passing line.
Rotate the shoulders to the left on back swing.
Stick nearly vertical at impact.
Ball positioned slightly to left of right foot.
Reverse stick - off the dribble
Basic grip hands apart.
Arms away from body.
Short backswing.
Hit the pass with the right hand.
Ball opposite whichever foot is leading.
Sweep
Frying pan grip.
Stick stays in contact with the ground on backswing and follow through.
Hit middle of ball with toe edge of stick.
Ball in front of right foot.
Scoop
Reverse grip.
Ball level with front foot.
Stick under ball.
Pull up hard with right hand.
Video
One touch pass
Pass down the line
Trapping and Receiving
Passing Tips
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