Field Hockey · Stufe 5: Gehobene Mittelstufe · Unterstufe 5.3
Match Play and Game Management
10 Tests · 100 Fakten · aktualisiert am 30. Oktober 2026 · Markdown
The coach's match day as the guide lays it out: the pre-match talk, watching and talking during play, substitutions, half-time, after the whistle and the evaluation, plus managing the score and the clock and the captain's role on the field.
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Test 1The pre-match talkTest machen
Give a few tactical team-directed instructions, limited and simple.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Pre-match discussion · Wissen
Give a few individual instructions, concrete and non-threatening.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Pre-match discussion · Wissen
E.g. which set-up, what the strikers must do, the corner plans.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Pre-match discussion · Wissen
A single tip or encouragement when the team is set up on the field.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Pre-match discussion · Wissen
Technique: 'Try to get every ball on your front stick...'
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Pre-match discussion · Wissen
Tactics: 'Do not take any chances in the circle; rather...'
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Pre-match discussion · Wissen
Do not give too much information at a time.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, When speaking · Wissen
Team, lines, individuals, a final tip.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Pre-match discussion · Wissen
The closer to the whistle, the shorter.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, When speaking · Wissen
A short talk before the match: the pre-match discussion.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Pre-match discussion · Anwendung
Test 2Watching the matchTest machen
Assess and manage the tactical patterns: do the players keep to their tasks?
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, The coach observes · Wissen
Identify the opposition's strong and weak points.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, The coach observes · Wissen
If you pay attention to everything you will miss the important things.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Match analysis · Wissen
Restrict the number of aspects; focus on a few key aspects.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Match analysis · Wissen
How does the opposition take the free hit and attacking short corner?
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Match analysis · Wissen
Check the team and individually directed instructions.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, The coach observes · Wissen
Physical, technical and tactical aspects.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Match analysis · Wissen
Us, our plan, them, focus.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, The coach observes · Wissen
Strengths, lines, gaps.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Match analysis · Anwendung
Watching and noting: the coach observes.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, The coach observes · Anwendung
Test 3Talking during playTest machen
Call clear direct instructions to players, e.g. 'Keep your stick low'.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, The coach acts · Wissen
Stimulate and encourage.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, The coach acts · Wissen
Give instructions to substituting players.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, The coach acts · Wissen
'Keep your stick low.'
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, The coach acts · Wissen
Clear, short calls work in the noise of play.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, When speaking · Wissen
Umpires must not coach during a match.
Quelle: FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 11.7 · Wissen
Correcting should stay positive.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, When correcting · Wissen
See, simplify, say, praise.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, The coach acts · Wissen
Specific beats general; negative hurts.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, The coach acts · Wissen
A short call from the side: a direct instruction.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, The coach acts · Anwendung
Test 4Substitutions and changesTest machen
Make substitutes and adjust players' functions during the match.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, The coach acts · Wissen
E.g. when the short corner does not work.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, The coach acts · Wissen
Substitutions can be timed for fresh legs or a change of plan.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, The coach acts · Wissen
There is no limit on the number of substitutions.
Quelle: FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 2.3 · Wissen
Substitute players not in the starting line-up must remain warm.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Warm-up · Wissen
Adjust players' functions when something is not working.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, The coach acts · Wissen
A short reason keeps the player involved.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, When correcting · Wissen
See, prepare, brief, change.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, The coach acts · Wissen
From a tweak to a new shape.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, The coach acts · Wissen
Instructions to substituting players.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, The coach acts · Anwendung
Test 5Die HalbzeitpauseTest machen
Allow for player input but do not let them vent or react negatively.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Half-time · Wissen
Ensure that everyone hydrates.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Half-time · Wissen
Half-time is for two or three team points about the opponents.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Half-time · Wissen
Refer to points from the team talk before the match.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Half-time · Wissen
Ensure that players start the second half well-motivated.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Half-time · Wissen
Two or three clear points are all players can take in at a break.
Quelle: FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 5.1 · Wissen
Negative reactions towards each other must be avoided.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Half-time · Wissen
Recover, listen, instruct, motivate.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Half-time · Wissen
2 minutes, 10 minutes, then 15.
Quelle: FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 5.1 · Wissen
Drinks and a talk between halves: half-time.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Half-time · Anwendung
Test 6After the final whistleTest machen
Give realistic comments on the outcome.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Directly after the match · Wissen
Positive comments on the inputs, teamwork, the opponents and the umpires.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Directly after the match · Wissen
Make notes for what to work on in training.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Directly after the match · Wissen
'Hitting a long ball is faster than when somebody runs with the ball.'
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Directly after the match · Wissen
Detail is better left for the evaluation.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide · Wissen
Handshakes and a cool-down.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Cool-down · Wissen
Jogging at low intensity, stretching, a warm shower.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Cool-down · Wissen
Outcome, praise, notes.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Directly after the match · Wissen
Jog, stretch, shower.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Cool-down · Wissen
Post-match notes for the next sessions.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Directly after the match · Anwendung
Test 7Evaluating the matchTest machen
Point out technical points.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Evaluates the match · Wissen
'Our strikers take too long to react in the circle.'
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Evaluates the match · Wissen
'Our defenders struggled to release pressure out the back.'
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Evaluates the match · Wissen
Identify what will be incorporated in the next training sessions.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Evaluates the match · Wissen
Used to improve skills and correct technical and tactical problems.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Match analysis · Wissen
Adapt team strategy at half-time if necessary.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Match analysis · Wissen
Clear tactical instructions are needed to analyse a game.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Match analysis · Wissen
Plan, watch, judge, train.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Match analysis · Wissen
Half-time, after the match, then training.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Match analysis · Wissen
Reviewing the match to plan training.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Evaluates the match · Anwendung
Test 8Focusing the analysisTest machen
Narrow attention catches the details that decide matches.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Match analysis · Wissen
These aspects may change from game to game.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Match analysis · Wissen
Assess if tactical tasks, e.g. maintaining formation, have been carried out.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Match analysis · Wissen
Are the team disciplined at performing trained set pieces?
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Match analysis · Wissen
Are there areas not covered by the opposition that could be exploited?
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Match analysis · Wissen
Physical aspects: mobility, agility and speed.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Match analysis · Wissen
Passing and receiving, dribbling, defending and scoring skills.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Match analysis · Wissen
Choose, watch, note, share.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Match analysis · Wissen
Us, then them.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Match analysis · Wissen
A few key aspects only.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Match analysis · Anwendung
Test 9Managing the score and the clockTest machen
A match consists of four quarters of 15 minutes.
Quelle: FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 5.1 · Wissen
Time and play are stopped on the award of a penalty corner.
Quelle: FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 13.3a · Wissen
The score and time remaining affect the choice of press.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Defensive presses · Wissen
Score and time push a trailing team to attack.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Defensive presses · Wissen
Play is prolonged at the end of each quarter to complete a penalty corner.
Quelle: FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 13.4 · Wissen
Umpires ensure that the full time is played.
Quelle: FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 11.5 · Wissen
Safe possession runs the clock when ahead.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Systems in hockey · Wissen
Shape, possession, protection, safety.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Defensive presses · Wissen
The more you need a goal, the more you risk.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Defensive presses · Wissen
Keeping the ball safely to protect a lead.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Defensive presses · Anwendung
Test 10The captain on the fieldTest machen
Captains are responsible for the behaviour of all players on their team.
Quelle: FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 3.4 · Wissen
Captains meet the umpires and take part in the toss.
Quelle: FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 6.1 · Wissen
The captain wears a distinctive armband or similar.
Quelle: FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 3.3 · Wissen
The on-field leader talks and organises.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide · Wissen
Captains answer for their team's behaviour.
Quelle: FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 3.4 · Wissen
The captain is responsible for behaviour.
Quelle: FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 3.4 · Wissen
The captain adds a word when the coach cannot reach the players.
Quelle: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide · Wissen
Before, start, during, after.
Quelle: FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 3.4 · Wissen
Toss, start, finish.
Quelle: FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 6.1 · Anwendung
The armband marks the captain.
Quelle: FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 3.3 · Anwendung
Quellen
KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, USA Field Hockey 101, NFHCA notes, FIH history and official results; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered rules belong to the Rules category (Field Hockey - Rules of Hockey).
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Match analysis20
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, The coach acts14
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Pre-match discussion8
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Half-time8
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Directly after the match6
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, The coach observes5
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Evaluates the match5
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Defensive presses5
- FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 3.44
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, When speaking3
- FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 5.13
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide3
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Cool-down3
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, When correcting2
- FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 6.12
- FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 3.32
- FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 11.71
- FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 2.31
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Warm-up1
- FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 13.3a1
- FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 13.41
- FIH Rules of Hockey 2027 (player's view), Rule 11.51
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Systems in hockey1