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