Field Hockey · Taso 3: Esikeskitaso · Alataso 3.3
Defensive Principles
10 testiä · 100 faktaa · päivitetty 30. lokakuuta 2026 · markdown
The phases of play without the ball, ball side and help side, double and cover defence, choosing how to mark, getting behind the ball, channelling to the left, marking near the circle, strikers who defend and fake space.
Jokainen alla oleva testi koostuu kymmenestä Insporta-kysymyksestä. Testin alla oleva luettelo kertoo, mitä kysymykset tarkistavat: yksi fakta kysymystä kohden ja lähde, josta kysymys on kirjoitettu. Lukekaa se ennen testiä tai palatkaa siihen väärän vastauksen jälkeen.
Testi 1The phases without the ballTee testi
Without the ball: breakdown, then delay, then disrupt scoring.
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Apply pressure to force a faulty or risky pass or play.
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Delay: slow down the attack.
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Disrupt scoring opportunities: block, tackle, defend goal and rebounds.
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Block tackle, defend the goal, defend rebounds.
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Defend rebounds belongs to the last phase.
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Breakdown: channel and apply pressure.
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Win it high, slow it, then protect the goal.
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Pressure, delay, block.
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Pressure far from your own goal: breakdown.
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Testi 2Ball side and help sideTee testi
Help side: the non-ball side of the field.
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Marking on the side of the ball is tight and allows intercepts.
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Far-side marking is goal side and allows cover defence.
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Defenders fairly tight, always on the ball side of the opponent.
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Positional changes take place when the ball is switched.
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Players closest to the ball, ball side, mark very tightly.
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Players furthest from the ball provide cover defence.
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Tight near the ball, cover far away.
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The whole line slides with the ball.
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Away from the ball, the defender drops goal side to cover.
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Testi 3Double defenceTee testi
Defensive teamwork: the high defender channels onto the front stick of the cover defender.
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Channel the attacker onto the front stick side of the supportive cover defender.
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The sweeper sets up double defence to force turnovers.
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To force turnovers.
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Defensive teamwork, double defence, appears in Phase 2 of the oldest step.
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The full press forces the opposition to run into double defence or tackles.
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The open stick side gives the strongest tackle.
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Close, show, step, win.
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The high defender channels; the cover tackles.
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Channelling the attacker onto a second defender: double defence.
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Testi 4Cover defenceTee testi
Cover defence: deep defensive support from a team-mate.
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Cover means the next defender is ready if the first is beaten.
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Both systems ensure cover from the non-ball side defenders.
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Cover sits deeper, between the action and the goal.
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An important task of the free defender is backup cover.
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The marking system must also allow for cover at all times.
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With a sweeper behind, the defenders always have cover.
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Pressure, cover, break, rescue.
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Pressure in front, cover behind, the keeper last.
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A deeper team-mate behind the first defender gives cover.
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Testi 5Choosing a marking systemTee testi
Midfielders must make a defensive decision: man-on-man or zonal.
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The defender defends a zone and picks up any player or ball that passes through it.
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Zone defence forces the opposition to take risks out the back.
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Without cover, a lost duel frees an attacker.
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Attackers look for the seams between zones.
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Eliminating key opposition players through tight defensive marking.
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Defensively overloading the opposition.
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Man-to-man is tightest.
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Hold, pick up, pass on.
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Following one opponent wherever they go: man-to-man.
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Testi 6Behind the ball after a turnoverTee testi
The centre midfielder drops back as soon as possible after a turnover.
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Wide midfielders recover at once when the ball is lost.
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Falling back to own half to get numbers behind the ball.
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Numbers behind the ball protect the goal.
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Turnover of the ball can be unexpected; players need good reactions.
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Experienced players see a turnover coming sooner.
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Players learn to react tactically as possession changes.
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Lose, press, recover, organise.
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Those highest up have the furthest to go.
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After a turnover, get behind the ball at once.
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Testi 7Channelling to the leftTee testi
Play is forced preferably to the left side, which is normally easier to defend.
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Concentrate on channelling the opposition attack left.
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Force the opposition left and block play to the right.
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On the left the attacker uses the weaker reverse stick.
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Play is forced to the side of the field.
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One striker cuts off the ball back to the middle.
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Pinned near the side-line, the attacker has fewer ways forward.
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Block, show, squeeze, win.
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The side is easiest, the circle hardest.
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Blocking the right and showing the left channels play left.
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Testi 8Tighter near the circleTee testi
The closer the ball is to the goal, the tighter the marking.
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It must also be aggressive.
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It allows defenders to intercept passes ahead of the receiving player.
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Feet and shoulders perpendicular to the line of pass.
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To have the ball and receiving player in the field of vision.
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Ensure that if an attacker receives, defenders are between ball and goal.
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Attackers gather just in front of the goal, so marking there is tightest.
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Tighter the nearer the goal.
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Three of the basic rules.
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Side-on to the pass line keeps ball and receiver in view.
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Testi 9Strikers who defendTee testi
Disrupt the opposition's attacking lines.
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Quick reverse press: pressure on opposition defenders and midfielders.
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Close down and channel opposition defenders.
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Close down the attacking space of the opposition right half, channel and delay.
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Winning the ball high leaves little distance to the circle.
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Strikers also recover into their own half when needed.
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Pressure on rushed passers produces errors.
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Press, steer, cut, win.
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Press high, then delay, then recover.
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Strikers close down defenders: defending from the front.
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Testi 10Fake spaceTee testi
A defender allows more space, encouraging the pass to the 'open' player.
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As the pass is made, the defender steps to intercept, tackle or set up double defence.
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In the ball-in-centre situation and similar ones.
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Closing quickly after inviting the pass is everything.
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Too slow, and the open player really is open.
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Stepping in can set up a double defence.
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The pass looks safe, so it is played.
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Invite, pass, step, win.
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Far, closing, there.
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Inviting a pass to an apparently free player: fake space.
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Lähteet
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, Basic terms in defence11
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Individual tasks11
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide11
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Systems in hockey10
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Defending outside the circle10
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the strikers10
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Full press7
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Ball in the centre7
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders5
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Positional changes4
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Glossary3
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Important3
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Six-a-side2
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Formation 12
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Basic defensive rules2
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Phase 21
- KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Eight-a-side1