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Field Hockey · Level 3

Pre-Intermediate

5 sub-levels · 50 tests · 497 facts · updated 30 October 2026

Level 3 puts the skills into a team: positions and formations, attacking and defensive principles, restarts in open play and small-sided games.

Sub-levels

Sub-level 3.1Positions and FormationsHow eleven players are split into lines, the tasks of the goalkeeper, sweeper, centre back, side defenders, midfielders and strikers, the shapes a midfield can take, and why young players try every position.10 tests · 99 factsSub-level 3.2Attacking PrinciplesThe phases of play with the ball, width and depth, leads and their timing, support leads and triangles, the overlap, switching the point of attack, interchanges, getting to the circle and passing before dribbling.10 tests · 99 factsSub-level 3.3Defensive PrinciplesThe 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.10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 3.4Restarts in Open PlayUsing free hits well: the quick restart and the self-pass, the options a taker has, side-line restarts, free hits near the attacking circle, defending a free hit, the defence's 15-metre restart, the restart on the…10 tests · 99 factsSub-level 3.5Small-Sided GamesThe guide's game progression from three-a-side to eleven-a-side, positional play two against one and three against two, overloads in the circle, mini games, rotating positions and running a mini tournament.10 tests · 100 facts

Written from

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).