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Field Hockey · Level 4

Intermediate

5 sub-levels · 50 tests · 499 facts · updated 30 October 2026

Level 4 is tactics: building from the back, midfield and transition, attacking the circle, pressing and zonal defence, and penalty corner routines.

Sub-levels

Sub-level 4.1Building from the BackGetting the ball out of the defensive third: the aim of outletting, the overload at the back, outlets through the outside defender and the stepping centre back, bounce passes, and going around, through, over or into…10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 4.2Midfield and TransitionWhat midfielders do in attack and in defence, reading turnovers, switching from defence to attack and back, the centre midfielder as the pivot, and keeping the team's shape when the ball changes hands.10 tests · 99 factsSub-level 4.3Attacking the CircleWhere strikers stand and run in the circle, entries from the sides, deflections and rebounds, flat and aerial balls into the goal area, outnumbering the defence, shooting under pressure and one against the goalkeeper.10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 4.4Pressing and Zonal DefenceThe guide's three zones, the full press and its point, squeezing and overloading, the three-quarter and half-court presses, choosing a press, positional changes as the ball moves, zonal defence and the counter.10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 4.5Penalty Corner RoutinesHow a penalty corner is run: the set-up and roles, injecting by push, hit or drag, the stick stop, the hitter, the basic options, rebounds and deflections, and the defence with its goalkeeper, post, first runner and…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).