Midfield and Transition

Midfielders link the defence line to the striker line.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · знание

Midfield leads give defenders clear lines to pass along.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · знание

The central midfielder serves as the pivot.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Eleven-a-side · знание

Early leads give the defence a safe outlet.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Outletting · знание

Responsible for good connecting passes to the striker line.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · знание

The triangle gives depth and two options.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Individual tasks · знание

Without midfield links, the team has to gamble on long balls.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide · знание

Win, show, receive, release.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · знание

Back, middle, front.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Eleven-a-side · применение

The midfielder offers the link between defence and attack.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · применение

Deep supporting leads to players in the striker line.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · знание

A good connecting pass reaches the striker in a usable way.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · знание

Receive on the front stick side whenever possible.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Phase 2 · знание

Lose the opposition marker to become open.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the strikers · знание

Forwards bounce the ball back to a midfield player.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Outletting · знание

Full vision lets the passer see the leads.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Full vision passing · знание

Assist forward attacking tactics.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · знание

Lead, see, pass, follow.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · знание

Front stick in space is safest.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Phase 2 · знание

Midfield to striker: a connecting pass.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · применение

Make penetrating attacking runs into the space created by the high players.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · знание

Strikers lead to create space for team-mates.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the strikers · знание

Can add width to attacks on the sides of the field.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · знание

Late runners arrive unmarked behind the strikers.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide · знание

Runs forward need cover behind.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Systems in hockey · знание

Penetrate the opposition's defensive line.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the strikers · знание

Timing makes the run hard to track.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Phase 2 · знание

Create, run, feed, finish.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · знание

Wait, time, go, get.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Phase 2 · знание

A run from deep into created space.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · применение

Responsible for spatial defence between the strikers when the opposition clears.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · знание

Spatial defence intercepts the next pass.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · знание

Must make a defensive decision: man-on-man or zonal.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · знание

Winning it in midfield keeps danger away.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide · знание

A loose clearance can be intercepted for a second attack.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Systems in hockey · знание

A quick second attack meets a disorganised defence.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Glossary (counter-attack) · знание

Strikers cut parts of the field with zonal marking.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the strikers · знание

Clear, close, cut out, go.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · знание

The higher, the better.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide · знание

Waiting between the strikers to cut out the clearance.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · применение

Responsible to mark, channel and tackle the opposite midfielder.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · знание

Eliminating key opposition players through tight defensive marking.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · знание

Defensively overloading the opposition.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · знание

Channelling first, then tackling.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Individual tasks · знание

Concentrate on channelling the opposition attack left.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Individual tasks · знание

Restrict 1 v 1s in the middle: too high a risk.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Individual tasks · знание

Between the opponent and the goal.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Basic defensive rules · знание

Find, position, steer, win.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · знание

The middle duel is riskiest.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Individual tasks · знание

Tight goal-side marking of the opposite midfielder.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the midfielders · применение

Turnover of the ball can be unexpected.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Turnover and dominance · знание

Players with good insight and experience read the game better.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Turnover and dominance · знание

Midfielders need good reactions to these situations.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Turnover and dominance · знание

Just after a turnover, players are out of position.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Glossary · знание

The full press aims at winning the ball in the turnover.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Full press · знание

Loose touches and forced passes are the moments to step in.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Systems in hockey · знание

A turnover starts the next attack.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Glossary · знание

Error, step, win, go.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Turnover and dominance · знание

Right after the turnover is the weakest moment.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Glossary · знание

Winning a loose ball: a turnover.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Turnover and dominance · применение

A fast attack after the opponents' corner breaks down or after a turnover.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Glossary · знание

After the breakdown of the opponents' short corners.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Glossary · знание

It draws opponents out and allows space behind them for the counter.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Mid-field press · знание

Speed makes a counter work.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Glossary · знание

Leave a few players at midfield so the ball has someone to go to.

Источник: NFHCA, Penalty Corners: Positions and Basic Tactics (2022), Defensive corner · знание

The defence must be beaten before it recovers.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide · знание

Intercepted passes lead to a counter in the space behind.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Half court press · знание

Win, release, run, finish.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Glossary · знание

Fastest after a high turnover.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Glossary · знание

Sprinting forward as the opponents' corner collapses: a counter.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Glossary · применение

Must get behind the ball immediately after loss of possession.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Individual tasks · знание

Quick reverse press, or fall back to the own half.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the strikers · знание

Pressure on the ball buys time for the rest to recover.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Systems in hockey · знание

A good system allows easy transfer from attack to defence and back.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Eleven-a-side · знание

Recover goal side, behind the ball.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Basic defensive rules · знание

Players stuck high leave the defence outnumbered.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide · знание

Quick reverse press on opposition defenders and midfielders.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Role of the strikers · знание

Lose, press, recover, set.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Individual tasks · знание

The closest react first.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide · применение

Pressing and recovering after a turnover: transition to defence.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Individual tasks · применение

The pivot between attacking and defensive play.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Eleven-a-side · знание

Responsible for the triangular shape in midfield.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Individual tasks · знание

Lead to encourage passes from the defensive zone.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Individual tasks · знание

The central midfielder acts as a pivot for the left and right midfielders.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Midfield line · знание

From the middle, the pivot can switch the attack.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Full vision passing · знание

Create depth to the striker attack.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Individual tasks · знание

Get, open, switch, follow.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Midfield line · знание

Recover, steer, win, show.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Individual tasks · применение

Turning play from one side to the other in the middle: the pivot.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Eleven-a-side · применение

Good systems let players move from attacking to defending roles smoothly.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Eleven-a-side · знание

All players must know and understand their positional roles.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Summary · знание

Shape gives options in attack and cover in defence.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Individual tasks · знание

Shape is lost and space opens.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide · знание

Strikers back off behind the ball giving defensive width.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Six-a-side · знание

Join the attack on the ball side and drop defensively on the help side.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Individual tasks · знание

The general tactic is decided and communicated before the match.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Defensive presses · знание

Lose, press, recover as lines, re-shape.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Individual tasks · знание

Lines together give most cover.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide · знание

Dropping in lines keeps the team's shape.

Источник: KNHB/SAHA Field Hockey Activity Guide, Eleven-a-side · применение