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    Defensive Running Lines

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    Defending the left side of the circle in field hockey from arcing runs.

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    Derek Pappas
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    Defending the left side of the circle in field hockey from arcing runs.

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    Defending the left side of the circle in field hockey from arcing runs.

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    Defensive Running Lines

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    Derek Pappas
    Defending the left side of the circle in field hockey from arcing runs.

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    Defensive running lines to

    stop the baseline attack


    Derek Pappas

    Defender behind the ball


    carrier

    When the defender is behind the right side ball


    carrier by 1-2 steps what is the best angle to
    choose in order to close down the ball carrier?

    This is an important defensive pattern

    Good teams such as the Netherlands women or


    the German men can run/pass the ball down the
    right corner channel and then run the ball along
    the baseline and pass back for a shot or get a foot
    for a short corner
    Derek E. Pappas Copyright 2015

    Prioritizing defensive
    running lines

    Green: high priority: make tackle, mark, or close space down


    Yellow: medium priority: cover space, block passing lane
    Red: low priority: likely to be bypassed by a ball carrier or a pass

    Derek E. Pappas Copyright 2015

    Recognition and
    prioritization

    Players in the defense must recognize their next


    responsibility to the team defense
    Defenders must prioritize their next movement/action in
    defense based on stopping the following:
    shot
    circle penetration
    bypass dribble
    danger pass (a pass which bypasses the defense or
    results in a scoring opportunity)

    Derek E. Pappas Copyright 2015

    Positioning

    One national team for 20+ years has talked about getting
    bodies in the right position on the field at the right time.

    Derek E. Pappas Copyright 2015

    You find out that life is just a game of inches.


    So is football.
    Because in either game
    life or football
    the margin for error is so small.
    I mean
    one half step too late or to early
    you don't quite make it.
    One half second too slow or too fast
    and you don't quite catch it.
    The inches we need are everywhere around us.
    They are in ever break of the game
    every minute, every second.
    Al Pacino's Inch By Inch speech from Any Given Sunday

    The direction the outside


    defender runs is important

    Running
    angle
    wrong
    ball carrier
    bypasses
    defender

    Running
    angle
    wrong
    ball carrier
    given space
    by the defender
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    Running
    angle
    correct
    ball carrier
    slowly closed
    down by the
    defender

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    Moving as a team to defend


    Close down the ball carrier (player 1)
    Second tackler on the ball carrier (player 2 delays to block pass)
    Mark the receivers in dangerous positions (players 3, 4, 5)
    Derek E. Pappas Copyright 2015

    The direction the outside


    defender runs is important
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    Top view actual 1


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    Top view actual 3


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    Top view ideal 1


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    What actually happened


    Three defenders went the wrong way.
    The result a foot in the circle, PC, and goal.
    Derek E. Pappas Copyright 2015

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    What should have happened


    Derek E. Pappas Copyright 2015

    NED (orange) has already


    turned the corner.
    ITA cant stop the hit and will be
    in the danger zone if they try to.
    ITA is as fast as NED.
    ITA (blue) is running the wrong
    angle

    NED (orange)
    goes around the corner.
    ITA (blue) could be behind the
    yellow circle if they ran a different
    line.

    NED (orange)
    goes around the corner.
    Remember ITA (blue) number 3.
    That player ran out of the circle
    instead of moving to mark Van Ass
    so ITA 2 can move to the baseline
    and block the ball carrier

    3
    1

    Van
    Ass

    ITA 2 cant move to the baseline


    until ITA 3 arrives to mark Van Ass.
    But ITA 3 goes the wrong direction.
    And ITA 2 is stuck in no mans land

    Make the tackle outside of


    the circle

    Why give the lane to the defender?

    The back pass should be covered by another


    defender switching to Van Ass.

    Two hands on the stick to facilitate rapidly


    changing the tackling grip

    get down to the baseline BEFORE the ball carrier


    and block their path like the AUS/GER defenders
    Derek E. Pappas Copyright 2015

    Use two hands.


    Change the
    tackling grip
    quickly

    Use the correct tackling grip


    on the baseline

    Once the ball is inside of the circle the defender


    has to protect their feet and stop the ball carrier

    Dont let the ball carrier into the circle

    Derek E. Pappas Copyright 2015

    Why is the stick


    facing up?

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