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Working Out How To React At The Short Corner

by Grim in May 17th, 2011   

Topics: Set plays     

When you are faced with a shot on a short corner, you can gain an advantage by working out the type of shot you are coming up against. Through analysing the shooter’s body patterns and stick positioning, you can work out the type of shot. By looking to check which as you set up for the penalty corner, will let you get an advantage; reading the shot and therefore being able to make the correct decision (to stay up or go down) and select the correct save technique (such as a “logging” to block a low shot or diving, standing or high diving to stop a flick).

Straight strike

The way to work out if a shot is being taken is by the shooter’s hand positioning. If the shooter on the penalty corner has their hands closed at the top of the stick, this means that they are going to shoot at goal. Mostly shooters will start with the stick touching the ground with the stick upright. However, some strikers (who like to get more power on the shot) will often have the stick in mid-air, so that when the injection comes in, they can drive down to gain more power on the shot.

Some hitters like to strike the ball with a ‘baseball swing’; bringing the stick up to shoulder hit and then smashing the stick down to get power and lift on the ball. This is easy to recognise because a lot of players shoot like this. If you notice that the shooter is raising their stick, don’t be put off and get confused: they are making a hard strike at goal.

Drag flick

In comparison to a straight strike, if a player is taking a drag flick, then their hands will be open and their lead hand will be further down the stick. The stick will be held with the stick head touching the floor, since no advantage can be gained from lifting it off the pitch. The way the stick is held will determine the angle of the lift; the higher the stick, the higher the flick, the lower the stick, the lower the flick. Although, depending on technique, this isn’t always true.

The other key sign is if the shooter is further back than the stopper and the other opposing players at the top of the D. Once the ball is trapped and stopped, they will run in to make the drag flick. Some drag flickers prefer to run into the motion of the flick because it gives them more power and momentum; the speed of the run building up to increase the flick’s speed.

Pointers:

• if the shooter has their hands tight around the stick, it is a straight strike
• if the shooter’s hands are open, with the right hand further down the stick, it is a drag flick
• some shooters like to get more power on their shot and will use a ‘baseball swing’; raising their stick up and then driving it down on the shot
• some drag flickers like to take a run-up and will therefore set up further back than their team mates

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Field Hockey Formations

Formations provide structure to a hockey team on the pitch. They help players understand and share the defensive and attacking responsibilities. Although higher level teams may select from a wide range of formations, teams containing inexperienced players or teams which see frequent changes to their players are likely to select from a more limited range of formations such as 4-3-3, 5-3-2 and 4-4-2. (The numbers refer to the number of players arrayed across the pitch, starting in front of the goalkeeper with the defenders, then midfield and then attack.) The 2-3-5 formation, used predominantly in Australia from relatively lowly interschool to professional interstate competitions, provides common language for many players and helps explain why "centre half" is often a name used for a player in the centre of a defence with 4 or 5 players.

Because hockey teams have 1 goalkeeper plus 10 outfield players as does association football (soccer), there are many common formations between the two sports. See formation.

One important difference in modern hockey is the absence of an offside rule. This allows attackers (often a lone attacker) to play well up the pitch, stretching the opponents' defence and using the large spaces to be found there. To counter this, defences usually keep a matching number of defenders

Field Hockey Set Plays

Free Hits

Free hits are awarded when offences are committed outside the scoring circles. The ball may be hit or pushed once in any direction by the team offended against. Opponents must move 5 m from the ball when a free hit is awarded, and for attacking free hits within 5 m of the circle all attackers other than the one taking the hit must also by 5 m away.

As mentioned above, a 15 m hit is awarded if an attacking player commits a foul forward of that line, or if the ball passes over the backline off an attacker. These hits are taken in line with where the foul was committed (taking a line parallel with the sideline between where the offence was committed, or the ball went out of play). If the attack commit a foul in the circle they are attacking, the defence additionally has the option to take the free hit anywhere in that circle.

Long Corner

A long corner is awarded if the ball goes over the backline after last being touched by a defender. Long corners are played by the attacking team and involve a free hit on the sideline five yards from the corner of the field closest to where the ball went out of play.

Short Corner

The short or penalty corner is a rather complicated set play that is awarded against a defending team when any offence is committed in the defensive circle, and may be awarded when a deliberate offence is committed in the defending 23 m area, or when the defending team deliberately plays the ball over the back line.

Short corners begin with five defenders (including the keeper) arranged along the backline. All other defenders must return to the centre line until the ball is in play. Attacking players begin the play standing outside the scoring circle, except for one attacker who starts the corner by playing the ball from a mark 10 m either side of the goal (the circle has a 14.63 m radius). This player puts the ball into play by pushing or hitting the ball to the other attackers outside the circle; the ball must pass outside the circle before the attackers attempt to get a shot or deflection into the goal. For safety reasons, the first shot of a penalty corner must remain under 460 mm high unless it is flicked.

Penalty Stroke

A penalty stroke is awarded when defenders commit a deliberate foul in the circle which deprives an attacker of possession or the opportunity to play the ball, when an accidental breach prevents a certain goal, or if defenders repeatedly "break" or start to run from the backline before a penalty corner has started. This penalty pits a single attacker against the goalkeeper, and is taken from a spot 6.4 m out and directly in front of the goal. The goalkeeper must stand with heels on the goal line, and cannot move his feet until the ball is played. On the umpire's whistle, the striker may take one step and push or flick the ball at the goal, which the goalkeeper attempts to save. The attacker is not permitted to take more than one step, more than one shot, to fake or dummy the shot, or to move towards or interfere with the goalkeeper once the shot is taken. Hitting or dragging the ball is also forbidden. If the shot is saved, play is restarted with a 15 m hit to the defenders; if a goal is scored, play is restarted in the normal way.

Warnings and suspensions

Warnings and suspensions

Hockey uses a three-tier penalty card system of warnings and suspensions:

• A green card is an official warning.
• A yellow card is a temporary suspension, just like in rugby football, which must be for a minimum of five minutes duration without substitution; the maximum time is at the discretion of the umpire, depending on the seriousness of the offence, for example the second yellow to the same player or the first for danger might be given ten minutes. It is possible to yellow-card a player for the entirety of a game. (In some modes, including indoor, shorter periods of suspension are applied, dependent on local rules).
• A red card, just like in association football, is a permanent exclusion from the rest of the game, without substitution, and it usually results in the player being banned for a certain period of time or number of matches (this is governed by local playing conditions, rather than the rules of hockey). The player must also leave the pitch and surrounding area.

In addition to their colours, field hockey penalty cards are often shaped differently to enable them to be recognized easily. Green cards are normally triangular, yellow cards rectangular and red cards circular.

Unlike football, a player may receive more than one green or yellow card. However, they cannot receive the same card for the same offence (for example two yellows for dangerous play), and the second must always be a more serious card. In the case of a second yellow card for a different breach of the rules (for example a yellow for deliberate foot, and a second later in the game for dangerous play) the temporary suspension would be expected to be of considerably longer duration than the first. However, local playing conditions may mandate that cards are awarded only progressively, and not allow any second awards.

Umpires may also advance a free-hit by up to 10 m for dissent or other misconduct after a penalty has been awarded; or, if the free-hit would have been in the attacking 23 m area, upgrade the penalty to a penalty corner.

Hockey field

The Field Hockey Pitch Most hockey field dimensions were originally fixed using whole numbers of imperial measures and are expressed as such in this article. It is, nevertheless, the metric measurements shown in parenthesis which are the current official dimensions of the field of play as laid down by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) in the "Rules of Hockey 2005". The game is played between two teams of eleven players on a 100 × 60 yard (91.4 m × 55 m) rectangular field. At each end there is a goal 7 feet (2.14 m) high and 12 feet (3.66 m) wide, and a semi-circle 16 yards (14.63 m) from the goal known as the shooting circle (or D or arc), with a dotted line 5 yards (5 m) from the semi-circle, as well as lines across the field 25 yards (22.9 m) from each end-line and in the center of the field. A spot, called the penalty spot, is placed 7 yards (6.4 m) from the center of each goal. Traditional grass pitches are far less common in modern hockey with most hockey being played on synthetic surfaces. Since the 1970's sand based pitches were favoured as they dramatically speed up the pace of the game. However, in recent years there has been a massive increase in the number of 'water based' artificial turfs. Indeed, international hockey is now predominantly played on this surface as it requires a greater level of ball control due to the less predictable nature of the surface.

STINGERS HOCKEY CLUB CONSTITUTION

                            PART ONE

NAME

·        The club shall be known and referred to as “THE STINGERS HOCKEY CLUB”

·        The club’s office and premises shall be found within the institution of TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KENYA
STATUS                                                                                                                         

·        The club shall be formal constituting of any interested hockey player and fan;

·        It shall not constitute of members less than five.

OBJECTIVES AND AIMS

The club shall be designed in such away to pursue the following objectives and aims:

·        To nurture and expose talents and skills in hockey from self motivated individuals;

·        To equip such persons with more skills in the sport through trainings;

·        To foster the spirit of  togetherness, co-operation, oneness and encouragement;

·        To create links with other hockey clubs and thus utilize the facilities and privileges that comes in hand.

FUNCTIONS AND STRATEGIES

·        Encourage members’ participation in league matches, friendly matches and tournaments;

·        Develop skills and leadership qualities through high profile interactions;

·        Expose the playing unit to hockey playing as a recreation.

PART TWO

MEMBERSHIP

There shall only be full membership with the club.

·        The members can be hockey players who shall be known as the ‘Playing unit’ and other interested individuals who shall be referred to as the ‘Fans’.

MEMBERSHIP FEE

·        Eligible member shall be required to pay a non-refundable registration fee of ksh150 once they join the club after dully filling a new member’s form;

·        Playing units shall pay a semester subscription of ksh300 and fans ksh200;

·        Any delay to pay the above stated subscription, one will be required to pay a fine of 10% of the unpaid amount;

·        Both the registration fee and semester subscription are subject to change in an annual general meeting;

·        Failure to pay the subscriptions for two consecutive semesters, one’s membership is withdrawn and will be required to re-register.

RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES

·        Members shall be allowed to seek office based on the provisions of this constitution;

·        Members shall have the right to access all relevant information pertaining to the club such as minutes of meetings, account reports which should be produced after seven days on requisition and disciplinary committee reports if any;

·        Members shall have the right to participate in all valid and authorized activities organized by the club;

·        ⅔ of members shall have the right to petition the  office of the chairperson and demand for an extraordinary meeting;

·        All members shall be provided with the accounts information a week before a monthly meeting;

·        Fans shall have a right to question about the club’s performance game wise and demand for good results;

·        New players are entitled to be given part of the required playing kit.

DUTIES OF MEMBERS

·        All members will be expected to abide to the club objectives;

·        Shall attend to all meetings organized by the club;

·        Assist financially if called upon to do so;

·        Must have a stingers T-shirt and key holder (optional).

Playing unit

·        Must be a fully registered member;

·        Should attend up to at least ¾ of all trainings, failure to which without good reason one misses the next scheduled game;

·        Must attend all monthly meetings; missing one such meeting without good reason, one misses the next scheduled match besides paying a fine of ksh100 or ksh50 for missing one KHU or two non-KHU matches respectively;

·        Missing two or more of monthly meetings without a solid reason, one is suspended for a whole season.

Non-playing unit

·        To attend to ⅓ of all games played and give morale to the players;

·        To market the club in any way possible they can.

WITHDRWAL OF MEMBERSHIP

Partial withdrawal

Without proper reasons and apologies, such kind of withdrawal will be based on:

·        Failure to pay subscription fees for two consecutive semesters;

·        Indiscipline cases of which one is required to face the disciplinary committee before being taken back;

·        Missing three consecutive monthly meetings; one will be required to pay 15% of the semester subscription to be taken back.

Permanent withdrawal

·        Committing all the above shortcomings or re-committing them subsequently;

·        Personal willingness to leave the club;

·        Disclosing club’s confidential information;

·        As a result of a member passing on.

PART THREE

ORGANS OF THE CLUB

The club shall consist of the following structure:

Patron

·        Shall be the overall head of the club to assist in day to day affairs.

Coach

·        The coach shall assist in the running of the club besides coaching the playing unit.

Executive committee

·        Shall be the supreme body of the club;

·        It shall conduct the affairs as well as in the running of the club;

·        It shall consist of the following six members:

o   Chairperson

o   Secretary

o   Welfare officer

o   Treasurer

o   Project manager

o   Security officer

·        Members of the committee shall be elected annually;

·        Meetings for the committee shall be held every one week before monthly meetings;

·        Failure of a member to attend the committee meeting for two consecutive times without reasonable cause the member shall cease from being an executive member and their seat declared vacant and thus be filled as per the provisions of this constitution.

Duties of the executive committee:

·        Shall conduct and manage the affairs of the club ensuring the laid objectives are met;

·        Shall ensure that accurate records and the books of account are kept up to date;

·        Shall lay before monthly meetings all documents and accounts pertaining to the club affairs;

·        Shall announce through chairperson any vacant positions during monthly meetings;

·        Shall openly appoint various committees to oversee certain arising matters;

·         Shall provide agenda before meetings to the members via the necessary   e-mail addresses.

Chairperson

·        Shall preside over all the general meetings as well as convene them;

·        Shall carry out duties as directed by the club;

·        Arrange the venue for the meetings;

·        Update the coach and the patron of any issues arising in the club.

Secretary

·        Shall take minutes of all meetings held;

·        Shall ensure the venue of the meeting is fully set before the start of the meetings;

·        Shall have custody of all records pertaining to the club.

Welfare officer

·        Ensure that the rights of the members are catered for within and outside the club;

·        Ensure equity is observed to all members in the club;

·        Ensure, with the help of the captain that the playing unit get any necessary medical attention;

·        Shall co-ordinate with the office of the treasurer to assist any needy members.

Treasurer

·        Shall manage the finance of the club;

·        Shall make payment on behalf of the club;

·        Shall keep and prepare all accounting and audit reports to be presented at the monthly meetings and AGM.

Project manager

·        Shall make follow up of started projects to completion;

·        Organize for refreshments in the meeting if need be;

·        Shall make research on profitable projects to be invested in by the club;

·        Shall assist the treasurer collect money for all agreed projects;

·        Shall work with the welfare office to discharge special programmes mostly requisitions by needy members of the playing unit.

Security officer

·        Shall guarantee security to all club members;

·        Shall take necessary security action to any indiscipline member according to the chairperson’s directive during meetings;

·        Shall safeguard the properties of members during club trips and outings;

·        Shall assist the treasurer to collect cash from members.

Members of the committee shall cease office only on the following grounds:

·        When they resign;

·        In case one passes on;

·        After a vote of no confidence by a ⅔ majority as a result of misconduct and abuse of office;

·        If one fails to pay their semester subscription.

Disciplinary committee

·        There shall be a disciplinary committee to discipline any wayward members;

·        It shall consist of four members as stated below:

o   Coach

o   Chairperson-secretary to the committee

o   Welfare officer

o   One non-executive member

·        If it is the chairperson or welfare officer facing the committee, another executive officer takes his position;

·        Such an officer shall be chosen by the other executive officers.

MEETINGS

Annual General Meeting

·        Shall be held once every year;

·        It shall be presided over by the executive committee chairperson;

·        Notice of it in writing shall be issued 21 days prior to the meeting;

·        Shall be held in an enclosed environment with the agenda provided on the floor.

Monthly meeting

·        It shall be held once every month;

·        It shall be on every first Friday of the month unless stated otherwise;

·        Monthly reports shall be presented in this meeting.

Extra- Ordinary Meeting

·        Shall be convened by the executive committee or patron of the club;

·        A notice of 14 days prior to the meeting must be issued;

·        The agenda of such a meeting shall be provided on the floor.

All quorums that constitute a meeting shall be ⅓ of the club membership number.

PART FOUR

FINANCES

The club shall generate finances to run it from the following sources:

·                    Registration of members;

·                    Semester subscription;

·                    From profitable projects carried out;

·                    From sponsors;

·                    Collecting fines and penalties;

·                    Interests up to 10% on loans given to members based on terms and conditions for lending money.

Funds shall be used to pursue objectives of the club besides the following stated below;

·                    Boosting members allowances incase of trips;

·                    Lending to members;

·                    Assisting players who are hurt in the field to get medical attention;

·                    Carrying out profitable projects;

·                    Holding parties;

·                    Provide secretary with cash to send necessary information to members through the given email addresses.

A sum of shs20 shall be given to the secretary for the discharging of the above stated duty.

The terms and condition for lending out club money shall be provided to the treasurer by the club members and should be adhered to.

PART FIVE

ELECTIONS

·        General elections will be held after every 12 months;

·        It shall tally with the second monthly meeting of that year;

·        A member is allowed to contest for a particular seat for at most three times;

·        By-elections will be held in the subsequent monthly meeting following the chairperson’s declaration of such a seat to be vacant.

Participating candidates must have fulfilled the following;

·        Be a registered member having cleared out membership fees;

·        Have approval from at least five members in writing;

·        Should not have arrears with the club;

·        Must be disciplined besides being a very active member;

·        Should not be holding any office at that time;

·        Met all the prerequisites of the election board.

Take of office.

  Newly elected member shall take office after 5 days.

Petitions and appeals

·        Petitions and injunctions shall be made and presented before the election board 7 days after or before the said elections and if the board is unable to settle the issue, further appeals are made to the executive committee;

·        The executive`s committee decision is final.

ELECTION BOARD

·        There shall be an election board selected to oversee all elections;

·        It shall be called the Stingers Electoral Commission (SEC);

·        It shall consist of three nominated officers;

·        The officers shall not be or shall not have in the near past served in the executive committee;

·        The members of such a board are not entitled to vote;

·        Elections will be by secret balloting.

DECLARATION

This constitution is the constitution of stingers hockey club and shall have full force of adherence and law within the club and if any other rule or regulation under it is inconsistent with the Kenyan constitution, the Kenyan constitution shall prevail and render that rule null and void.

  Note is hereby taken that this constitution is subject to change upon the convening of an AGM.

PREAMBLE

We the members of stinger’s hokey club:

Committed to nurturing and exploring the talents and skills of the persons within and around; RECOGNISING the aspirations of many, AWARE of the ideas and interests of such persons and available facilities within our disposal; CONFORMING and ABIDING by the Kenyan constitution;

Do hereby establish, adopt, enact and give ourselves and future generations this constitution.  

MAY GOD BLESS THE STINGERS HOCKEY CLUB