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Cutting off the opponent

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In order to outplay, or better to outrun your opponent, the most efficient technique is cutting off his running lane. This means that the player in ball possession, chased by a defender, must change direction while dribbling. By using body and speed, it becomes impossible for the opponent to cut in front. The attacker protects the […]

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Catch me if you can!

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Three times a week in the gym to get more power… There must be a more exiting way to get fitter. Time for some change. To get the Guangdong women more “game-fit” and to give them more power, we decided to do the strength-training on the field. Many exercises with ball and stick, because that […]

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Hockey-tennis on the restday

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The game schedule is very unfortunate for Guangdong. Our Pool A has 5 teams, where pool B has only 4 teams. Added with the fact, that we started with a restday, it means 6 games in 7 days for our team. For our opponents in the semi-finals tomorrow this is already their third restday. Not […]

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Game-Analyzing with NACsport

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In between games there are two meetings. In the first meeting we analyse today’s game with the players. What did we do well, want do we need to improve. In the second meeting the next opponent is analyzed and the gameplay will be explained. All this off course is vizualized with the use of video. We […]

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Zhang’s shoot-outs

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Our nr. 1 player is Zhang. He is creative, smart and very fast. During the final of the Chinese Championships he had to take 3 shoot-outs. The first shoot-out he decided to take a direct shot with his backhand. 5 minutes later, the shoot-outs still did not decide the game, it was his turn again. Now, […]

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26 shoot-outs before losing the final

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In the women’s semi-final of the Rio Olympics, the match between Germany and the Netherlands was decided after 14 shoot-outs. Last year, the Chinese Championship was decided after 26 shoot-outs! Yes, it took 26 shoot-out before the final for the Chinese Championships between Guangdong (orange) and Liaoning (blue) was decided. All 5 players of both teams […]

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Tip-in corner

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Sometimes the penalty corner is not going the way you have planned. It is still results in a goal, no one is complaining. Certainly not after this fantastic and brave tip-in action.

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The warming up experience

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As in most Asian countries, in China the warming up is seen as more than just getting your body prepared for training or a match. In China they speak about the “warming up experience”! It is hard to show this in a short video. You have to see it, feel it, do it, experience it. […]

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Topgoal Guangdong vs. Jilin

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“If we have the ball, the opponent can not attack!” Dominant hockey is in my DNA. It means that our team needs to keep the ball in possession. We speed up if we recognize space in the opponents defense. This needs, besides excellent basic techniques, good positional play of players around the ball-possessor. It is also important […]

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The central shuttle run test

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Playing hockey in China means playing for your district. Three times a year, all nine districts play each other in a tournament, organized by the Chinese Hockey Association. But before a player can compete in a tournament, he or she has to join the central Shuttle Run test, to see if they are fit enough […]

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