Archive for the High Performance category
Remco Hartgers
04/01/2017
Cutting off the opponent
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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05/10/2016
Catch me if you can!
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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07/09/2016
Game-Analyzing with NACsport
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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22/08/2016
Zhang’s shoot-outs
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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18/08/2016
26 shoot-outs before losing the final
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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16/08/2016
Tip-in corner
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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13/08/2016
Topgoal Guangdong vs. Jilin
“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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30/06/2016
Olympic soccer team?
https://vimeo.com/171745080 Video can’t be loaded: China soccer (https://vimeo.com/171745080) The Chinese women’s hockeyteam are preparing for the Olympic games in Brazil in August 2016. On an afternoon in March, in Guangdong, they left their hockeysticks in their hotel rooms and where happy to play some soccer instead. With penalties as a good decider.
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28/06/2016
Fast break goal
https://vimeo.com/171726661 Video can’t be loaded: counter attack Guangdong vs. China XI (https://vimeo.com/171726661) In winter the National teams often come to the south of China to train. Guangzhou is almost the only place where hockey can be played 365 days a year. The Guangdong men’s team are a welcoming opponent for the Chinese national women’s team. […]
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22/06/2016
Goal Guangdong men vs. China women XI
In March the Guangdong men’s team played three practice matches against the Chinese women’s team, preparing for the Olympics in Brazil. The Guangdong team had practiced on turn-overs on the attacking half. This goal was a good example of such a fast break. With a fine finish!
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