{"id":815,"date":"2016-06-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webinology.website\/nation2021\/field-hockey-tips-how-to-hit-a-field-hockey-ball\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T12:56:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:56:12","slug":"how-to-hit-a-field-hockey-ball-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/how-to-hit-a-field-hockey-ball-1","title":{"rendered":"Field Hockey Tips: How To Hit A Field Hockey Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former college field hockey player and CoachUp coach Anna Giannoni shows how to hit a field hockey ball. After you position the ball an arm and sticks length away, step with your non dominant foot and follow through to where you want the ball to go.<\/p>\n<p><span contenteditable=\"false\" data-mce-object=\"iframe\" class=\"mce-preview-object mce-object-iframe\" data-mce-p-allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-p-frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-p-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aPMZ8f-9bMY\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aPMZ8f-9bMY\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><span class=\"mce-shim\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Anna Giannoni: Hey guys, my name\u2019s Anna Giannoni. I\u2019m a former college field hockey player and a CoachUp coach. And this is driving the ball. Yeah, here you uh, do the, girl thing. The importance of the drive is not only to score on net, but to advance your team down the field. Right, so how you\u2019re gonna do this is that you\u2019re gonna have your left hand at the end of your stick, you\u2019re gonna have your right hand at the end of the grip. The ball\u2019s probably gonna be closer to your body than you want it to, so what you\u2019re gonna do is, you\u2019re gonna push the ball out so it\u2019s an arm and stick\u2019s length away and you\u2019re gonna step with your left foot. When you step with your left foot, you\u2019re also gonna be bringing your stick back, and your right hand\u2019s gonna be coming down to meet with your left. And then you\u2019re gonna follow through, aim for the back of the ball, and when you follow through, you\u2019re gonna be pointing where you want the ball to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former college field hockey player and CoachUp coach Anna Giannoni shows how to hit a field hockey ball. 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