Tactical

Coaching content focused on tactics, systems, principles and game understanding

May 28, 2026

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10 min read

Creating and exploiting overloads

About recognising the overloads and the numbers game in attack

Ernst Baart

May 26, 2026

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9 min read

Stop ball-watching. Start defending

Why your U12s all chase the ball, and how to slowly, patiently, get them to defend as a team

Ernst Baart

May 14, 2026

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8 min read

Attack the left foot

Where the stick can't reach: building attacks on the defender's weak side

Ernst Baart

Building the Engine Room: Key Principles for Field Hockey Midfielders

Apr 17, 2026

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5 min read

Building the Engine Room: Key Principles for Field Hockey Midfielders

Field Hockey Midfield Insights by Fede Tanuscio: Tactics, Scanning, and Game Understanding

Ernst Baart, Fede Tanuscio

Apr 16, 2026

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9 min read

Solo or Team Play in Youth Hockey

From Individual Skill to Team Play: Helping Young Players Make the Transition in Field Hockey

Ernst Baart

Apr 10, 2026

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6 min read

Review of the 2026 EHL

Todd Williams is reviewing some of the EHL games this year through the eyes of a coach

Ernst Baart, Todd Williams

Apr 9, 2026

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11 min read

Turning Pressure Into Opportunity

Scanning, decision-making and the art of making the press against you, work for you instead.

Ernst Baart

Mar 27, 2026

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6 min read

Rediscovering the Hit Pass

Why classic skills still matter in today’s field hockey according to Fede Tanuscio

Ernst Baart, Fede Tanuscio

Mar 26, 2026

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4 min read

Dominating Midfield

Midfield dominance — what it really means, how to build it through transitions, off-ball intelligence, and numerical superiority, and how to train it into your team.

Ernst Baart

Mar 20, 2026

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7 min read

Aerials → why, when and how

Field hockey aerials explained by Tin Matkovic: skill development, decision-making and risk-reward

Ernst Baart, Tin Matkovic

Mar 19, 2026

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5 min read

Delay, Channel, Decide

Developing confident defenders as youth coaches in field hockey: Teaching tackling decisions, not just technique

Ernst Baart

Recovering Shape After a Broken Press: The 4-Second Reset

Mar 17, 2026

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20 min read

Recovering Shape After a Broken Press: The 4-Second Reset

Based upon the masterclasses & workshops by Andreu Enrich, Fede Tanuscio, Russell Coates & co ...

Ernst Baart

Coach the Chaos: Transition Rules For Youth Hockey

Mar 12, 2026

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8 min read

Coach the Chaos: Transition Rules For Youth Hockey

3 solutions for coaching transitions in youth field hockey + some suggestions for training sessions

Ernst Baart

Feb 24, 2026

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7 min read

The Second Defender's Checklist

Double team defending in field hockey succeeds or fails following the second defender’s decision to switch, hold, release, or commit...

Ernst Baart

Feb 17, 2026

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8 min read

Disguised Pressing Triggers

The most dangerous press in field hockey isn't the one opponents see coming. It's the one they think isn't coming.

Ernst Baart

Rest Defence in Field Hockey: Key Principles, Transitions & Training

Feb 13, 2026

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5 min read

Rest Defence in Field Hockey: Key Principles, Transitions & Training

Masterclass by Fede Tanuscio 🇦🇷 about the rest defence including Q&A. How to prepare your team for transitions.

Ernst Baart, Fede Tanuscio

Feb 10, 2026

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6 min read

Winning the Second Pass

Coaching the 3-second transition when pass 2 isn’t there

Ernst Baart

Feb 3, 2026

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7 min read

Weak-side trap vs low zonal block

Don’t force the game. Invite the defence to overcommit... then punish the space that the defence chose to leave.

Ernst Baart

Jan 6, 2026

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10 min read

Building up against a low zonal block

About understanding the defensive structure, the solutions to break it and knowing how to train these for field hockey coaches

Ernst Baart

Teaching kids about running the ball vs passing

Nov 4, 2025

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9 min read

Teaching kids about running the ball vs passing

It's the ever returning decision in field hockey : do I run or do I pass the ball? Let's explore possible ways to teach U16 and U12 players.

Ernst Baart

Oct 31, 2025

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6 min read

One Down

Masterclass by Fede Tanuscio for strategies and drills for One Down scenarios in field hockey, a.k.a. underloads

Ernst Baart, Fede Tanuscio

The 3-Second Decision Framework for Receiving Under Pressure

Oct 28, 2025

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7 min read

The 3-Second Decision Framework for Receiving Under Pressure

Coaching and training the 3-second decision framework for receiving under pressure in field hockey

Ernst Baart

Oct 24, 2025

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5 min read

Off Ball Principles

Off-ball principles, how to teach them to youth teams, how to reinforce them with experienced players, and how to manage them in teams with varying skill levels.

Ernst Baart

Oct 17, 2025

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7 min read

One Up

Masterclass by Tin Matkovic for strategies and drills for Plus-One scenarios in field hockey, a.k.a. overloads

Ernst Baart, Tin Matkovic

Running with the ball is about so much more than speed and skills

Oct 14, 2025

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5 min read

Running with the ball is about so much more than speed and skills

Running with the ball is not just about elimination. It’s about creating opportunities, exploiting space, and making the game flow...

Ernst Baart