A masterclass by Danny Kerry (ENG) on closing & tackling in a zone defence. A topic that challenged him when he took over the English and GB national men’s team and introduced new tactics in the lead up to the Tokyo Games.
Danny Kerry
Danny Kerry (1970) is an international hockey coach from England. At the London Games in 2012 he coached the GB women to bronze. He followed that up in Rio 2016 with a spectacular gold medal for the GB women. At the Tokyo Games he finished his tenure with the GB men on a 5th place. A seasoned coach at the highest level, with an amazing track record at several Olympic Games and World Cup tournaments. So we were very happy when he agreed to #sharetheknowledge at The Hockey Site.
Closing & tackling in a zone defence
When someone as knowledgable about the game of hockey like Danny Kerry share his insights, we listen. At my request he chose a very specific topic and went deep…
Topics that came up were his principles of defence, the why of a zonal system, the evolution of zonal defending in international hockey. But also things like getting young players to value and enjoy defence. Or how to train and introduce the zone defence. And many more topics as well as lots of questions from the coaches in the audience as usual.
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