Exercises for Field Hockey goalkeepers in the 11-12 year old category, a proposal

Abstract

Hockey is defined as a sport where two teams face each other in a limited and standardized field, where the performance of the goalkeeper is decisive, and it is essential to focus the work from the beginning based on a technical-tactical development according to the characteristics of the game. . Hence, the objective of this research was: to determine exercises for defensive actions in field hockey goalkeepers in the 11-12 year old school category, essential content for modeling training. Three phases were established for the development of the research: a) analysis of the current state and treatment of the defensive actions in the goalkeepers of the 11-12 year old school category in Villa Clara, where an analysis and bibliographic review of various works on the field hockey theme; b) phase of establishing the exercises, through methodological workshops with 14 field hockey coaches from the province; c) assessment of the result obtained by the criteria of specialists, all of which allowed validating the result obtained, constituting an important element for the work of coaches in this sport.