Pre-Shot Focus Routine
Focus
Legend
- player
- coach / parent
- movement path
How it works
Develop a repeatable pre-shot focus routine that ensures maximum attention to target and execution before every attempt.
What you need
- field hockey sticks
- field hockey ball
- goal
- goalkeeper gear
Your focus
Elite shooters use pre-performance routines to prime focus before high-pressure executions. A consistent routine prevents attention from drifting to outcome or pressure during the shot. Players who develop a focus routine perform more consistently across pressure conditions.
Each player develops a 5-second pre-shot routine: look at target, choose corner, reset stick, take breath, shoot.
Practice the routine with 20 shots from varying positions.
Compare accuracy with vs without the focus routine across two sessions.
Identify the moments in the routine where focus was easiest and hardest to maintain.
Helpful cues
- Same routine every shot, consistency is the goal
- See the corner you want, then shoot to it
- Routine anchors your focus when pressure tries to pull it away
Adjust the challenge
Make it easier
Strip it back
Use a 3-step routine instead of 5.
UpLVL it
Add the next challenge
Complete the full routine in 3 seconds.No account needed
Build a practice plan
Add drills, keep the plan in this browser, then share a link with your staff or parents.This library helps you find the right drill. Inside UpLVL the right drill finds the player.
This library helps you find the right drill. Inside UpLVL the right drill finds the player.After every practice, UpLVL automatically surfaces the drills each player needs to work on most. See it for yourself.