Comeback Small-Sided
Resilience
Legend
- player
- coach / parent
- movement path
How it works
Train resilience under competitive pressure by requiring teams to practice coming from behind in a small-sided game.
What you need
- field hockey sticks
- field hockey ball
- cones
- mini goals
Your focus
The ability to compete when losing is the ultimate test of team resilience. Players who have experienced and engineered comebacks in practice believe in them during games. Resilience in a comeback situation is a specific mental skill that must be trained.
Small-sided activity; one team starts with a 2-0 deficit and 5 minutes to equalize or win.
Trailing team must play with belief and organization, not panic.
After the game, discuss what resilience looked like and what it felt like.
Alternate which team starts behind each round.
Helpful cues
- Believe in the process, not just the score
- One goal changes everything, focus on the next one
- Resilience is the team that's harder to beat when they're behind
Adjust the challenge
Make it easier
Strip it back
Start with a 1-0 deficit only.
UpLVL it
Add the next challenge
3-0 deficit; unlimited time to come back.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.