Drag flicking stages shown in videos

Derek E. Pappas Copyright © 2016
Drag flicking stages
shown in videos

Drag ﬂicking videos
•The drag flicking videos below have hints about
what to do during each phase if you listen to
what the coaches and players are saying.
•The drag flick is incredibly complex.
•Watch the videos in slow motion on Youtube.
Use the youtube settings to slow the video down
to the slowest.

Breakdown Drills
• Breaking down the drag flick into its various
components allows the player to work on
specific aspects of the drag flick

The run up
•The run up a short first step to adjust to the misdirected push
out, followed by several steps.
•This is IMPORTANT: the last step with the right foot prior to
placing the left foot next to the ball must be 90 degrees to the
path of the ball and parallel to the end line
•This starts the counter rotation prior to the crossover

The ball pickup
•The pickup (watch Minki in the video below) the right
elbow is on top of the left arm and stays there until the
RIGHT hand lowers to push the stick away from the feet.
•Hint you will drag the ball several feet in the pickup
position.
•Look at the left foot positions in the various videos
below.
•One important point is that the stick stays 9 degrees to
the path ball

The reverse rotation after pickup
and during the crossover
•BEND the right leg as close to 90 degrees as you can handle
prior to the cross over and keep it bent
•Watch Blake Govers in the video below and keep the head
down.
•Don’t straighten the right leg or lift up the head or lean
backwards.
•You won’t be able to drive into the big step with the left foot if
you make any of these mistakes.

Delay moving the ball
•Note that the ball is not moved immediately after pickup.
•The body moves down the line while the upper body counter
rotates.
•That is correct a second counter rotation (the first was during
the right step prior to ball pickup
• This is why the angle of the stick for some drag flickers is 45
degrees over the ball looking from the ball side
•Watch the videos and you will see what I mean.

The right foot cross over (in front or
back or the left foot)
•Watch Blake Govers in the video below
•Find a video of Gonzalo for an example of the front
crossover

The drag
•Watch Govers and Minki in the video below.
•IMPORTANT: Use the spring created in the right leg
(by bending the right knee 90 degrees during the
crossover step a spring is created) to push off and
make a big step to the left

The big left foot step after the
crossover
•Watch Govers and Paumen in the videos below
•The step should not be too big and should put the
player in a left left lunge position.
•Some players push off with enough force that during
the drag their right foot is off the ground at release.
•Others have both feet on the ground at release.

The right hand moves the stick down
•The right hand moves towards the ground but not
forwards (keep the stick at 90 degrees to the line the ball
is traveling down) when the big left step is initiated after
the crossover step.
• The lowering of the hands while keeping the stick
perpendicular to the line of the ball, while maintaining the
drag position until midpoint between the feet in order to
keep the ball behind the hands so that maximum power
can be generated when the flicking/push part of the
motion is initiated. (watch the drills in the Lehnn Aiyyapa
video in the video below)

Forward stick rotation during the drag
phase
•Angle the stick down
• Compress the ball into the turf
•This keeps the ball rolling straight along the line
towards goal and also rolls the ball up the stick
further

Pulling the hands in opposite directions
•Increase the tension on the stick and roll the ball
further up the stick by pulling the hands in opposite
directions

Setting the right wrist at 90
degrees to the stick
•Watch Blake Govers in the video below to see how
set up the flick/push

Releasing the right hand/arm
through the ball
•At release the left shoulder should be touching the
left knee (Gonzalo)

Rotating the stick around the body without pulling
or pushing it away from the body.
•Think of a clock hand that is rotating around a center point
•Watch Govers and Hayward in the videos below
•Don’t let the left hand get too far ahead of the right hand
•You will slide the stick across the ball and lose power.
•Release through the ball.

Follow through footwork
•Spinning on the left foot while swinging the right foot around the left
foot to rotate the body 180 degrees.
•This is really important so that the left knee/hip/lower back is not
torqued with a planted left foot or a right leg swinging behind the left
foot.
•Watch Govers and Hayward in the video below

Points to remember
•How to hold the stick
•Watch the Blake Govers video)
•The ball rolls in a straight line
•Some of the best drag flickers prior to loading the right wrist
up to 90 degrees relative to the stick will rotate the stick
forwards 30 degrees and actually compress the ball into the
ground
•Find the Zeller Adidas drag flicking tape-you can see the ball
get compressed.

Learning the drag flick the phases of the drag flick
separately
•I got the idea of breaking it down into phase training from the Lehnn Aiyyapa video
listed below.
•The drag/flick the phases can be broken into the footwork/body part and the arm
hands components
•Lehnn Aiyyapa in his video concentrates on the arm and hand motion.
•One thing he does not do (this video is from a few years back) is emphasize the
forward rotation of the hands after the hands are lowered.
•Watch Minki, Gonzalo, Glover, or German drag flickers. They are rotating their
hands forwards.
•This compresses the ball into the ground to keep the ball going down the line by
changing the angle of the face of the stick through the forwards rotation.

Links to drag
ﬂicking videos.

Blake Govers video.
•He puts very little torque on the left leg. he rates
around the ball and keeps the stick in the same
relative position to his body through out the flick.
•https://youtu.be/H5p2ROiRw60

Lehnn Aiyyapa video
•Show how the hands lower during the drag flick
•And how the stick slides out to “roll” the ball up the stick
while the ball travels in a straight line.
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztiHfc6La_c

Lehnn Aiyyapa-drills for the
drag portion of the skill
Watch the drills in this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztiHfc6La_c

The orange platform
•Used at clubs in Holland to train players to get the ball off of the
ground
•Notice the uneven right edge that is designed to train players to
“roll” the ball up the stick.
•I don’t agree with using the platforms.
•There is no platform during the game.
•I think that the player should learn the motion through correct
repetition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqzDb9xrl6g

Mink van der Weerden
•Talks about the need to maintain the pickup position for
as long as possible before setting the wrists and elbows.
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7SM9a974gQ

Jeramy Hayward Drag Flick
technique.
• Australian hockey player shares his skills.
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5lYxB3T230

Gonzalo Peillat
•Has an alternative crossover step.
•His right foot goes in front of his left.
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wtQAuUs-eU

Short Corner Clinic
June 2009
• Bert Bunnick - Dider Meijer Part 1
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNsjA45qulM
• Bert Bunnick - Dider Meijer Part 3
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD42cpy-Pio

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