(uwh) Kick off (KO) opzwemmen/strartpuck

Every team/club has a different style with the K.O.
Its depending on what you want and what sort players you have with you in the team.

There are not many Kick-off’s in a game, and thus you cannot afford to mess up one….all are important. If there were 4 KO’s and you mess one up. You already messed 25% of the KO’s

It is normally the best to win the KO’s as it enables you to regain/take possession. Once you have it there must be a plan to “hit” the opponent out off there closed formation and let them react to you.

If you have the puck you can “hit” the opponent in concentrated form or draw them to one site and then go to the other or draw them wide open and thus create more space and possibilities or go around them fast and etc…

But there are many ways to have a kick off. And how to “win” those. Some teams want take the puck. Some teams want the opponent take the puck and then block/absorb them and then counter. Its depending how the team play’s and what sorts off talents are in the team. If you have a team with most off all offensive players It is the best way to win the KO’s and go offensive. If you have most off all defensive players. It can be an idea/possibilities to play on the counter and so spare your few offensive players till you can counter the play and so have fresh offensive players left for that. But iff you do. you need a very strong defence. or you will lose it all.

Remember. If playing only defensive you can not win. So an offensive tactic is important if you want to win. And you can only go to the offensive if you have the puck in possession off you team.

2 ways to take a kick off.
Way 1

On these 3 phots you see that there is only one player that swims to the puck. A defencive K.O.
That is blockt by 2 players from the opponents that try to push the puck to the side wall.
When that happends. your slower wings can try to intersept and then try to go offensive.

Way 2

On these photos you see 3 people swim to the K.O
The first wings take a very offencive play because they swim straight into the formation from the opponents. Were the mid swims a little slower and steals the puck from the opponent and flicks it after that to those wings. And so force a break out. and go to the offencive.

Another movie clip. Taken from a K.O.
The KO is done on both sides by only one player. After that you see the other players on possition recieve/get the puck and so hopeing to win the play after the K.O.
(K.O.= Kick-Off)