How do you get a more powerful drive in field hockey?

Hi! I play field hockey and I'm a link. Today in practice, we practiced drives and I was the only one who couldn't score! I was so embarrassed! Does anyone have any tips for a much more powerful drive and a more accurate drive? Please answer! All field hockey tips are welcome, but please help me with driving the ball farther, faster, and harder!|||Make sure you swing through quickly and try moving your hand down the stick a little for a faster swing. Keep the swing small though, you don't want to end up off balance or with the stick over your shoulder.





:]|||keep your stick toe up. with the flat side facing straight out. stand to the side. bend you elbows. choke up if you have to because everyone's swing is differant

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|||Make sure the balls a stick lenght away from your feet and make sure you keep your head down and your chest down and your hands and stick should be pointing right toward the goal or whereever your aiming after you swing. Also what might help is to shorten up your swing don't take huge swings b.c that also gives defense a chance to come in and steal your ball. But you might want to try looking up wow to do a backwards drive i can't really explain to you how to do it but if you look it up and learn it it's a really powerful shot. Hope I Helped.|||Try staying close to the ground. Have your two hands near the top of the stick, right next to each other. I know that this can feel a little awkward, especially when you have to smack the ball with a position like that, but if you really try, then you can probably get it. :) Also note that sometimes you don't have to hit the ball as hard as you can: simple push passes can also do the same thing. ^^|||my tips to you are when you swing make sure your wrists flick so you get more power and distance and you want all your weight on your back foot until you swing, then transfer all your weight to your front for more power speed and length. hope it helped|||sugar helps me