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Need ideas for HS girls' tryouts!

I have tryouts coming up for a high school girls' team. 2 days, 2 hours per day. Any suggestions for drills, tests, etc? Thanks!
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Mike BakerCoach, United States of America

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Mick MasonCoach, Australia

G`day

Here is a document from Hockey NSW (NSW State Association) explaining their benchmarks for players wishing to enter the representative program. It might help you.

https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/piano.revolutionise.com.au/site/syj6fv3vtntzfkap.pdf

Cheers

Mick

Mike BakerCoach, United States of America

That`s great , thanks Mick. We still play on grass so I`ll need to edit those expectations a bit!

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