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How to coach school team with novices and experienced players?

Hi,I perhaps naively, expected to have most of our team from last year carry over and only have a few new comers to integrate and get up to speed with the rest. However meeting the team at our first practice last night i find I have five players still at school from last year and the rest all new comers, most of whom had not held a hockey stick at all till practice.This being only my second season coaching (year 9 to year 13 boys) has left me feeling a little blindsided, and feeling quite unsure how to prepare practices that target both groups of boys. Do i lump them both groups together, keep them separate? What drills/exercises to best bring the new comers up to speed.I don't want to neglect either group, keep practice worthwhile for the experienced boys, but also bringing the new comers up to a level were they can mix in with the others and learn organically from them while practicing as a team. David

David SmithCoach, New Zealand

How to see the best in your hockey team

I've got a team of year 5 and 6s getting together and i want to know what a good drill to use to see who is going to be defenders and attackers

jack patonCoach, New Zealand

Pulling a team together for first game

I am pulling together a team of adult players who have not played together before and are meeting each other for the first time at the first game. Do you have any suggestions how to do this so that they can work as a team and be competitive?

Jenny RoachCoach, Australia

Distance between the Cones

I would like to see the distances between the cones shown for most of the exercises

Graham BoneAdministrator, New Zealand

Survey on Drills vs Gameplay

Hi, I am doing research into drills vs gameplay in coaching. I would appreciate it if you would be able to fill in this short survey on the topic. Tanks. https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/PF5LR2J

Adam LambCoach, England

2:4:4:1system....how to play it

Suggestions on how to play this system. I have very young 1st team so feel i must play defensive hockey. Thanks

Bev KochCoach, South Africa

How to trap penalty corners like the Spanish?

I wanted to learn how to trap pc's like the the Spanish team i.e with the stick upright. Does any have any tips?

Hockey CoachCoach

How to play against a team with a strong centre half?

The teams currently in our league all seem to have vastly different playing styles. It's obviously not possible to fully coach strategies for each of these teams, but i was wondering if people had any tips about how you can tweak your team tactics without moving too far away from the default mentality e.g playing against a team with a particularly strong centre half?

Hockey CoachCoach

Attacking principles of self pass

Hi all, I have to do a 30 minute presentation about the attacking principles of the self pass. Will appreciate any help.Thank you

Divan GeyserCoach, South Africa

6 GOALKEEPERS FOR GOALKEEPING TRAINING

Good dayDo you have any helpful drills for goalies.I have 2 one hour fitness sessions and 2 one hour skill sessions with six goaliesAnything will help.Kind regardsJoalize Saayman

Joalize Coach, South Africa

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