Field Hockey: app

Hi, I ma wondering if you have an iPad app coming out, as that would be very useful at the turf. It would save printing drills out. I have the one for my phone but iPad would make it much easier to show the team prior to running the drills.

I pad won't come off hockey up date window

I am trying to find Coaching Basics 10 Progressive plans in session packs on the app - can anyone help

Hi, I have the membership to tennis but I want to change the subscription for table tennis (ping pong) can you help me with that? Or how can I do that? Asked using Sportplan Mobile App

HI. What is the difference between membership paid for by the app and the desktop please? I signed up by the app and have access to the drills, but do not have access via the desktop website. Is this correct?Please advise

Good afternoon Sport Plan, excellent app thank you for the support during the NRL season. I no longer require the month to month membership and would like to cancel it until next season. can you please cancel my subscription or send me a link on how to.Warm regardsAdrian.

I wish to cancel my subscription as no longer coaching.

Hi, i've tried to log in to my app on my phone and it is saying the log in is not recognised. I presume it will be the same as my computer login?

I am still having difficulties despite changing my password to log into the app. I can log in on my computer and on my phone normally but when loading and trying to log on to the app it is not working?

Hi when I open my app and search for a fast hands dill the app says I. do not have an active membership but I am a fully paid up member of this site and have been for year's

purchased membership on my computer, drills are unlocked there. But in the app drills are still locked, even though I can see my membership in the "manage membership" section

hi there, I have renewed my subscription on my PC, but my iPhone app is not recognising it. Can you help please

I'm using the web version to create my 'playbook' for the team, but when I log onto the app I cannot find anything that I have created and saved. please advise how I can do this thanks

Please help, I'm struggling to log into the app. I'm logged in online, but on the app, it keeps on saying "Login failed, are your details correct?"

hi there I'm using 4-4-2 and on sometimes 3-1-4-2 with a lower level hockey team.I've chosen this over other formations, simply because the hockey experience and ability of my players is not of a high level (and most people have an approximate understanding of 442). Also, I believe that one must choose a formation based on players traits and what they can deliver. For example, I'd ideally prefer to have 3 forwards, to help with more height and width but then would have to either play 3 in the middle or 3 at the back... and my player strengths don't permit this. In short, I simply don't believe I have a strong enough CH / CM to handle 3 in the middle and I'm not convinced that the off-the-ball support from other players is strong enough to allow 3 in the middle. OFFENSIVE PLAYS Anyway, I'm not 100% where to get my centre mids to stand when we have a 16 yd hit to take (i.e. our possession). Obviously one of the CMs comes deep to offer a potential direct outlet from the centre backs or offer an overload option if the ball goes out to the sides (which is more likely, since I've pretty much banned the high risk play of releasing up the middle - we've had far too many turnovers in our final third or quarter because we tried to play up the middle). My players are 'aware' of posting up and leading runs. However, I'm not sure about the 2nd CM. On the one hand I'd ideally like the 2nd CM to come deep as well, in order to potentially help break up the opposition press but by doing so, I distort the midfield and if we do manage to get the ball to one of the CMs, he won't have the 2nd CM in a higher position to release to, etc. DEFENSIVE POSITIONING Can someone suggest, again, about midfield positioning using 4-4-2 or 3-1-4-2, when we are setting up a general press? I have traditionally encouraged man marking, simply because our general positional awareness is weak (which makes zonal play a no-no IMO) + our tracking and attitude to committed defending (i.e. you don’t give up if one tackle fails) could be better! However, looking at suggested presses on Sportplan, some zonal positioning seems a necessity and I think if I can help my players make the step, success will come because they've been forced to become more aware of their pitch positioning, etc. Also, looking at some of the presses, it looks like the midfield can go 'flat' to create a barrier... and as I encourage a diamond shape in midfield, I need to explain to my players what to do and when. Sorry for the wordy question. I hope this all makes sense. Regards, Gary

I am a new user and probably I made something wrong at the beginning. My sport is Hockey and in the app appears Netball. I don't know how to change it. could you please change my sport to hockey? thanks.

Hi all, after "volunteering" at the last minute to coach last season, I'm looking forward to coaching again this season but would like to be a bit more organised starting the season. Last season I used drills from here (thank you contributors) and put together a practice plan each week addressing what I thought were our weakness from the game just played. This got us through the season, we were promoted after grading and finished the season in the top 4 playoffs for our grade.I wonder if there is some kind of guide to putting a more coherent training plan together for the season.I'm coaching a boys secondary school team, aged 12-18. What kind of skills should they have mastered?What should they be attempting, working towards mastering (individually and as a team)?I last played as a collage boy on grass fields, the change to turf pitches has obviously obsoleted (along with age) much of what I knew as a player.Any pointers appreciated.David

What is the best formation for 8v8? Asked using Sportplan Mobile App

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