Excellent drills, very detailed videos. Useful site for my U15 boys team.
Does anyone have a link to a few GOOD Hockey Specific fitness tests. And I'm not looking for bleep tests which is somewhat out of date. Many thanks
I have a voucher as part of the level 1 coaching course I am doing. I have registered it but how do I use it? I seem to be limited to 15 free drills a month, but I think I should not be.
when looking at the formation 5-3-2 I would like to get the responsibilities PDF file
I have been given my first team ever!! They are 11 year old girls and I wanted guide/ recommendation on how I should structure my one hour sessions? E.g. how long should I spend on a warm up, drill etc. .Cheers,Freya
...where it will list and describe playing terminology such as shave, tackle-back, steal, forehand.
One thing I have found difficult is developing a drill so it will make practising the skills more challenging. Does anyone have any tips or advice?
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
Anybody any ideas on a conditioned game to encourage receiving the ball in a forward facing position?
Had Sportsplan a few years ago. Have renewed it this October for 6 months but it doesn't allow me access. I've deleted App and re installed but won't give me full access.
Hi, I would like to cancel my membership, however when I progress through the prompts I am unable to click through to cancel. This is very frustrating. Please can you help me to resolve this issue.Thanks,Kate
at times I receive the emails with links to exercises, but they don't open to show the move my or videos. just now tried to attach pics and it froze again.... any ideas how to resolve,
hi, I contacted you sometime ago and requested that the old card details be removed and new card details to another bank be installed. this hasn't happened again! I require a credit and a new card to be put through.
How do i add a folder and change the clipboard
hi there, I have renewed my subscription on my PC, but my iPhone app is not recognising it. Can you help please
Hi - any chance of adding Padel as a sport?
How do you explain this to a 10 year old
We need to talk about the basics of hockey but any advice re coaching them on not bunching and drills to help with this would be much appreciated. Thank you.
I've got some girls aged 11-14, basically made up from two different clubs. We're playing 7 a side and have a squad of 12. One club dominates in terms of numbers (75% of the squad) and although they are not doing anything 'wrong' at all, the 9 players are accustomed to their own company and there's a bit of a divide that has emerged. I can't understand why the players aren't just getting on with things but I'm getting some reactionary behaviour from some players, because of this 2 camp scenario. Any tips?Thanks.
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
Hi all just wondering if there are any coach's that have any good tip for a new coach like me. I am coaching under 6/8yr olds and find they get bored very easy. How do you keep them from getting bored and what fun drills do you use? Cheer James first time coach
in more ways than one
A few weeks into the league season, poor first touches are costing teams the ball. Coach body shape, scanning and receiving on the move to keep possession.
Pre-season fitness fades fast once the league starts. Build conditioning into ball work and use rolling subs well to keep your squad sharp all season.
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