The information and links below are mostly provided by Capital Hockey. The information and links are available to assist you in developing as a coach and to assist your session planning.
Your Role as Coach
What Capital Hockey need from our youth coaches
Developing your coaching philosophy
Developing a development approach to coaching
Coaching for different learning styles
Helping coaches to think like a kid for great outcomes
Coach self evaluation tool
SPARC Getting started in coaching booklet
American Coaching Academy – Coaching your own child booklet
Health and Safety
The most important job at hockey is to keep our young players safe. This job requires a team effort with the club, coaches, team managers, parents and umpires all working together to promote and sustain a safe environment.
For more information about the key health and safety please click here to go through to our club health and safety information designed for everyone involved in keeping our kids safe. Health and Safety info for coaches, managers and umpires
Overarching coaching plans and frameworks
Essentials on hockey safety for coaches and umpires
6 aside coaching resource: objectives, rules, team formations and substitutions etc
For further details of the different grades and age-specific rules, see here
Session plan exemplars for coaches
Small Sticks Session and Training Sample Plans: applicable to all grades
Senior session plans from SportPlan are available here
Coaching templates
Coaching session plan template
Player position rotation sheet template – 30mins
Getting to know your athlete questionnaire template
Coaching Skills
Goal Keeping
Agility Team & GK Drills
Penalty Corners
Full Press 11-Aside
Goal Scoring
Outletting 11-Aside
American Coaching Academy Team Building Booklet
Videos to assist coaches in teaching best practice technique for hockey skills
Stick length information for coaches to guide parents and players
Running with the ball
Forestick trap
Drag left to right
Drag right to left
Eliminating a player
Stationary pushing
Hit
Slap
Reverse steal left side
Right side steal
Tackover tackle
Corner Push Out
Corner Trap
Resources for coaches when working with the parents of their players
Coach information on managing the parent-coach partnership
American Coaching Academy – partnering with parents booklet
Information for parents: supporting children in sport
YouTube clip on sideline behaviour from parents
Athlete Development Information
Guidelines for athlete development, training hours and late specialisation in sport
Supporting kids to develop in sport: a resource for coaches and parents
Athlete development research
Sport NZ Balance is Better Booklet
Sport NZ Talent Plan
Additional Useful Resources
- The ACA’s coaching manifesto – some useful content especially around setting expectations and the importance of planning your trainings.
- Basic positional requirements – Coaching Guidelines for Intermediate and Secondary 11 aside hockey, developed by North Harbour Hockey Association and written by Bryce Collins and Sharon Williamson – Basic Positional Requirements for year 7&8 from Harbour Hockey
- Ryde Hockey basic skill demonstrations