Senior Training

Times & Places

1) Junior & Senior Training takes place every Monday night at Castle Rushen High School Astro pitch and runs from 7.30pm until 9.00pm for all teams from cosney to celts.

2) Senior only training takes place on Thursday at Castle Rushen High School Astro pitch and runs from 7.30pm until 9.00pm, this session is designed for the top two teams and any invited members.

Who is training aimed at?

Training is intended for anyone over the age of 16. Do not feel worried that you have little or no experience or knowledge of the game of hockey, we would be pleased to accommodate you at our training and help you to learn at your own pace.

Health and Safety

Health and safety is our first priority and coaches will take every precaution to ensure that the facility, equipment and training plans are safe to complete or work with and players complete several warm-up exercises. However we realise that unfortunately there is always the chance of injury so in that eventuality there are trained health and safety officials on site with recommended equipment and access to emergency services if required

The Aim of Hockey

So what is the game of hockey all about?

GOALS!!!!! GOALS!!!!! and MORE GOALS!!!!!

The game of hockey is classified as an invasion sport. This implies that the teams are attempting to invade an area of their oppositions to achieve a success (goal). To achieve this teams may try various methods of attack and defence to make sure their success rate is greater than their oppositions – score more than they do.

Session Structure

We will generally try to use the Whole-Part-Whole (WpW) session structure which involves a warm up, small games, technical practices, larger games and cool down sessions. With the session being split into different technical and practice sessions to get the most out of our players.

What you should expect to work on at training

You should expect to work on the following areas and more at oneof our usual training sessions.

Fitness
Moving with the ball
All forms of passing
Receiving and controlling the ball
Stick skills
All forms of shooting
Set Pieces
Reverse stick skills
Tackling
Positional play / Intercepting / Gameplay
Goalkeeping (if equipment is available and pre-arranged)

Coaching Utilities / Plans

There are a lot of useful websites out there for budding or experienced coaches to learn more from. The following websites are frequently used by our coaches:

Sportplan (Note: A username and login are required)

Planet Field Hockey

Helping out / Becoming a coach?

Would you like to help out at training or even become a coach yourself? If so, we regularly send members who request training on the official England Hockey coaching courses. If you would like to find out more about this course click here.

If you are a member of Castletown Hockey Club and would like to put your name forward to learn how to coach hockey and help out at our weekly training sessions please click here

More Information?

If you would like to get more information about Castletown Hockey Club's training or give your suggestions please email the head coach here

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