Junior Development
Juniors are the future of hockey. They are the next generation of hockey: Players, Umpires, Coaches, Officials and Volunteers. Whether you introduce Junior members into your club as total beginners or through schools where they have already developed skills, they all need a quality introduction. This comes through planning, hard work and enthusiasm.

In this section you will find templates that will help guide your junior section.

Season Planning
It is good practice for any club to plan for the future. This also applies for your Hockey Club’s Junior section. Through planning, you can organise better activities, be better prepared and therefore keep the young people enthusiastic about hockey and your Club. The Sample Season Plan below, can give you some ideas of what you might like to run, and when. It also indicates when you should plan each of the activities to ensure a good amount of preparation time.
Click here to view Sample Junior Season Programme

Player Registration
It is important to gather information about your participants, particularly when dealing with young people. This enables you to contact them with information, have emergency contact details and to ensure you have appropriate permission for the activities you run. The sample below is a detailed form that allows you to collect the information you should have to meet your duty of care.
Click here to view Safe In Care Form

Parents
Parents are an untapped resource for many clubs. They bring their children to the sessions, pay their fees, buy them their equipment and support them when playing. With some prompting, many of them would become further involved.
A Parent Welcome Pack should be given to all parents. It gives them details of the club, what they should expect from the club and what is required and expected of them. It also asks them to volunteer their time in support of the Club and their child.
To be added shortly
The "Guide to Getting Parents Involved" document, is a short guide that illustrates examples of what parents can do to help, and includes a Sample Parents Rota.
Click here to view Guide to Getting Parents Involved
Click here to view Parents Rota - Template
Click here to view Sample Parents Rota

A Social Club
Social activity is an important part of hockey. Senior hockey has a great reputation as a social sport. It is important to show junior members that being part of a hockey club, is more than just playing. This simple guide gives you some ideas for activities and a procedure to follow to organise the activity.
Click here to view Guide to Organising Junior Social Activity

Skill Activities
Young people like to measure their skills: against themselves and others. Below are two different methods for assessing players and their improvements.
The "Skills Record Cards" provide a series of activities that young people can do to measure their performance. It identifies core skill areas for the children to work on and try to develop, before re-testing.
Skills Record Cards to be added shortly
The "Player Observation Sheets" are used when assessing international players. They identify key areas that National Coaches look for when assessing players.
Click here to view  Goal Keeper Observation Sheet
Click here to view Outfield Observation Sheet