Junior Coaches
Management - Andrew Jenner, Robert Lancaster (Chairman) and Alec Pelmore (Junior Coordinator)
U16 Boys Coaches - Julian Barnaby, Chris Pelmore, John Moore, Paul Harman
Drill Videos
We have assembled below a collection of videos of training drills and skills. The intention is to give ideas for coaches; and a guide for players of what might be expected from drills. The value of many of these drill lies in repetition - lots of stick on ball practice - and on doing them at speed and intensity ... as though you were doing it in a match. Most of these drills, even the basic ones, are done by every 1st XI in the country ... again and again.
Thanks to Pete Turner and Chris & Mikey Pelmore for input to these demonstrations
Skills - a syllabus
These videos demonstrate the basic skills which players should be aiming to master; and which they should continue to practise as they get older.
Basic Skills Required going into U13/14 - demonstration with coaching points
Intermediate skills - to learn at U13/14, demonstration with coaching points
(but no reason why they cannot be tried at U12
Skills - How to
Defending 1 - positioning; 2 metres away, stick on ground, left foot in front of right
Defending 2 -alignment (ball/body/goal); jab tackles
Hitting - in more detail for beginners
Reverse Hits - for shooting, not for passing
Receiving bouncing balls and Aerials
Simple Drills for basic skills
Relays - Basic with lots of variations
Relays - more simple variations
Rushing the Square - running with and controlling the ball at speed
Simple Strategy Drills
More advanced skill drills
Open Stick travel with short drags
Strategy Drills
1 vs 1 with turnover - reaction after an attack breaks down is important
Playing Strategies - What should you be doing on the pitch?
Defensive pivots - The back four hold the ball waiting for the forwards to create an opening. Forwards need to watch this as well.
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