coaching
The World Youth Festival: Preparing teams that don’t train together for high-level international competition
A lot of Hockey Mentors (HM) results don’t make sense writes founder Jack Childs. It defies belief for most people that a team of state school and/or ethnic minority players that don’t train together have been able to beat all the top private schools in England, win 60+ medals in national Indoor Hockey UK events, beat all the top clubs and even win high-level international tournaments. I believe there are three critical factors to this: culture, high-quality players and quality coaching. To bring it more to life and help the hockey stick spin around I will take a look at [...]
