Excellent drills, very detailed videos. Useful site for my U15 boys team.
My team will be joining a 6 a side (6's) hockey tournament next week.Can you share with me some tactical setup, attacking and defensive, for this 6's format? A few information that would be beneficial for your consideration.6's played on full hockey pitch (astroturf 91.5m55m) 15 minutes game time (no halftime) a goalkeeper needed, cannot be a lastman I would like to thank you in advance.
Hi,I perhaps naively, expected to have most of our team from last year carry over and only have a few new comers to integrate and get up to speed with the rest. However meeting the team at our first practice last night i find I have five players still at school from last year and the rest all new comers, most of whom had not held a hockey stick at all till practice.This being only my second season coaching (year 9 to year 13 boys) has left me feeling a little blindsided, and feeling quite unsure how to prepare practices that target both groups of boys. Do i lump them both groups together, keep them separate? What drills/exercises to best bring the new comers up to speed.I don't want to neglect either group, keep practice worthwhile for the experienced boys, but also bringing the new comers up to a level were they can mix in with the others and learn organically from them while practicing as a team. David
Need help with planning a rolling subs with 11 players and 5 subs.Keeper,4 backs, 4 midfied, 2 strikers.Any ideas please
To be honest I originally thought I only paid for 6 months only back in 2018. shocked to see that I have paid every 6 months from then. can you please unsbscribe me immediately. Thank you.
Everytime I try to open the drills, I can't open a category... the only thing that happens is a duplication of the menu bar
I have a premium membership. I show plans locked which I thought the premium membership would give me access to.Also, plans that I created 6 months to a year ago do not open for me to edit.
How do I find the "6 stages of rugby" tab?
Can you tell me how much sportplan is and whether it is paid monthly or quarterly ?
hi I paid for 6 months subscription but it won't let me see drills it says it's locked.
I couldn't see where else to ask about this.I just saw on Paypal that I have just been charged for 6 months. I also saw that I been charged every 6 months since Nov 2020. Unfortunately because of Covid, we didn't get enough players so I haven't been able to make use of the site. I'm sure you can check the logs and see that I have not logged in.Thank you for your help.
I am trying to renew my membership. I have a 50% off offer and i would like to purchse £22.50 for 6 months subsription, but when i look to pay it says 'Soft Decline'.Not sure why this is happening. It is a new card that i am paying with as i lost my old one.
my 6 monthly subscription has just been taken but I want to do 6 months of Rugby now and then alternate with my cricket subscription. is this possible?
Hi there,I am wanting to know if you can still have the option of a 6 month subscription?I went to upgrade so I could access more drills and only got the option of monthly payments.Thanks for your help.Anne
Hi I have had the offer for 50% off for 6 months cricket coaching come through but when clicking onto pay nothing seems to happen?
advantages of playing 3-2-1 when playing 6 a side without a goalie
Would you say switching it around to a 1-2-3 would make for better attacking formations?
I am looking for 6 a side hockey formations. We have been playing 3-1-1-1. Worked very well, however sweeper was so good, goalie never touched the ball. I want to move sweeper to goalie/ sweeper but our mid field player is too good to just play right. What to do? 2-2-1-1 or 1-3-1-1?
I coach aged 7 children and I don't know how to teach them how to play a proper hockey match without all of them going for the ball and not staying in their positions. Do I put lines where they are not allowed to pass? or what?
Hi all just wondering if there are any coach's that have any good tip for a new coach like me. I am coaching under 6/8yr olds and find they get bored very easy. How do you keep them from getting bored and what fun drills do you use? Cheer James first time coach
Can anyone please help me with a full training program for mini hockey for 6 weeks. The kidz are in Grade 2(8 yrs old), practise 2 a week for 45 min and play league games 1 a week.
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Excellent drills, very detailed videos. Useful site for my U15 boys team.
I love using Sportplan. It's been a great help for co-ordinating hockey practice and being able to help tweak skills and getting the most out of my players!
Great site. An absolute must for coaches who are willing to change and learn new drills. Superb, simply superb.
Wow what a great website, I have found sportplan an important tool for me when planning my netball sessions with my netball team. There are alot of very helpful tips/ideas/skills that I can learn and teach to my team. Thank you sportplan I hope to continue to use your helpful tips and to learn more about improving my teams netball skills. Thanks again....keep it up....
I have been using Sportplan now for 3 years and can honestly say that I have never repeated the same session twice. My girls are always focused and are improving every year. Thanks Sportplan.
What a fantastic tool. The Chalkboard and session tools make an unbelievable difference in making training plans in both time and organization. I will be instructing all of my assistant coaches that this tool must be used for all sessions during the season, so that we may build a club coaching resource library.
I can't get enough of the Sportplan, It has given me back the enthusiasm i was starting to lose. My girls are so keen and are ready at 14 to take the next up in their game. Sportplan will help no end.
