Field Hockey: tools

whats the benefits of upgrading membership?

Does anyone know any drills to practice marking? Players are familiar with marking theory and need to implement it including front marking and goal side marking. I have found a good half court practice which emphasises the importance of marking. Wandered if anyone had any other ideas?

Hello, I'm head coach of a Spain hockey club and I wish to share my access to all coaches, exists a special account for this?

How much is full subscription and what will I get for my money?

How do I make my session plans private? or do they stay private unless i share them?

EH have just launched their Golden Thread objectives for the single system (& above) - will some activities be created to reflect these? It is more gameplay & less directive / closed "drills". Cheers Alex.

How do I move shared files to folders?

Hi there, I am the admin of my schools account that is linked with Sportplan. I am cautious that some staff have left and others are joining us and I would like know who is still a member and has access to Sportplan. How do I do this?

I can;t work out how much the site costs, if I upgrade what do I get

Hello,While creating a chalkboard, I cannot write. I can use the other tools but not the writing of instructions directly on the plan.Thank you for your reply

Hi,I have just cancelled my subscription with confirmation pasted below;Pro Netball Unlimited Access to Sportplan Netball Drills Library and Coaching Tools, Access will expire: 12 Feb 2022 $25.00 I have had two payments taken totalling $32.42 (plus $0.97) on Feb. 14, 2021 and $34.14 ( plus $1.02) on Aug. 14 2021 plus the international transaction fees in brackets. Can you please advise why I have incurred these charges. Can you please organise a refund for both. Kind regards, Deb Griffin

hi, we use Veo and want to use the tools you have to analyse games. is that something you support?

how do i get the tools for moving players

I have just returned from coaching my first high school hockey tournament. It was great fun but the girls really felt it by the end of the tournament. I want to offer guidance in the form of a fitness build up to the girls for next season but am not sure what my expectations should be. How fit should you be looking to get if you are preparing to play 7 50min games over 5 days? And what types of fitness should I be suggesting? Sprinting and Intervals along with Swimming are things I feel that could be introduced. Ideally it needs to be accessable (not expensive or require special equipment), self managed (to an extent) and let it fit in with their daily rountine as best possible to give them the best chance to commit (i.e. I feel like suggesting they power walk to school rather than get dropped off will work better than asking them to join a gym to do the pelaton classes) Any ideas? Or things that have worked in the past?

hockey warm up basic equipment 5 mins

Need help with planning a rolling subs with 11 players and 5 subs.Keeper,4 backs, 4 midfied, 2 strikers.Any ideas please

hi there I'm using 4-4-2 and on sometimes 3-1-4-2 with a lower level hockey team.I've chosen this over other formations, simply because the hockey experience and ability of my players is not of a high level (and most people have an approximate understanding of 442). Also, I believe that one must choose a formation based on players traits and what they can deliver. For example, I'd ideally prefer to have 3 forwards, to help with more height and width but then would have to either play 3 in the middle or 3 at the back... and my player strengths don't permit this. In short, I simply don't believe I have a strong enough CH / CM to handle 3 in the middle and I'm not convinced that the off-the-ball support from other players is strong enough to allow 3 in the middle. OFFENSIVE PLAYS Anyway, I'm not 100% where to get my centre mids to stand when we have a 16 yd hit to take (i.e. our possession). Obviously one of the CMs comes deep to offer a potential direct outlet from the centre backs or offer an overload option if the ball goes out to the sides (which is more likely, since I've pretty much banned the high risk play of releasing up the middle - we've had far too many turnovers in our final third or quarter because we tried to play up the middle). My players are 'aware' of posting up and leading runs. However, I'm not sure about the 2nd CM. On the one hand I'd ideally like the 2nd CM to come deep as well, in order to potentially help break up the opposition press but by doing so, I distort the midfield and if we do manage to get the ball to one of the CMs, he won't have the 2nd CM in a higher position to release to, etc. DEFENSIVE POSITIONING Can someone suggest, again, about midfield positioning using 4-4-2 or 3-1-4-2, when we are setting up a general press? I have traditionally encouraged man marking, simply because our general positional awareness is weak (which makes zonal play a no-no IMO) + our tracking and attitude to committed defending (i.e. you don’t give up if one tackle fails) could be better! However, looking at suggested presses on Sportplan, some zonal positioning seems a necessity and I think if I can help my players make the step, success will come because they've been forced to become more aware of their pitch positioning, etc. Also, looking at some of the presses, it looks like the midfield can go 'flat' to create a barrier... and as I encourage a diamond shape in midfield, I need to explain to my players what to do and when. Sorry for the wordy question. I hope this all makes sense. Regards, Gary