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Attacking Flow - 2 Top Sessions to help you finish on a high!

Let's end the 2012/13 season in style! Now we can't promise you a victory in your final games but if you use this week's two session we can ensure you're going to play some positive and attacking hockey!

Session 1: Improving Support Running
Develop your player's support running to a leading player following a pass up field to improve your team's attacking flow

Session 2: Training Stations: Improving 2v1 and Scoring Success
Problems in the attacking third? You're not alone. Use this three stations session to improve your side's scoring success

Read on to learn more!

2 Sessions for the Business end of the Season: 1v1 Confidence and Team Possessions

It's the business end of the season and a win this weekend could really make the difference with your league position. That's why this week we've got 3 sessions for you to choose from.

Session 1: Change of direction to win in the 1v1
Give players the confidence and the knowledge to know how and when to take their man on in a 1v1

Session 2: Keep Possession as a Team
Positive movement keeps possession! Practice keeping the ball as a team, not as a group of individuals

Read on to learn more!

Pre-Season preparation - Keep training hard!

Don't stop now! This week we're bringing you part 3 of your Pre-Season conditioning program - Written by a professional personal trainer specifically for getting hockey players ready for the fast approaching season - plus a 1 v 1 confidence building session! Read on to learn more!

Pre-Season Conditioning - Part 3

We continue to push your players hard, gradually increasing the intensity so that your players will be fit and ready for their first match. Using these sessions you'll be able to prepare your players, mentally and physically, for the new season. By building up their strength and stamina levels you'll be able to help your players avoid getting injured by preparing their muscles for demands of a full 70 minute long match.

From warm-up to cool-down this session explains every step of your training with detailed notes and images, enabling you to push your players hard to get them fit and raring for the approaching season.

• Have the confidence to run a fitness session with groups from 5 to 50 people
• No specialist equipment required

PLUS - each session comes with a handy A4 summary sheet for you print and take with you to the pitch.

Keeping possession in the 1 v 1 (turning away)

The second session this week works on the dribble dash; running at speed with the ball under control towards defenders, with the choice of either taking on their man on or turning away and passing the ball to a supporting player.

Keeping possession is one of the best ways to stifle and tire out your opposition. If they don't have the ball how can they score? That's the lesson in this week's session which works on close control whilst also getting players to weigh up their options and not simply run recklessly forward.

Cardio Fitness and Timing your Run Sessions: Pre-Season Sessions

Pre-Season is an important time for all teams! Your players should be getting to know one another and also be working on their all round fitness - making sure they're ready for the first whistle of the season! Help your team be ready for their first games of the season with part 2 of your Pre-Season conditioning program Read on to learn more!

Pre-Season Conditioning - Part 2

This week we continue to work on your players' strength, aerobic and anaerobic levels through interval training, improving their cardiovascular endurance - working on all the major muscle groups to help your players avoid getting injured and building the foundations for future development.

Hockey is a physically demanding sport and players require a blend of strength, power and muscular endurance. From warm-up to cool-down this session explains every step of your training with detailed notes and images, enabling you to push your players hard to get them fit and raring for the approaching season.

To really see a difference in your players' fitness though they will need to be working outside of training as well, just 20 minutes of physical exercise 3-5 times a week is enough to see an improvement in their general fitness levels.

• Have the confidence to run a fitness session with groups from 5 to 50 people
• No specialist equipment required
• PLUS - each session comes with a handy A4 summary sheet for you print and take with you to the pitch.

In next week's Conditioning session we increases the intensity again, reducing rest periods between exercises, so now would be the perfect time for your players to start taking responsibility for getting fit and ready for the season.

Looking for space and moving for the ball

The second of this week's sessions focuses on running to support the player on the ball, moving into space and timing your runs so that you arrive just as the ball does.

You may have one of the best players in your league on your side but they're only as good as the service they receive from their team-mates.

To get your team working as a well oiled machine we've put the emphasis of this session on all the players not in possession of the ball - so everyone can get involved.

However, we also recognise that sometimes the problem can be players running forwards without looking up and getting themselves into trouble. To put a stop to this foolhardy running we've included some exercises which restrict player's movement when they're on the ball - stopping your players from putting unnecessary pressure on themselves.

Working in small groups your players will need to move to create space for their team-mate to pass the ball around the defender. After a simple warm up we start adding new rules into the mix - restricting movement for the player on the ball. Their team-mates will have to work hard if they want to stand any chance of keeping possession when all the ball carrying player is allowed to do is pivot on the spot!

Try this complete possession keeping session with your players today!

Pre-Season Conditioning and Goal Scoring Session!

This week we've got two very different, but very exciting sessions for you and your team! To get them ready for the start of the new season we're working on all round fitness and positive passing! Read on to learn more!

	Pre-Season Fitness and Conditioning for Hockey
	Have the Best Season Ever! Starting from this week we're bringing you a weekly conditioning program for your team / club, written by a Professional Personal Trainer specifically for preparing your players for the season ahead. Now is the time to start building a base of aerobic stamina before you move onto lactic and speed training for hockey. Don't delay and miss the opportunity to start the season ahead of the opposition. We start the programme with 2 weeks of hour long conditioning programmes. Then continue later in the season with bite-size sessions, allowing you to either build a fitness and conditioning element into your weekly training sessions or continue by running a separate weekly conditioning session. No specialist equipment required Have the confidence to run a fitness session with groups from 5 to 50 people. Each session includes all exercises clearly explained with photos, plus the knowledge of how they relate to the game of hockey. PLUS - each session comes with a handy single A4 summary sheet for you print and take with you to the pitch.

Make sure you Score - Intelligent Passing!

This week's Sportplan session concentrates on getting your players to use clever and quick passing; playing the ball intelligently to progress up the field and pick out the perfect defence splitting ball.

Most teams are usually the same - when things are not going well players start to blame one another. It's always someone's fault - either player x isn't passing the ball at the right time or player y isn't making enough movement up front. All of this is fairly elementary and usually you'll find that the problem is x + y = a combination of the two.

To prevent negativity breeding negativity we've designed this positive passing session which works on releasing the ball at the right time rather than simply passing for the sake of passing. Of course, there's no formula for the perfect team but what does always help is practice. So why not try this games based session with your players today?

Ensure your players are passing with purpose, using the ball to outsmart the opposition and make sure they score!