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This section will advise and assist you with developing all aspects of your fitness specific to Hockey and your position on the pitch.

Here you will find information and video articles for training speed, agility, strength, power, flexibility, core stability and endurance.

In addition you can look at training principles which inform you when to train and for how long to get the best results plus pre season and competitive seasonal planners.

Take a look at all the articles and then start to save relevant articles into your training ground so you can access them frequently.

If you are working on something specific for example agility and footwork, save a video article into your training ground and then use your diary to plan a training session and link the diary entry to the video.  An email reminder with a link to the video will be sent to you on the morning of the training entry.

This section will advise you on all what your lifestyle should be like as a hockey player.  

In this area you will find articles on nutrition and hydration, including recipes and information on pre match, half time and post match food and fluid intake. 

Additionally you will find articles on Team ME, which focuses on your needs and balancing your hockey development with the demands of heavy workloads, time commitments, parents, friends, family, career or education decisions etc.

Linked to this section you will find articles on 'selection' and 'de-selection' to help you build your hockey development accordingly and pursue your potential.

You can match this section to the player profile in your 'training ground' to assist you meet your goals. You can create a new profile or you could use a template profile from a JAC/JDC or JRPC for example to direct your development accordingly.

A key area in this section is on injuries, looking at injury prevention and common injuries to hockey players plus the immediate actions you should take if faced with an injury.

In this section you will find the most up to date information on technical and tactical aspects of the game. 

This section features state of the art development of performance points using video technology. You will find video articles on all the core techniques in the game plus in depth information on how you can develop these skills in your game, with key corrections for perfect execution.

Take a look at the articles generally in this section or search for specific skills such as the drag flick. You can save relevant articles into your training ground so you can access them frequently.

If you are working on a specific skill such as the slap hit, you can save a video article on the slap hit into your training ground and then link it to a diary entry you are making where you will spend time developing this specific skill. An email will be sent to you on the morning of the event with the link to view your video.

In the technical articles you will find state of the art video animation articles on both attacking and defending penalty corner which allow you to tailor the video to your team, by allowing you to enter names of team mates into positional roles. These video articles are supported with key information on the roles and responsibilities of each player.

As well as in depth articles on penalty corners, you will also find articles on positional play, pressing, outletting, systems of play, free hits and more.

This section is dedicated to the psychological side of the game.  There are two types of article in mind matters; ones which help you to gain understanding of something and ones which help you to learn to develop or use a psychological skill or method. 

You will find a wide range of topics in this section including anxiety, confidence, team cohesion, pre-match preparation, mental toughness, concentration and more.  The articles are written at a level which makes them easy to digest and apply to your own involvement in the sport.  Although there are no videos in this section there are plenty of activities to try on your own or with your teammates.