Royston Hockey Club

Royston Hockey training sessions are held at the Bassingbourn Barracks astro on Tuesday evenings for the Ladies 1st XI and Men's 1st/2nd XIs and Wednesday evenings for the other Ladies/Men's sides. Start time is 19h30 sharp and runs through to about 21h30. The Juniors training is held at The Meridian School astro turf on Sunday mornings from 11h00 through to about 12h30.

Below, some of the Ladies at training, 1st XI keeper Melody goes out to cover a shot from Sarah, and the ladies squad preparing for a passing exercise....

This year Royston Hockey Club will be aiming to complete the Clubs 1st Accreditation, and as part of this we will be putting together a complete coaching development plan, right from the Juniors through to the Senior sessions. Our aim is to develop a strong coaching policy that will provide a structured approach to delivering the best possible coaching for all players at all levels. To this end we will be training up additional Coaches at Level 1 and will use them as a group to plan and deliver coaching throughout the club. 


Training Dates for the 2010/11 Season
The training programme for the coming season will be as follows:
Pre-season fitness training: At the Heath Sports Centre - 19h00 to 20h30 - Dates: September 2nd and 9th.
Mens 1st, 2nd and Ladies 1st XIs Hockey Training: Bassingbourn Barracks astro - 19h30 to 21h30 - Dates: Tuesdays from 31st Aug
Men's 3rd, 4th, 5th and Ladies 2nd, 3rd XIs Hockey Training: Bassingbourn Barracks astro - 19h30 to 21h30 - Dates: Wednesdays from 1st Sept
Junior hockey training: The Meridian School astro - 11h00 to 12h30 - Dates: Every Sunday morning starting date 5th Sept
Goalkeeper training: Bassingbourn Barracks astro - 19h30 to 21h30 - Dates: Every second Monday of the month from 13th Sept
Match Dates: 28th August 2010 to 30th April 2011

 
       Club Coach Profile - Paul Visagie. 

I Started playing hockey aged 8, and at 12 yrs old was selected for the Rhodesian U13 National Junior Schools team in 1973, and played Premier League hockey at the age of 12 yrs for Greendale Sports Club in Salisbury. Achievements: From 1977 to 1979 I played in the Churchill High School 1st team, captaining the side in 1979 and was awarded the school's highest accolade for sport the "Wings" award. In 1979 I represented the Rhodesian U18 National Senior Schools side and in 1980 represented the Rhodesian Airforce Hockey team and was selected for the National Junior U21 Squad. In 1981 I moved down to Pretoria South Africa where I played Premier Division hockey for the Harlequins Club through until 1989, captaining the Club First XI for 5 of those years. From 1982 to 1989 I represented both Transvaal and Northern Transvaal Provincial Hockey sides (both Indoor and Outdoor). In 1984 I achieved Provincial 2 Level umpiring award. In 1990 I moved to Natal where I played Premier Division hockey for Crusaders Hockey Club until about 1995, when I suddenly realised I was getting too old and slow! In 2001 we emigrated to the UK (Royston), where I played / captained the 2nd XI with a few games on occasion for the first XI. In 2002/3 season I unofficially coached the Royston Men's section. In 2004 I completed my England Hockey Level 1 Coaching course and coached the Club Ladies 3rds and middle juniors in the 2005/6 season. From 2006 I have been Royston's full-time Coach for all Men's and Ladies senior sides. I completed my England Hockey Level 2 Coaching course in October 2007, and am working on my Level 3 qualification at the moment. In 2008 I was appointed as Head Coach to run one of the two Cambridge Hockey Junior Development Centres (JDC) and coached the Cambridgeshire U17 Girls County Academy Squad (JAC) for 2009/10. I also did some informal work as an assistant coach for East Junior Regional Performance Centre (JRPC) at Bury St. Edmunds and in 2010 I am now officially coaching the East U18 Boys JRPC squad.  

coach@roystonhockey.co.uk
 

Hockey techniques and skills

From time to time I'm going to post short video clips of various technical skills that may help you to improve your own technique and abilities. I hope you will find them useful. This one is on all the various areas of the Penalty Corner. Video clips courtesy of YouTube. Click the menu button (arrow) to view more clips.