The Otago Hockey Association is offering some exciting clinics for any student interested in becoming a Hockey Goal Keeper, or extending their Goal Keeping Skills. Please read below to find out more details.

Have you ever thought about being a Hockey Goal Keeper? Well, goal keepers for next season and players wanting to improve their skills during the off season are being offered a great opportunity! Read below to find out how you can access some specialist coaching in this exciting area of sport! If you are interested, there could also be an opportunity for you to loan gear too, so the cost to you is minimal!

GOAL KEEPING CLINICS:

Otago Hockey Association is offering Post season goal keeper coaching clinics to all keepers in the U18, U16, U14 (Yr7, Yr 8&9) and U12 (Yr4, Yr 5&6) age groups.

If you are a budding keeper who wants to upskill and continue to develop the finer points of goalkeeping, this is a programme for you.

We will have set keeper coaches working with the Goal Keepers over the 6-week course. The Programme runs from the 1st November - 6th December

Wednesday afternoons from 4.00pm - 5.00pm.

There would be a cost of $60 for the programme.

This can be payable to OHA account:

03-0905-0460917-010

The focus will be on basic skills of Goal Keeping:

• Kicking
• Hand saves
• Sliding

We will be using the Ball Machine to fire balls at you, for repetition purposes. There will be fun competitive games between the keepers to help make each session as enjoyable as possible. To register, open the link below;

https://oha.org.nz/about-us/news/view/goal-keeper-coaching

KEYSTONE PROGRAMME:

Keystone Skills Training for school aged players

“The keystone is the most important stone. A stone arch or vault gains its stability from the placement of the keystone, which is often the last one placed. In hockey we develop our core skills without any pressure on us to perform, we can make mistakes and try again with being in a competition setting. Our Keystone program will help build stability in our core skills, help learn new skills and let us practice skills we saw another players using during the season – this is the perfect environment to practice them.”

Join our Keystone program and learn in a hockey friendly environment. Be tested and challenged in the best possible hockey way.

The cost for this 6 week program is $60 per person.
U16/ U14/ U12
U16 - Year 9, 10 & 11
U14 - Year 7, 8 & 9
U12 - Year 4, 5 & 6

The Keystone Program will run:

Wednesday 4.00pm – 5.00pm
1st November
8th November
15th November
22nd November
29th November
6th December

https://oha.org.nz/.../view/2023-keystone-skills-training

Any questions please email Hymie at hockey@oha.org.nz

Ngā mihi,

Bonnie Gradwell: Competitions Manager

P: 03 474 9201 competitions@oha.org.nz | W: www.oha.org.nz

The McMillan Hockey Centre, 65 Harbour Terrace, Dunedin | PO Box 5098, Dunedin 9054