Support, Resources and Development Opportunities

To make it easier for schools to access support to deliver more fun, safe, and enjoyable hockey opportunities, we’ve developed a schools membership offer. This aims to bring together and enhance the range of support available for schools and teachers, ensuring it is relevant to the stage they are at on their hockey delivery journey.

To find out more about our Schools Membership package visit our dedicated page.

If you are a teacher delivering within the curriculum or extracurricular activity we have a number of Coaching Workshops to help give you the support, knowledge and confidence to ensure you deliver fun and engaging sessions.  Great experiences engage children in all activities which are not only exciting but encourage lifelong learning and development.  

Bespoke practical workshops can be delivered in individual schools on request or booked as an individual via the Hockey Hub.  

The Hockey Hub

The Hockey Hub hosts learning for teachers offering e-learning on Quicksticks and In2hockey and additional resources, such as the online safeguarding, diversity and inclusivity training, Hockey Heroes, Online shop and much more. 

For some parts of the Hockey Hub you require a log-in but don't worry it's free to sign up.

Beginners to Intermediate – suitable for Primary and Secondary School Teachers 

• Engaging Games for Children – Practical ideas on how to deliver fun, safe and engaging sessions for young people   
• Introduction to Hockey Coaching Workshop - Gain confidence and support to ensure that the sessions you take are safe, suitable and inspiring for the players you coach  

Intermediate to Advanced - suitable for Secondary School Teachers 

There are a number of online workshops that will provide information and resources that will build on previous hockey and coaching knowledge and help to apply it to a school setting  

• Coaching For Club Players Online Workshop - Understand the different needs and motivations of players and share common challenges/barriers when coaching in a school environment 
• “Game”  Online Workshops – Attacking, Defending, Goalscoring & GK's Workshops - Opportunity to focus on one of the principles of the game in-depth and how to create great sessions linked to this theme.  
• 'Practice Design' Online Workshop -  – Support the teachers to plan and deliver fun and engaging sessions linked to the different principles of the game  - attacking/defending/goalscoring. 

To find out more visit the Hockey Hub.

Hockey Heroes school-specific delivery content outlines a series of game and challenge-based content aimed at key stage 1 which can be delivered either in curriculum or extra-curricular. Digital illustrated lesson cards provide full game explanations, along with hints and tips on how to adapt the delivery to suit individual players or the group. Click here to find out more information on all the support and resources available to teachers.

Equipment packs are also available and have been adapted to include plastic hockey sticks which are better suited for younger children and a large, light and safer ball.

The Quicksticks Curriculum Resource and Challenge Cards have been designed for use with primary age children at Key Stage 2. The Resource uses these Challenge Cards to bring a variety of linked activities to children and follows the Key Stage 2 curriculum content. It includes Units of Work for years 3, 4, 5 and 6, and each of the Units of Work have been designed so they can be taught to a class of children over a period of 6 weeks. The challenge cards can also be used as a stand-alone resource by pupils and staff, and they allow you to deliver hockey in gradual stages.  These can be purchased from the Hockey Hub shop.  If you would like some free example delivery content visit the Hockey Hub for a helpful guide to delivering hockey in primary school. 

To support your delivery a free Quicksticks online training course is available, and this has been developed as a flexible training tool to introduce and help build confidence in Quicksticks delivery. A series of videos and supporting downloads take you through the steps of planning and delivering Quicksticks in various settings including artificial pitches, tennis courts, playgrounds and sports halls.

Additionally a range of Quicksticks school equipment packs including, sticks, balls and goals are available to purchase, there are a variety of different options available. 

Quickflicks is a series of hockey-based educational challenges ideal for the classroom.

The collection of visual resources helps teachers to deliver a range of primary curriculum subjects in a fun and engaging way.

From calculating the number of Quicksticks hockey sticks that can be placed around the perimeter of a hockey pitch to measuring the force of different sporting objects, the challenges are brought to life by the use of videos and images, alongside downloadable cards.

The In2Hockey curriculum resource and delivery cards consist of a core set plus two accompanying bolt-ons to assist with the delivery of the game. The core resource comprises of a teacher and coaches' resource booklet including three sets of session plans and a series of 51 delivery cards. Two additional bolt-on resources are also available to support the introduction of goalkeepers, and to help with the development of In2Hockey umpires. 

All have been designed for use with secondary age children at Key Stage 3 in years 7, 8 and 9, and link to the Key Stage 3 national curriculum. References to each strand are clearly identified in the core resource booklet and session plans. The resource uses delivery cards to bring a variety of linked/progressive activities for developing hockey skills and techniques over a period of six weeks. They are colour coded using a traffic light system to help teachers identify activities which are at an appropriate level for the group that they are working with. 

Each age group has a specific focus: 

• Year 7/U12: Developing 1v1 skills(individual ball carrying) 
• Year 8/U13: Playing 2v1 
• Year 9/U14: Making good decisions 

The session plans suggest the use of relevant delivery cards to set up challenges to develop specific skills and achieve key outcomes. The delivery cards can also be used as a stand-alone resource by pupils and staff, and allow you to deliver hockey in gradual stages.

There are around 800 community hockey clubs across the country, and England Hockey actively encourages clubs to engage with their local community.  Many of these clubs would be keen to support school delivery and festivals/competitions.

To find out about hockey clubs in your area please visit: find a club. The Junior Coordinator at a club is usually the main contact regarding Club-School Links. 

There are a variety of options available for schools to participate in competitive competitions. Alternatively, you can run your own mini-event or festival. You can find more information about competitions and festivals here.    

Young Leaders can get involved in helping to deliver hockey in a variety of ways. England Hockey offers support to help develop the future leaders for clubs in a number of different ways, with a focus on Leadership, Umpiring and Coaching.

There are online training modules which support the development of young leaders’ knowledge of the game both in umpiring and coaching on the HockeyHub, plus then specific Leadership training courses which can be delivered by clubs to support the delivery of the Quicksticks and In2Hockey formats. These are a great entry point to some of the more formal delivery of development within the England Hockey Coaching and Umpiring pathways.

Find out more here.

The Hockey Hub shop has all the equipment schools require to successfully deliver hockey including sticks, balls, goals, resource cards, equipment bags and more.

The Marketing Portal is an online portal where you can access and personalise posters and certificates to support with promotion of your hockey sessions.