#GetSeasonReady | England Hockey

Our #GetSeasonReady 2025/26 campaign is your essential toolkit for club success this year and beyond.

This campaign centralises essential resources, guidance, and expert advice, providing practical tools to help clubs ensure all the fundamentals are in place for the new season, enabling them to optimise performance, develop potential, and build strong foundations for the future.

How can #GetSeasonReady help your club? 

Built directly on the principles of "What Makes a Great Club" – our strategy for club success and sustainability – #GetSeasonReady is designed to help you strengthen your club across its seven key areas. You can expect to benefit by:

Achieving Smoother Club Operations: Experience less hassle and more efficient administration, allowing you to focus on what you love: hockey.
Enhanced Planning & Preparation: Access a wealth of downloadable tools, guides, and templates to streamline your club's planning and preparation.
Informed Decision-Making: Benefit from valuable insights and best practices shared by experts across England Hockey, leading third-party sports development specialists, and the wider club network.
Supporting Player & Volunteer Growth: Access tools, opportunities, and ideas to help your players develop and ensure your volunteers feel supported and grow.
Building a Stronger Future: We're helping you build a club that's vibrant and sustainable for years to come, firmly rooted in its community.
Meeting Player Needs: Better understand and respond to your members' needs while attracting new ones.
Fostering a Safe, Positive & Welcoming Environment: Make sure everyone feels included, valued, safe, and truly welcome as part of your club.
Stronger Community Ties: Connect with the broader hockey community through online forums and webinars to share experiences, learn from others, and expand your club's network.

Get Started Today! 

Click on the links below to explore the resources and support available to help you get all areas of your club as prepared as possible for the new season. 

Having Great Leadership

Running a club takes vision and drive… Having great leadership is critical to the success and future sustainability of the club.

Having Appropriate and Sustainable Facilities

A fundamental requirement for hockey is access to long term, appropriate, and sustainable facilities which include room to improve and develop as your club grows.

Having Inspired and Effective People

At the heart of every club are people like you. A dedicated group including coaches, umpires, organisers, captains and volunteers

Ways to Play That Meet Player Needs

Learn how to understand and respond to your member’s needs, and attract new ones.

Being Friendly, Welcoming and Social

Having a friendly, welcoming and sociable club is the most important factor in being a club member

Being Local with Strong Community Connections

Ensuring your club is well known, relevant and visible with genuine local connections in your community will help with it thrive

Stretching and Developing Those That Want it

The best clubs look to provide all with appropriate opportunities to develop specific hockey skills or take on greater responsibility.

England National Teams

Players taken forward Initial Assessment into England Age Group Squads for 2025–26

England National Teams

Albery misses next Euro match due to concussion

Participation

Community Competitions & Events England Hockey Leagues England National Teams GB Hockey Governance Hockey History