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MoPs Youth Hockey Player Development
Marjons of Plymouth HC is committed to the development of young talented players. In order to ensure that young players develop and enjoy hockey a number of issues need to be addressed. The following club documents help to cover all the major points
Youth Section Details
Training Thursday 6.30 to 7.45 at Marjons
Additional training may take place on a Wednesday 7.30 to 8.30 evening or if there is no game on a Sunday morning from 11.00 to 12noon. The additional cost to train on a Sunday is £10 for the whole season.
Coaching Team – Jamie Oxley (Head Coach), Simon Fenwick, Matthew Rattray, Paul Smith (GK Coach), Lee Hogden
Matches will mainly be on a Sunday
Match fees - £3
Kit – White shorts, club socks, shirt provided
Players are asked to wear mainly black tracksuit bottoms or jackets/tops before a match/warm up in. Club jackets and hooded tops are available to purchase.
Training & Recovery
Being prepared – to ensure that players and the team are prepared please ensure you make every effort to arrive in good time for training and matches.
“failure to prepare, prepare to fail”
Training to Train stage of the long term athlete development programme
During training
- Rehydrate every 20 – 30 minutes
After training
- Post-game sports drink and snack (high in energy, eg Jaffa Cakes)
- Active Recovery – gentle jog to walk
- Light stretch
- Contrast shower no too long after training or match. Cold shower to hot shower. Or sub merge lower body in cold bath and then have a hot shower.
- Meal ASAP
Before Bed:
- Gentle massage of legs and back
- Stretching especially back and legs
- Relaxation watch TV/read book
Weekly
- Swimming
- Stretching sessions – 20 mins
Monitoring your recovery – it is important as an active individual that you and your parents monitor your recovery from training and playing. This does not only apply to hockey. Here are some of the things you should be looking to do;
Daily record – well worth keeping a training diary of what you do. This way if you get ill or sustain an injury you can see if what you have been doing has had an impact. So what would you put in the diary
- Resting heart rate
- Energy/Fatigue – who you feel
- Self-esteem – do you feel good and up beat
- Quality of sleep – good or bad
- Muscle soreness – which muscles ache or give you constant pain
- Appetite – do you always feel hungry?
- Body weight
- External stress – like school work
- Illness or Injury
Ongoing
- Toilet checks – is your urine clear or bright yellow
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