Canterbury Hockey is excited to inform the community with details for the U15 Extension Programme in 2024. A similar format will be followed this year with the extension programme being delivered in two parts once again, both delivered as standalone events. The Development Camps will be delivered during the July school holidays, and then the South Island Festival will take place during the October holidays (Please note – each module will have a separate registration process.)

The development camps will take place during the July school holidays over a three-day period. The camps will include a mixture of skill development and game play. Participants will be exposed to high-quality coaching to develop targeted technical and tactical principles that will benefit their long-term development. For the game play element, players will be assigned to teams to partake in a hockey 5’s festival.

The South Island Tournament & buildup will be delivered during September & October. Participants will be allocated to teams, that will participate in a South Island Festival event in the first week of October. The buildup to tournament will include several weekly training sessions focusing on skill and tactical development during September.

Programme Purpose:

Provide an inclusive development opportunity that extends 13–15-year-old (under 15) athletes, and coaches and umpires of this age group, beyond the experiences they receive in club/school hockey.

Programme Objectives:

Incorporate all interested athletes, coaches, and umpires, into a high-quality development focused programme that is distinctly different from club, school and U13 programme hockey experiences.

Provide an enjoyable experience that encourages participants and supporters to connect with others in the wider hockey community.

Develop targeted technical and tactical principles and concepts that will benefit participants long term development.

Ensure athlete welfare and workload is managed effectively.

Who:

Athletes - open registration for under 15 athletes who want to participate in an extension-focused development programme and meet the below criteria:

• Must be Year 9, 10 & 11 at school and over the age of 13 and under the age of 15 as of 1 January 2024.
• Must play for a club or school team entered in Canterbury Hockey’s winter competitions.
• Must have a minimum of at least 1 year playing experience for a club/school team.

 If you do not fit the above criteria and would like to enquire about registering, please contact Canterbury Hockey. 

 Programme Detail:

Development Camps:

• 3-day development camp that will consist of a mixture of training and small sided match play.
• Targeted development focus – Technical skills, tactical concepts, character traits.
• Day 1 & 2 split into morning and afternoon groups (by gender). On these days all groups will have a mixture of skill training sessions and hockey 5’s games. Day 3 will be all match play, hockey 5’s games.
• Block timing’s as follows – 9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm. Day 1 = Boys morning, Day 2 = Girl’s morning, Day 3 = both genders integrated across the day.
• Please note – due to hosting U18 National Tournament we had less space and to make the programme work we must balance with U13s during one week.

Dates:

Development Camp: 3 days in second week of school holidays.

• Day 1 = Monday 15^th July
• Day 2 = Tuesday 16^th July
• Day 3 = Friday 19^th July

South Island Tournament: Start date TBC for team trainings – concludes with South Island Festival Event – Monday 30^th September – Friday 4^th October (in Christchurch).

(Registrations for the tournament will take place separately, late July).

Cost:

Development Camp = $94.00. This price includes turf hire, training gear, coach and umpire development/support and administration-based costs.

Registration:

Registrations for both parts of the Extension Programme (Development Camp & South Island Tournament) will be completed separately.

All registrations will be completed using Play HQ. Please follow this link and then select the appropriate programme: https://www.playhq.com/hockey-new-zealand/org/canterbury-hockey-association/df572316/register

For any questions please contact: joe@canterburyhockey.org.nz

Athlete registration closes – midnight Sunday 30^th June, 2024