The Pre-Season Hockey training for the upcoming term was enthusiastically led by ex-GB Hockey player and LP Hockey coach, Matt Richards, and by former Reading Hockey Club player, Ciaran O’Connell. Ciaran’s love of Hockey has driven him to establish ‘The Hockey PT’, a business specialising in strength and conditioning for hockey players, so the girls were in good hands!
Thursday 29th August welcomed 11 girls in Years 9 and 10 for a day of technical drills with passing, receiving and dribbling with the ball followed by a small sided game play and a small tournament. The following day 15 girls across the Year 11 to Upper Sixth age groups repeated the sessions and were delighted to meet Ciaran as well. Ciaran led the seniors through a structured warm up focusing on mobility, fun reaction warm up games, plyometrics training, acceleration mechanics and agility mechanics finishing off with team races enabling the players to practice their newly-honed skills.
Matt commented, “The girls responded really well to this and enjoyed the challenges. It was very good for team building ahead of the very busy Autumn season of hockey we have ahead!”
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