Tuesday, November 28, 2023

England Hockey Restructure

Have your say: England Hockey launches five-year strategy

England Hockey has promised to make the sport "more visible, relevant, and accessible" after launching new objectives and values earlier this month -- now you can have your say on the sport's plans. The national governing body says its 'Creating...

Talent Academies can be step in right direction for mental health in youth hockey

In recent times, there has been a lot of talk within football as to ensuring the mental health of youth players is adequately looked after. There is a wealth of discourse surrounding young individuals within the football academy system...

County fall-out: ‘England Hockey’s ill-conceived Talent Academy only caters for elite’

Koo Janzen, Hampshire Hockey Association Player Pathway Committee chairman, says England Hockey’s governance restructuring is having a detrimental impact on junior hockey Now that England Hockey have abandoned the player pathway completely and replaced it with the travesty that is...

How one club is benefiting from England Hockey’s new Talent Academy system

When the Talent Academy system was set up there were understandable concerns as to how this might affect smaller clubs with junior players. According to Fleet and Ewshot HC, any fears have been unfounded and the benefits to the...

Conversations key to nurturing talent in England Hockey’s new system

Siôn Kitson is Talent Partnership Manager at England Hockey overseeing the delivery of Talent Academies across the country, whilst supporting the wider implementation of England Hockey’s new Talent System. This is the fourth part of the series. Talent Academies are...

England Hockey defends ‘swift’ GMS decision

England Hockey has defended its decision to use an “independently conducted stress testing" company chaired by the national governing body’s own chair in a bid to iron out the continued problems with its Game Management System (GMS), The Hockey...

England Hockey Talent Centre: ‘A collaborative system to get best for juniors’

In the third part of our series in collaboration with England Hockey on the new Talent Centre, we look at the first cohort of clubs working towards Talent Centre Accreditation as part of the new Talent System Gary Johnson is...

Stourport aim to nurture midlands’ hockey talent after Talent Academy status

Stourport HC want to widen its appeal to more children from state schools after being offered a licence to operate as a Talent Academy, to work with 15-18-year-olds as they progress to future stars of Team GB. Stourport will run...

How are England Hockey’s new talent development plans progressing?

In the second part of our series, England Hockey's Heather Williams looks at how the new talent development is shaping up Whenever I’ve discussed the changes to our talent system, I’ve found that people immediately want to understand the...

England Hockey: It’s only with the community that we can build a great Talent System 

Heather Williams is head of Elite Talent Development at England and Great Britain Hockey, and is currently part of the team leading the development and implementation of England Hockey’s new Talent Development System.  I get asked a lot, ‘why’. ‘Why...
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