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...
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...
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...
We sought the views of clubs in both halves of the split leagues in the men’s Premier Division. Tomorrow, we will publish verdicts from the women’s coaches
For the first time this season, we saw a split league at the...
Season in Review Our columnist reflects on a season of restructure and a GMS yet to go live, but says the league transition has its positives
When England Hockey decided to restructure the leagues, there was no doubt that this...
If just one team is promoted or relegated there is potential for a side to spend several seasons languishing in an unsuitable league
The England Hockey league restructure has already been a source of controversy for a smorgasbord of administrational...
David Lloyd-Williams says the cultural shift with England Hockey's new system will change the face of the sport
The new, (not yet fully) shiny Game Management System isn’t just about the admin side of the game.
Some wonderful things will...
In the final part of his series, JON ROYCE believes that the new structure undermines the relationships between local clubs and proposes a fix for the future
Who will pay for the additional pitch time and coaching fees required to...
JON ROYCE continues his forthright series and says that we need to incentivise national league coaches and former players to involve themselves in coaching and selection
Clubs function by balancing the demands of first team, adult participation teams and junior...
Continuing his exclusive series, leading coach JON ROYCE says that we need to bring independent schools under the umbrella of clubs to stem burnout and player dissatisfaction
Back in the 1970s, many former grammar school pupils moved into the independent...