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First stick and ball session - PLUS bite size fitness!

Get your season off to the right start with Sportplan's First stick and ball session PLUS your pre-season Bite Size Fitness sessions, a 30 minute conditioning session to continue improving your players' fitness levels!

Stick and ball

This week we set the tempo for the season by getting your players to once again pick up sticks, starting with some simple drills to reintroduce them to ball control, passing and moving with the ball.

Hopefully your team has already been working on their fitness, individually and as a team. However little can be done to prepare the body for the bending and moving motions of a hockey match.

To get your players used to bending and moving again give your players their first stick and ball session!

Try them both here - Stick Work and Pre-Season Fitness! - full members can log in download them now, or you can upgrade today.

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Bite Size Fitness!

Two tasty nuggets of fitness goodness for you to take onto the field with you once again! At roughly 30 minutes each, from warm up to cool down, these mini sessions are the ideal way to begin your sessions!

Continue to work on your players' physical conditioning and make it relevant to what they'll need in their first games of the season with this week's Bite Size pre-season fitness sessions!

Try them both here - Stick Work and Pre-Season Fitness! - full members can log in download them now, or you can upgrade today.

Ready for stick and ball? Pre-Season conditioning session

This week we're bringing you the forth and final instalment of your Pre-Season conditioning program before we start with your stick and ball sessions.

We hope that you've enjoyed using the Sportplan conditioning sessions, seeing real results with your players' fitness levels through giving structure to your pre-season fitness preparations.

In this final full-length fitness session we work on a little bit of everything - Strength, Cardio, Speed and Agility. So go on, dig deep and push hard with this final session to get all your players' systems working!

We're not going to drop the fitness though, from next week in addition to your regular Sportplan session you can look forward to Sportplan's bite-size fitness sessions! At only half an hour long they're ideal for using with your players before you get to work on their stick work.

From warm-up to cool-down this session explains every step of your training with detailed notes and images, enabling you to push your players hard to get them fit and raring for the approaching season.

PLUS - each session comes with a handy A4 summary sheet for you print and take with you to the pitch.

In addition to this work-out session we're also sharing with you a second Sportplan session which works on switching the ball out of the danger area. In this full length session we focus on passing the ball to create space and expose holes in your opposition's defence.

Try both these brilliant sessions with your players today, one for stick work and the other for pre-season conditioning.

One final push! Dig deep and feel the burn! - full members can get their copy, log in and download it now, or you can upgrade today to get your Sportplan Pre-Season conditioning session.

Keep possession like the Kookaburras!

Don't stop now! This week we're bringing you part 3 of your Pre-Season conditioning program - Written by a professional personal trainer specifically for getting hockey players ready for the fast approaching season - which continues to work your players hard, improving their cardiovascular endurance and leg strength.

In this week's session we continue to push your players hard, gradually increasing the intensity so that your players will be fit and ready for their first match. By preparing for the next season you'll get them mentally and physically ready for the new season. By building up their strength and stamina levels you'll be able to help your players avoid getting injured by preparing their muscles for demands of a full 70 minute long match.

From warm-up to cool-down this session explains every step of your training with detailed notes and images, enabling you to push your players hard to get them fit and raring for the approaching season.

PLUS - each session comes with a handy A4 summary sheet for you print and take with you to the pitch.

In addition to this work-out session we're also sharing with you a second Sportplan session which works on the dribble-dash. In this full length session we focus on running at speed with the ball under control towards defenders.

Why not try both these brilliant sessions with your players today, one for stick work and the other for pre-season conditioning.

Keep pushing hard and feel the burn! - full members can get their copy, log in and download it now, or you can upgrade today to get your Sportplan Pre-Season conditioning session.