Field Hockey is a fast paced and high skill game, combining fitness with speed & strength.

Our Hockey training programs are designed to maximise your sporting performance to ensure you reach your Hockey potential.

Continuing reading for a comprehensive list of the physical qualities developed in our Hockey training programs.

Hockey Fitness & Conditioning

Aerobic training addresses the foundation of any conditioning program – maximal oxygen uptake. Aerobic capacity represents the individuals ability to generate energy through the use of oxygen. For the Hockey player, it is particularly important to aid recovery between bouts of exercise and to allow the athlete to maintain a high level of intensity over the full four (4) quarters. This base must be developed so that we are able to explore the potential of anaerobic training.

Anaerobic training addresses the athletes ability to recover from repeat high intensity exercise and to allow for efficient removal of the waste products associated with anaerobic energy production such as lactic acid. The anaerobic system promotes the development of the strong, powerful athletic movements essential for success at the highest level – this is an essential element of the modern Hockey game.

Hockey Speed & Agility Training

Speed training addresses the athlete’s ability to perform repeat high speed movements in a safe and optimal manner. In any team sport, it is often said that there is no substitute for speed – these programs, alongside the development of functional and absolute strength, allow speed to be a strength rather than a weakness!

These sessions provide a progressive approach to the development of Hockey specific speed and agility, starting from the development of general speed technique, functional mobility and postural strength to the development of the multi directional acceleration qualities essential to the modern game of Hockey. All facets of speed development are addressed, including increasing contact speed, plyometric advancement and speed endurance qualities.

Together with strength training (detailed below) these sessions provide a progressive approach to the development of Netball specific speed. Each week is designed to build on the previous allowing the athlete to progress through increasing intensities and complexities of exercise in order to develop a sound foundation essential for the game of Netball. This type of fitness is often the difference between making, breaking or missing critical moments in the game.

Hockey Strength & Power Training

As with any weight training program, it is imperative to support strength and power development with a comprehensive injury prevention and functional development program. Functional body management programs complement the gains made in the strength programs by addressing the quality and range of movement that allows all movements to be performed in a safe and productive manner.