The Junior Section of Yeovil & Sherborne Hockey Club has been established to provide the best hockey coaching available to excite children about the game, to inspire their passion and to ensure success at all levels. We welcome all children from the ages of 7-14 regardless of their experience and ability. We will provide opportunities for all of them to reach their potential and enjoy the benefits that this team sport offers in terms of tactical, technical and fitness related skills specific to hockey and general recreational fun.
Note: As young people over-14 are permitted to play adult hockey they are classed as Senior (Students) and attend senior training and play in the senior teams. Alternatively they may train and play in U16 and U18 squads/teams, as part of the senior rather than the junior section.
Dedicated to excellence, the Club aspires to ensuring that junior hockey in Yeovil, Sherborne and the surrounding district ‘being the best it can be’.
Objectives
- To accelerate children’s technical, tactical and fitness skills in hockey.
- To provide schools with additional accelerated training for their athletes.
- To create and support playing opportunities for all ages and levels, from introductory to elite, as a way to grow participation and excellence in the sport.
- To provide volunteers and coaches with a training pathway with the purpose of developing or complementing their current skills.
Membership
Membership of the Junior Section covers School Years 3 to 9; the minimum age is 7 years at 31st August* at the start of the hockey season (the start of Year 3 Junior School). The children will train within their respective age groups: There may be exceptional circumstances where children are asked to train with an older age group but this will be at the coaches’ discretion. Under all circumstance the Club’s decision into which age group a junior player will be placed will be final.
Under-10s are defined as being aged under 10 years at 31st August* at the start of the hockey season. This encompasses school years 3 to 5, and training normally takes places on Saturday mornings (boys and girls) during school term-time, 8:45 to 9:45 am.
Under-12s are defined as being aged under 12 years at 31st August* at the start of the hockey season. This encompasses school years 6 to 7, and training normally takes places on Thursday evenings (boys and girls) during school term-time, 6:15 to 7:30 pm.
Under-14s are defined as being aged under 14 years at 31st August* at the start of the hockey season. This encompasses school years 8 to 9, and training normally takes places on Thursday evenings (boys and girls) during school term-time, 7:30 to 8:45 pm.
* The cut-off is midnight between 31st August and 1st September and aligned with school years.
Membership is subject to the approval of the Club’s Management Committee and on payment of the current annual subscription.
Existing Junior members who will be 14 years old and over at the start of the following season (School Year 10 and older) will be invited to attend Senior Section training at the end of the current season if the coaches feel they are ready to move up; otherwise they should continue to attend the Junior Section training.
Junior Contacts
Head Junior Coach: Heather Dixon
Junior Administrator/Secretary: Jo Stevenson: 07846 704866/01935 428498 juniors@yshc.co.uk