Pre-Season Indoor Hockey Academy - Ryde Aquatic Centre

OzSports is pleased to be associated with Sydney Indoor Hockey Association and provide this pre-season indoor hockey academy.

The six week Academy will be held on Wednesday evenings at Ryde Aquatic Centre.

- Experienced coaches including current National and State players
- Wednesdays, August 25 to September 29, 2010
- Players grouped according to age & ability
- Suitable for all current players aged 11 to 18 years including age group rep
players
- Sessions run from 6:30pm to 8:00pm each week

More information and Online registration

Indoor Hockey Clinics - October School Holidays

OzSports is pleased to be associated with Sydney Indoor Hockey Association and is running two indoor hockey clinics in 2010.

The Clinics wil be held in the October school holidays at Hurstville Leisure Centre and Ryde Aquatic Centre.

- Boys and girls 6-15 years old
- Players grouped according to age & ability
- Beginners welcome
- Skill development session
- High intensity training exercises
- Game play
- Fun activities
- Session run from 10am to 4pm

More information and Online registration

New Indoor Range Now Available at our Ryde F-H-E Shop

 

The new range of Gryphon and Taurus indoor sticks now available in our Ryde store. We will also be in Maitland for the Junior Carnival on August 15 so if you live in the Maitland area come and see us and pick up a great bargain on 2010 outdoor sticks. More info. Keith Thompson Hockey Centre Waterloo Road, North Ryde, 2113 Phone: 02 8086 1101 Email: ryde@f-h-e.com.au Opening Hours: Mon-Fri 5:00pm - 9:00pm Sat 8:00am - 4:00pm Sun Closed

Ivan Boulton
Mob: 0405 614 278
Email: ivan@ozsports.com.au
www.ozsports.com.au 

Indoor hockey 2010

Dear Players and Families,

It seems a recurring theme but in a blink the field hockey season will be over and indoor hockey will be upon us.

A number of you will be very familiar with indoor hockey - for some it will be a new phenomenon.

Some basic guidelines are as follows:

1. As the name would suggest the game is played indoors on something akin to a basketball court. There are boards around the perimeter of the court and the ball can be played 'off' the boards.

2. A different stick is required as the ball is different, and the rules do not permit hitting the ball (rules are attached).

3. The ball can only be lifted in the circle and only when a shot on goal.

4. The competition is six a side (including a goalkeeper) and generally played in two 20 minutes halves.

5. Shin guards and mouth guards must be worn.

6. Details of the competition venues are outlined in the attached booklet. As yo will see the precise location for each age group is not specified. As a rule the younger age groups (U9s, U11s, U13s) are at Ryde, and older age groups are at Hurstville.

7. Junior competitions are scheduled on a Sunday.

8. The club does not organise the registration of teams for indoor. What generally occurs is that groups of team-mates will organise a team. Eight to nine players is a good number for a team registration. Often players invite their friends to join with them. That is fantastic although I would also like to think that anyone from Ryde who would like to play for a Ryde team could do so.

9. The club asks that teams playing in the Ryde strip are called Ryde.

10. Teams often organise their own strips (all permissible) and within the realms of decency and good taste come up with inventive names.

11. Registration of teams takes place on 1 September at Ryde Aquatic Centre (not Homebush). All that is required is that someone from the team takes the completed form (contained in attachment ) and the team fee.

12. Just on team fees - depending on age group they are either $500 or $580 per team. If there are eight players in the team that generally works out at around $70 each but you may also need to factor in the cost of buying some indoor balls for the team. I have attached a registration form as a separate document. There is also a form in the book.

13. The club is happy for Ryde goalie gear to be used - so long as it is looked after and then returned.

14. In the past a group of parents have normally put their hands up to coach/convene the team. There is generally no team training required. You just turn up and play on the day. Indoor hockey does not quite have the same routine as field hockey but there are many moments of fun, and is great for skill development. For those families who enjoyed the enthusiasm and organisation of Michael Penski in 2009 you will be pleased to know that Michael will once again be involved in junior indoor hockey organisation this year.

15. There is a great deal of information contained in the attached booklet about representative indoor hockey as well. To that end there has already been a class for triallists for U13 representative indoor hockey. I have attached this flyer.

16. So if you are interested - start organising a team among your team-mates. It can be great fun.

Good luck,
Meg

Indoor Training Camps

Ozsports are running indoor hockey training sessions leading up to the season start for those juniors wanting to sharpen their indoor skills and get the edge over the competition.

Click Here for flyer.