As part of the Pathways Programme you are to attend the Tri Series to do analysis. You must choose one of the below games and be at the gate at 6pm to recieve your analysis sheet and entry pass.
If you haven't completed your Analysis sheet you can download it here. Hand it in at your next Pathways session.
Wednesday 27 February NZ vs Ireland 6.30pm
Thursday 28 February NZ vs China 6.30pm
Make sure you are at the gate by the top carpark at 6pm to recieve your analysis sheet and entry pass.
There are no Pathways turf training during the Tri Series, training will commence as normal the week beginning 3 March.
The pathways programme is invite only for field players and by application for GKs. The players that have been invited are the top 5-7 players (ranked by the head coach from the previous year) returning to the same age group team. Ie players who played U13 last year and still eligible in 08. We have a shortage of GKs in Wellington and this is one way to up-skill the GKs we have.
The programme has been set up this way after consulting various other associations in NZ and overseas as well as other codes in the greater Wellington region. The returning players have been targeted as they will more than likely form the core of the 08 rep teams.
Acceptance into the Pathways Programme does not guarantee that you will be selected for the age group representative team.
The objective of the pathways programme is to give the players a re-education on the core skills required of representative players. It will then be expected that the pathways players pass on these skills to thier club and/or school teams.
There will be also more hockey in the form of holiday programmes and longer training periods for representative teams in season 08.
If you have any questions about this or the representative programme don't hesitate to contact the CoachForce Officer.
Hemant Lala
CoachForce Officer.