National Training Weekends are held at:
Bushfields Sports Centre
Orton Centre
Peterborough
PE2 5RQ
Tel: 01733 234018
National Training Clothing
When attending National Training, all players must ensure that they wear:
- A White England Roller Hockey National Training T-shirt
- White Socks
- Blue Shorts
March National Training
The player list for National Training is now available to download here
The schedule for National Training is available here
Reduced Squads will be announced by the end of this week. The players named should bring a £100 deposit to National Training and pass over to the NRHA as part of their committment to play in any Championships. Players not selected for the final squads will have their £100 deposit refunded. Any players withdrawn will lose their deposit
Over the past few months I have been working on reorganising my training structure for young players within the National Roller Hockey Association's national training weekends. Whilst in a perfect world a player should be placed in their own age groups from as young an age as possible, we have to work with many constraints (i.e. numbers, financial costs, rink availability, distance etc.) within English Roller Hockey.
Having given this matter much thought I feel that I have settled on a format that will not only serve the needs of today's players but players for years to come.
Format for National Training
National training will be split into five sessions:
- 1. Basic training - 3 hours
- 2. Pre Project Development Squad - 3 hours
- 3. Final three years Preparation Squad - 3 hours (project 2012)
- 4. Final two years Preparation Squad - 4 hours (project 2011)
- 5. Final year Preparation Squad - 6 hours (project 2010)
Project 2010 will have 3 hours on Saturday and 3 hours on Sunday to ensure that this Project can have time with Juniors Squad - the cost for both sessions will be £18.
Basic Training
These sessions will be adapted for the very young and inexperienced player. We will concentrate on basic skating, stick control and fundamental understanding of the game and rules.
Pre Project Development Squads
This group is for the more advanced players of any age group. While this group may be sub divided during its time allocation the structure will be the same i.e., covering a higher level of understanding of all aspects of the game. One major asset of this group will be for the development of the player coming into the project late, by allowing them to feel more comfortable and capable whilst they close the ability gap with their peers.
Project Development Squads
While players are grouped to allow for the successful development of teams for the Schoolboy European Championships, I may at my discretion introduce players above and below the age category to:
a) enhance an individual's development i.e. a younger player
b) Strengthen groups for group experience i.e. an older player
At all times the groups will constantly be re-assessed and players switched around to suit individual and squad needs. After each European Championship the year groups will automatically be moved up and a new year group introduced always giving more training/rink time to the final one and two year preparation squads.
The cost of all other sessions will remain as they are at the moment, which is £12 for each 3hr session and £6 for siblings. Where a player is invited to attend a second session in NTW this cost will also be £6.
All the Project Squads will share time on the rink with other projects.
For example, Project 2012 will have share time with 2013 and 2011, this way we can develop our teams to a higher standard.
It is imperative for all the players that will be announced in the Project Squads to attend every National Training or at least 10 out 12 in a year and the players will be asked to attend at least one camp, one trip abroad as well as extra sessions during school holidays.
Juniors
October saw the start of the open sessions for England Juniors.
All players born in 1991,1992 and 1993 and who want to be considered to play for England in the European Juniors in 2010 are welcome to attend.
National Squads
In relation to the reduced squads for the National Teams, that will be announced on the Monday after National Training,
please download this memo from the NRHA President.
Please can you ensure that you have completed a National Training registration form for 2008/2009
Over 18's
Under 18's
New Players
Any new player please contact me and I will assess which training you should attend.
Non Attendance
If you are unable to attend National Training it is important that you notify me on 07957595565 or my email.
If you need to contact me on the day, please call Marisa Parfitt on 07881656703.
Where players have been absent from National Training weekends for three months or more in a row,
they will be removed from the list and must contact me before attending again.
Ladies
Due to the increasing numbers of players, Ladies must all attend their designated training on a Sunday,
any Lady who wishes to attend on a Saturday must contact me first for availability.
All players must attend the session that they have been selected for.
I may invite players to attend an additional or alternate session,
but this will be at my discretion to ensure that the players are developed to the best of their ability
Prices
Please note that due to Bushfields Sports Centre increasing their prices, I too have had to make increases.
New fees from September 2008
£12 per player for first session attended
£6 per extra session attended
£6 per sibling
Please read the full breakdown here.
The National Development Plan has been devised in an effort to help in the improvement of the general standard of Roller Hockey in England and can be seen in full on the NRHA Web-site.