Northampton Hockey Club Junior Leaders
Northampton Hockey Club Young Leaders scheme provides young people with the opportunity to develop their leadership skills and confidence in a hockey environment. The programme focuses on committing to tasks within the day-to-day life of the club where 13–18-year-olds can develop their: –
- Personal confidence
- Communication
- Initiative
- Preparation
These skills can be developed and improved through coaching and umpiring. Leaders can opt to become a junior umpire or a junior coach or both if they wish.We aim that all our young leaders develop their personal skills to allow them to put back into their sporting community and acquire skills to support them in later life. Both the umpiring and coaching roles can lead into paid roles at the club.
What activities should Junior Umpires undertake and how often?
| Umpiring | Activity | Course | Personal development | Frequency |
| Level 1 | Umpire games in a junior training session and internal badgers’ games | Complete umpire rules test on Hockey Hub | Personal Confidence to make a decision. Clear and audible communication to sell a decision. Communicate to players to manage them in the game. Arranging their own umpire slots for games. | 5 times in a season |
| level 2 | As above adding umpiring badgers league games ** | Complete Level 1 umpire course | 8 times in a season* | |
| Level 3 | Umpire m7 and or L5 games ** | Be observed and assessed to pass the level 1 course | 10 times in a season* |
*These can be a total of all three levels ** These are paid roles
| Coaching | Activity | Course | Personal development | Frequency |
| Level 1 | Deliver an activity created by an adult coach with a small group in a junior session. | Online Safe Hockey Course – 1 hour | Clear communication to explain an activity and keep players active Confidence to ensure players stick to the object of the activity. To take initiative where players need more help or to manage behaviour | One term – 10-12 weeks * |
| Level 2 | Adapt an activity written by an adult coach | Online safeguarding course 1 hour | One term – 10-12 weeks* | |
| Level 3 | Create a session plan around a theme to deliver with the adult coach. | Coaching Junior Hockey Course – 2 hours | One term – 10-12 weeks* |
* it is expected that leaders prioritise their own games over volunteering