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Progression is an extremely important factor. As a result, my aim is to work with Flyerz again. They are a hockey club who work with hockey players of all ages and abilities. Due to how popular this club is at working with young players, they provide excellent career pathways and exit routes into more professional hockey teams. They work with foundation groups and also higher like performance and participation. This means players who attend the facilities will have the opportunity to reach higher levels of the game. According to wikipedia, there are 32,000 players. this number is small so i aim to increase it

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my second aim would be to target specific target groups to ensure all can feel included at the local hockey club. I would specifically target woman and girls within the local area to attract more female athletes to come and try hockey. i would do this as the case study states that there are only 'two women's ' compared to 'four mens teams' i would help get more woman included by using a share of the £1.5 million (donated by the retired England hockey player) in order to revamp the ' old wooden clubhouse ' and ensure that there are more changing facilities for woman to use. this would be a benefit as it means we could get more woman's teams involved and increase the participation  of woman within hockey at our local club

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my aim is to promote hockey for those with disabilities, this means making sticks adjustable to the individual players and making it inclusive to everyone so they can equally participate

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My aim is to make sure we include as many age groups as possible to create the next generation of hockey players. To make sure this happens i will create multiple teams catered to each age group. By doing this it will create a inclusive environment. I will advertise in schools as that's where the main target is aimed at.

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to help progress further now i want to give good players a chance to go to the next level by giving them a chance to do trials for academies which then they can go and reach there full potential. to be able to have a chance you have to be noticed by your club to be able to have a chance to take part in a trial.

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Another of my aims would be to improve the progression in the hockey club and make more people go up the sports continuum. To do this i would make sports days and club events to help the progression in players and also so scouts and academy people can come and watch and pick up players they think are good enough. The picture above shows the talent progression in the England hockey system. This is an example for how we can set up events and get players involved into the England hockey system and allow them to become professional players.

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England Hockey

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another aim will involve progression because this will be able to show the quality people have made throughout the time period they have been playing the sport. at the start i will start a fun event which everyone can attend and you wouldn't need a certain ability to be able to play. however as time goes on it will improve from grass root level and then will progress to the academy level and this will be proven by me getting in some scouts so the can see some talent and this will also cause the participants to play even better. and after this it will become an elite performance so there will be more than scouts to watch these participants play.

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to help progression in hockey, you will have different levels for people as they are then able to play with others that are at the same level as them while playing. by doing this it will improve all these players and then they will be able to increase the standard that they play at. this also increases there social skills as they will be playing with more people when they are progressing through the ranks in hockey

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My first aim to help young people progress is by having different exit routs, we will also be linked to every county team in our local area. We will also have scouted going to teams in our local are this will be to increase the chances of someone going pro in Worcestershire.

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i aim to increase inclusivity in hockey by renovating the clubhouse. they will be bigger to adhere to disabled personnel, and will have other adaptations like a changing village rather than gendered changing rooms. therefore, members of the lgbtq+ community will feel more welcomed and appreciated. on average, 4% of lgbtq+ members felt comfortable in the sports place they were in when they were upset as reported by forbes. this number is incredibly small, which is why it is so important to improve. the current facilities are "outdated" and small

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Different levels that they can progress you onto

Foundation: Youth Hockey and Skill Development: Youth hockey serves as the foundation for a player’s development

Competitive Youth Hockey: As players progress, they may move into more competitive youth leagues

Select Programs and Travel Teams

Junior Hockey

Considerations for Junior Hockey

College and Professional Opportunities

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to help progression we will have different levels of hockey e.g for starters we will have a beginners level the n for the best players we will have a professional level team but we will also be linked with other clubs that can facilitate higher level players.

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to be able to increase this in hockey would be to have clubs that are allowing anyone to play. you might have to do this by allowing some players to have some discounts if they cannot afford equipment. by doing this you will get more people socializing and coming to play hockey

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My first aim is to include people in hockey, we will do this by get more of the disabled people involved, we can do this because an ex hockey player left us 1.4 million to re build the facilities so we can build ramps for people on wheel chairs we can also hair people that are experts with dealing with disabled people. One group that already does this is Flyeris Hockey and they are already experts in this field. We want to target this area because because everyone deserves some exercise and feel normal.

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my third aim would be the progression development of the players across the sport continuum. a big barrier is the start within the foundation level of each target group. this is because without fundamental grassroots to participate in sports like hockey. according to wordpress.com the sports continuum helps show what happens in each stage of the continuum. according to englandhockey they do county trials over the year to help players progress as players and help them move up the sport continuum.

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my aim to help the players progress will be to have an academy side more the better and more experienced side. this team will be in a higher league and trying to get them up the sporting continuum. this could also lead to talent scouts coming to matches which will allow the better players to play at a higher level

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my second aim is to help get children with disabilities more involved and reached out to as they are unable to take part in a lot of activities across the world. flyerz hockey is a hockey game made for people with disabilities they have adapted equipment suitable for the players needs to play and enjoy the game as being active can make you a happier person. from hockey England 2022 kath who plays for a club in harboune has said, “it makes me happy every time I come and play with Harborne. It feels really good to play for a real hockey club. this is good to see how there is starting to create more opportunities for disabled people.

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my aim to help the players progress will be to have an academy side more the better and more experienced side. this team will be in a higher league and trying to get them up the sporting continuum. this could also lead to talent scouts coming to matches which will allow the better players to play at a higher level

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to make the sport more inclusive we would introduce walking hockey to include the elderly and keep them fit. We would also make this sport more inclusive by for the elderly using longer hockey sticks so they don't have to bend down as far. Also we would introduce ramps and lifts into the facility so it accessible for wheelchair uses and people who are less stable on their feet. In 2023 only 55 percent over the age of 55 were active. by doing this and including a alternative version of the sport it should push the percentage up.

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Another aim would be to improve inclusivity in hockey especially for women as there are only 2 female hockey teams compared to the 4 men hockey teams. This is because women are less likely to play hockey with the popularity decreases from 77,200 to 49,200 in the space of 5 years (statstica august 2018). To hopefully gain more interest in women hockey i will set up fundraisers and fun days for women and girls to make the interest stronger from a young age o the next generations will have a stronger interest in hockey.

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to progess young players i will improve the relationship with the county teams. This will help young players move onto the next stage of their player pathway. i will do this by sending the best young players to county trials which according to hockeyengland.com happen twice every year

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Inclusivity - My first aim for developing the hockey club will be to adapt and improve the grounds and facilities at the club using the £1.5 million from the retired hockey player. This will improve inclusivity by providing appropriate changing facilities suited to the LGBTQ+ community and disabilities. Another way the facilities would be adapted to imrpove the facilities would be to suit disabilties, this would allow more people to have the opportunities to play field hockey no matter there abilities and restrictions. Flyerz Hockey, established in 2018 said in 2023 that 'over the past six years there club has grow with upwards of 50 children young people with disabilities attend their Sunday sessions'. This shows how much of an effect inclusivity has on people and the importance that all people to be able to have the same opportunities.

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my second aim is to improve the inclusivity by targeting certain age groups. especially women, and LGBTQ+. this is because these target groups struggle to be able to attend sports especially the well known ones. this has been a trouble so this is why march is the significant day to celebrate women's history month. this will be positive because if this improves more women would have the confidence to start trying new sports such as field hockey. i am doing this because i feel like this will help the community a lot because it will be bringing us all together by allowing everyone to be playing with each other.

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to increase participation in hockey you could advertise clubs over social media. by putting it over social media you are able to target the younger generation that might want to start playing hockey for a club. another way to improve participation in hockey would be to have better equipment for the hockey clubs to use, by doing this you are able to allow the players to maybe play better as they have better equipment and it would make them enjoy it more

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my aim is  to make people from all backgrounds, ages and abilities feel welcomed, respected and valued and that they belong in the hockey club or organization. Being inclusive is about implementing best practices for what hockey should be so that everyone can get the most out of it.

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my aim for increased inclusivity will be to get more women and girls to be involved as currently men are playing more and have more groups open to them. id also try to get more people from a higher age group involved as a lot of people aged 60 and older dont get the recommended amount of physical activity in per week. "Relatively few older adults achieve the minimum amount of recommended physical activity, and 28 to 34 percent of adults 65 to 74 years of age are inactive. 4 The medical costs for inactive adults are substantially higher than for active adults and increase with age." aafp 2018

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My first aim will be to create an extra league for 50+ people. This will be called walking hockey, in this league we will target the older people as they still need to exercise even though they are older. Older people also don't  usually  have many friends or people they talk to so this will also help their social life as there will be people they can talk to as they are in a  similar age or life situation. In this league we will also give them longer sticks for there back as we don't want to hurt there weak backs which can give them back Sports England said that the number of people aged 60 or over is expected to pass the 20 million mark by 2030 according to the Office for National Statistics.Our research shows that 42 per cent of people aged 55 and over are inactive compared to 29 per cent of the adult population.

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my aim is to work alongside Flyerz to provide free taster sessions to disabled members of the community. Flyerz are a hockey club who work with all abilities and ages. they use adapted equipment, meaning disabled people can participate. with the focus being on disabled people, participation in the sport will increase since 57% of disabled people are inactive as found by a study in 2017 (house of commons library). i aim to drastically decrease this number.

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The first aim to improve participation at the hockey club would be to build better and improved hockey pitches and get in better equipment for the players to use. This will help the participation because it will bring in more people as there has been a significant fall in participation over the last five years from 156,700 down to 117,000 up until may 2019/20. The most noticeable drop off as been in women participation in hockey across England has fallen from 77,200 to 49,200 in the same time period (the hockey paper 25th October 2021). By getting new and improved facilities and equipment this will hopefully increase the population of the sport of hockey as more people will be interested in the new facilities and will want to use them and learn hockey.

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within this development project my first aim would be to increase participation for older people within the local community specifically in the 50+ age bracket. this is because the case study doesn't state that there is a veterans team. This would be a massive benefit to the local club due to having more members means that more revenue is being bought into the club which can be used in improving the club and providing kit and better equipment for players to utilize within their training and games. furthermore, this would mean that the overall participation for hockey would increase by a significant amount too. According to sport England there are 11.2 million people doing fewer than 30 minutes of exercise per week which is a decrease of 131,700 since 2016. this has been further researched and has been proven that this is driven by woman and older people. i would further increase the participation levels of older people by promoting the benefits of health and fitness  not just physically but mentally, by playing for out hockey club and will also be offering social events after training and fixtures  that i feel will attract people from the older generation who may feel isolated and alone at home.

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my second aim will be to improve inclusivity by targeting certain groups, especially women and lgbtq+ groups. for example i will aim to make more womens teams as there are only 2 at the moment. this will help to include more women into hockey as there will be multiple teams for them to join. i will also aim to build lgbtq+ changing rooms which will make them feel more welcomed and included in the hockey society. to make them feel even more included i will make an lgbtq+ hockey team showing that we dont discriminate who you are.

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first of all to increase participation we can set up fun days on the weekend to help gather a range of abilities to come together and try something new. the fun days will be targeted to people between 10- 16 and as it will be free to take part in there will be many helpers to supply help if needed. this can also create new friendships which will create a stronger community. having these fun days can also create new clubs and teams as from the official England hockey website it suggests that there are only about 800 clubs in the uk 2021 which compared to the amount of football clubs this is a very small number.

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my aim is to promote inclusivity i am going to do this buy running a walking hockey club for people over 60. it will include bigger sticks. i will do this because old people need to stay active for health reasons. only 8% of 60 plud people are involved in physical activity leroysports.com 10/04/2020

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my aim is to increase participation in younger children and go to local schools then putting on sessions which would replicate how it would be at the club, this will allow kids who enjoy it to come along and be a part of a team. Only 6.4 percent of children aged 5-16 have played hockey (2017/18 stats) and in comparison 44.1 percent of kids play football (2021) showing clearly not alot of younger people play hockey and which it can be increased, putting up posters around to promote will also make it easier to inform the ones who didnt have a session at their school

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my first aim is for the hockey clubs development plan would be to increase participation for young people. An increase in participation would have a significant impact on the club and hockey as a sport. An increase in participation for young people would also increase the amount of people playing hockey overtime if they decide ti continue it into adulthood, which in the future could also get their kids involved. It would help the sport grow by engaging people who currently aren't interested in hockey. I would increase the participation by advertising the hockey club on social media as that is the most effective way to get a message out to young people, i would also offer free taster sessions. According to statista, only 117,000 people in the uk play hockey (2020), the share of young children playing hockey has decreased from 17.7 percent of 11-15 year olds in 2013.

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Participation - My first aim for developing the hockey club will be to arrange for hockey sessions to be taught at the local school. This will help increase participation as young children will have the opportunities to learn and play a new sport. If they find they enjoy field hockey and are good at playing it ,they may decide to join the club and be apart of one of the three junior teams. By giving young children the opportunities to take part in physical education like field hockey sessions it will improve the statistics, since in 2021 Sport England said 'there are currently seven million children aged 5-15 and more than half are not doing the recommended daily amount of exercise'. Therefore not only would participation at the hockey club increase but more young children will be getting the recommended amount of physical exercise  they need.

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my aim to improve participation would be to create a fun event which can allow all people to attend this and this will promote the sport and hopefully cause more people to enjoy the sport. by doing this the people of all genders and age will have the same experience so anyone can enjoy the sport.  In 2020, the number of people playing hockey in England amounted to 117,000 participants, which is a significant decrease from the number of hockey players in 2016. statista.com- january 2021.

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in this project my first aim would be to increase participation by improving the clubs facilities by building more hockey pitches. this will help to increase participation as it will bring more people in knowing they wont be cramped up with others. the participation of hockey is growing rapidly in the area. according to statista 2023 in 2022 up to about 158,000 people were participation in hockey. in summary to this because the participation in hockey is increasing building new hockey pitches will bring in new people who want to try out.

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My aim is to increase participation levels, i will do this by aiming hockey classes to women/girls. I will do this as girls/women don't play hockey as much as men do. By making multiple girls teams this should increase the percentage of girls that play hockey. This being good for the sport as it brings more people in wanting to play. As part of my aim it will hope to boost participation percentages across the United Kingdom. Due to research i have found out that women numbers are significantly lower to men as seen underneath from statista.

STATISTA 2023 - The number of people playing hockey in England amounted to 117,000 participants in 2020, a significant decrease on the number of hockey players in 2016. A similar trend can be seen among the younger generation, where the share of children playing hockey has decreased from 17.7 percent of 11 to 15-year-olds in 2013 to 9.8 percent in 2016. In Wales, almost 27 percent of male and 22.2 percent of female primary school students participated in some form of hockey in 2018. When taking a look at secondary school students in the same year, male participation dropped to under 15 percent, while female participation increased to 27.3 percent.

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my first aim is to go into local schools and deliver hockey sessions to increase the participation on young people. Schools only do 2 hours of sports a week, so by sending coaches in they can participate in more sporting activities and learn a new sport. If they enjoy this sport then it gives the hockey club a chance to develop a youth team. Statistica showed that only 3.4% of young people play hockey, this was from 2020/22

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my aim to try and increase participation will be to do local sessions at the local school to get kids into the sport so they join the hockey club. doing local advertising by putting posters out will allow local people to find out about hockey and get them involved.

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My first aim is to increase participation is by sending coaches out to local schools to give children 1 free session and give out leaflets. i will do this as it will introduce young people to the sport and hopefully after this they will want to join the club.

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My aim is to try and get everyone playing hockey and have positive effect on everyone. I would go to schools and promote the hockey industry and the activities that would interest the kids. By putting the posters in the local town and school giving exposure to the sports. Help younger generations get involved  . amounted to 117,000 participants in 2020, a significant decrease on the number of hockey players in 2016. A similar trend can be seen among the younger generation. March 29 2021. Statista.

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my aim to improve participation would be doing it more in PE lessons to let children experience a new sport and see if they enjoy it the lack of participation is due to a lack of exposure to the sport and there has been a dip of participation of hockey from the transition from primary school to secondary school-Statistica.

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my aim to improve participation in hockey would be running a after school club as this would introduce the sport to young people.  In the 2017/18 academic year, around 6.4 percent of children aged between 5 and 16 had played hockey in the week prior to the survey. This figure decreased to approximately 3.4 percent by the 2020/21 academic year.
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to increase participation we would go to schools or send coaches to local schools to try promote the sport and the activities. Also we would hand out flyers to the kids and parents to try get them to come to play the sport. By giving the flyers to the parents it would mean they try to get their kid/kids to attend. This would help introduce the younger generation to start playing hockey. in 2022 the participation of 16+ ages rised by 52,300 from 2021. This data was found on stastica.