SSC School Sports Coaching Programme

Soccer Skills Coaching has been successfully delivering sports coaching and coach education for over three years throughout Northern Ireland.

Using ‘PremierSkills’ Practice-Play™ soccer coaching we will be offering our extremely successful youth development programme to local schools, either as an after school club, or during class time. To complement our soccer programme SSC will also be offering ‘Quicksticks’, a safe and fun introduction to hockey.

Why use us?

Competitive rates

Qualified, experienced coaches

Same coach every week

If you have any queries or would like to speak with someone regarding what SSC offers, please do not hesitate to contact us.

N.B. As we are expecting a good response for after school clubs please book early.

 E-mail g.emerson@tiscali.co.uk

Quicksticks is a brand new game for 7-11 year-olds which has been specifically designed to introduce the sport to students who have little or no prior knowledge of hockey.

The field of play is the size of a standard netball court and a team consists of six players; four outfield

pitch players and two ‘officials’ (one manager/coach and one umpire). All players must rotate with the two official’s roles within the game...there are NO GOALKEEPERS in the game of Quicksticks! Played in three periods (so that all players have a go at playing, managing and umpiring), one game can last up to 30 minutes for 11 year-olds. At the lower end of the scale, games can last just over 20 minutes for 7-8 year-olds.

Supported by 49 illustrated Challenge Cards  which introduce the game gradually and a full

Curriculum Resource which includes six-weeks worth of lesson plans for the whole Key Stage

2 curriculum, Quicksticks can be played by anyone! The general philosophy is to have fun

whilst learning and developing core skills.