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Hockey NZ’s CoachMate App and National Coaching Direction Launched

March 12, 2026

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We’re excited to share that Hockey is now live on CoachMate — your FREE coaching and team management app. CoachMate brings training activities, communication tools, and team organisation together in one simple place, to help you connect and stay organised this season.

CoachMate is for everyone, with coaching content designed to support coaches of foundation players and communication tools valuable across all levels of hockey.

 

So what can you do with CoachMate?

Practice:

Plan practice in minutes.

  • Access activities, practice plans, and season plans

  • Learn new activities in under 90 seconds with bite-sized videos and simple setup instructions

  • Filter activities by focus areas such as teamwork, passing, tackling and attacking play
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Work closer with your teams:

Keep your teams connected and informed.

  • A dedicated place for updates, celebrations, and building strong team culture.
  • Post images, match results, and important announcements
  • Comment, react, and engage, in a safe, team only space
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Schedule events:

Keep every team on time and organised.

  • Create and manage events for your teams – from practices and games to team events.
  • Add and repeat events with date, time, and location to reduce admin
  • Link practice plans into events, track attendance, and keep everyone informed in real time
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Learn Tips & Tricks for coaches:

Get match-ready with the Library of Lessons.

  • Session designs to help you prepare, deliver with confidence, and enjoy the season
  • Practical tips for including goalkeepers and supporting skill development
  • Guidance on communicating with parents and supporters
  • Tools and ideas to grow, reflect on, and develop your coaching over time
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Get CoachMate now!

Download the free app now from the android or apple store.

Register before 20 April to go in the draw to win a $500 prize pack.

Learn more here

 

National Coaching Direction

Alongside CoachMate, Hockey NZ is proud to launch the National Coaching Direction.

The National Coaching Direction:

  • Outlines national aspirations for coaching

  • Defines the core actions of impactful coaching

  • Clarifies what should be prioritised within the coaching network

  • Identifies how coaching impact should be understood and supported

CoachMate plays a key role in bringing this direction to life by providing consistent, practical tools that support effective coaching.

You can now explore the Direction on the Coaching Resource Hub.

How can you contribute?

Every coach can play a role by:

  1. Connecting and collaborating with other coaches to learn and support each other

  1. Focusing on coaching actions that create the greatest impact for your players

  1. Reflecting on the impact measures that matter most in your context

These small actions help build a stronger, more connected coaching network.

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