Junior Hockey

What does Slough HC offer young people?

Slough Hockey Club provides regular coaching, training and matches for boys and girls aged from the age of 6 to 15 years old.

Coaching and training is organised and carried out by qualified hockey coaches working with other club members and parents to help develop our future club members and representative players.


Active Hockey coaching, training & membership

For the junior age groups, coaching and training takes place on Sunday mornings from 10.30 am until 12:30 noon @ Slough Hockey Club.

Sessions take place every week - apart from a one/two week break at Christmas. Please check our Fixtures Calendar for changes and updates.

There are no special requirements, just turn kitted up and ready to go: Sunday 10 am @ Slough Hockey Club.

Membership can be discussed at the sessions. Slough HC provides additional support through fund raising activities and by subsidy from the senior membership. This helps us to provide ancillaries to the coaching sessions such as trained Youth Coaches, hockey balls, junior-size sticks and goalkeeping equipment for those taking up the sport for the first time.

Safety First & Kit

Hockey can be dangerous unless safety & responsibility are taken seriously at all times. The club's qualified coaches will expect all participants to be responsible, to follow instructions and to adhere to safe playing practise at all times (as designated by the coach who is in charge on the day).

Young players will be expected to own and wear appropriate clothing see below. Those not wearing appropriate clothing and those who disrupt training for other group members may be asked to leave the session.

1/ SHC Kit= sport shirt/ shorts or skirts and/or long track suit bottoms and long socks. Track suits strongly advised during the winter months

2/ Astroturf shoes, Shinpads, Hockey Sticks (are available at the club for use during training sessions), we also recommend mouthguards ( these should be professionally fitted).

3/ Players should generally bring a drink with them (particularly during hot weather, but also throughout the rest of the season) so that they can take regular drinks so they do not become dehydrated. Soft, still, drinks such as fruit juice and diluted squashes are fine, as is plain water, but fizzy drinks should not be used during training sessions.

4/ We also recommended you to obtain Personal Accident Insurance.

5/ Read and abide by the SHC Fair Play Charter ( see SHC Fair PLay Charter)

Matches for junior players Matches are generally arranged to take place at a similar time to our coaching and training sessions but clearly need to fit in with the playing arrangements of opposition teams so occasionally earlier or later games will take place.

Older players (from about 14 years old) are generally proficient enough to be capable of joining one of the senior sides(either men's or women's) and will be given the chance to do so with the permission of their parents.

For more information please contact the Junior Hockey coach, details on contact page. For times please check our web calendar.

SHC Badgers League - for updates

SHC Child Protection Policy

Slough Hockey Club is fully committed to promoting children’s rights, notably their right to be protected from harm, abuse and exploitation and to be involved in any decisions that directly affect them. Slough Hockey Club has a duty of care to implement effective policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. In order to achieve this we will ensure our staff and volunteers are carefully selected, screened, trained and supervised. Furthermore we will endeavour to keep up-to-date with national developments relating to the care and protection of children and young people.

Slough Hockey Club will:

1. Develop best practice in relation to the recruitment of all coaches and volunteers. This will include:
a. Ensuring all applicants coaches/volunteers complete an application form.
b. Ensuring coaches are qualified to at least level 1 in Hockey.
c. Ensure all volunteers have signed a copy of the child protection policy and are supervised by a coach (minimum level 1) at all times.
d. Ensuring all coaches and volunteers complete the correct level of Disclosure Certificate check.
e. Ensuring all newly appointed coaches/volunteers complete the agreed probationary period on commencement of their role and take up further training.
f. Being continually committed to providing ongoing training in National Governing Body recognised awards including, Child Protection, Emergency First Aid and further coaching awards.

2. Provide opportunities for all coaches/volunteers through the provision of induction training for all successful applicants, which will give an overview of the organisation’s purpose, values, structure and services. This will include the following:

a. Details of the organisations aims and objectives
b. An assessment of training and development requirements
c. Details of the roles and responsibilities of coaches and volunteers within the organisation
d. Details and clarification of the expectations, roles and responsibilities of the newly appointed coach/volunteer
e. Clarification, agreement and signing up to the organisations child protection policy and procedures

3. Ensure that all workers understand their responsibility to work to the standards and procedures detailed in the organisation’s Code of Conduct, Code of Good Practice and Child Protection Procedures by

a. Ensuring all coaches/volunteers receive training, information and a copy of the organisations Code of Conduct
b. Ensuring all coaches/volunteers receive training, information and a copy of the organisations Child Protection Procedures
c. Ensuring all coaches/volunteers are given details of the clubs Child Protection Officer(s) contact details and role within the organisation

4. Ensure that any concerns or objections with regard to suitability of a coach/volunteer must be submitted to the "designated person". All coaches and volunteers must understand their obligations to report care or protection concerns about a child/young person, to the organisations designated child protection person for child protection by providing training and guidance on:

a. Types of abuse and a summary of signs and indicators
b. Procedures for responding to concerns about abuse/neglect
c. Procedures and practice for responding and listening to disclosure of abuse
d. Details of who within the club coaches and volunteers should report care and protection concerns
e. Details of the protection of coaches/volunteer s who report care and protection concerns

5. Ensure that all procedures relating to the conduct of workers are implemented in a consistent and equitable manner by:

a. Conducting a consistent recruitment procedure
b. Providing training and guidance to all workers on the range of policies and procedures that must be adhered to within the organisation for the Care and Protection of Children

6. Ensure that children and young people are enabled to express their ideas and views on a wide range of issues and will have access to the organisations policies and procedures including the Code of Conduct and Complaints procedure

7. Ensure that parents/carers are encouraged to be involved in the work of the organisation and, when requested, have access to all policies and procedures