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Expectations of Juniors Volunteering

At Waverley we encourage all junior players to volunteer to support the club.

There are lots of things juniors can do including:

  • Ball girl / boy duties as rostered by your team manager during the season (for Premier League games)
  • Coach or be a support coach for an U10 half field or U12 team
  • Help coach Intra club “Stick2Hockey” program on a Saturday morning (minimum 4 weeks, but even more often would be great!)
  • Umpire (regularly, eg. Saturday morning U10 & U12 games)
  • Learn to umpire (at the Saturday morning U8/10 Stick2Hockey program)
  • Coach or be a support coaches at the 5 week Hookin2Hockey program in February / March on Saturday mornings
  • Work in the canteen
  • Help at a working bee
  • Help at mid-week Junior training for a lower age group

Shield level players (U14 & U16) the club has an expectation that all players will undertake a minimum level of volunteering each season, not doing so may impact on Shield selection during that season or the next.

Some more detail on (Parents or Juniors) Volunteering Opportunities

Hookin2Hockey – Waverley program

We will be looking for at least half a dozen coaches to assist with the Waverley H2H program for 5 Saturdays as follows:

When: Term 1 each year, Saturday mornings 10.45am-12.00pm.

This program will introduce school children from around the area to the game of hockey and Waverley Hockey Club. Children are ages 4+, with juniors from U14 Shield (and above) will be able to assist with coaching. There are experienced coaches supporting you and program coordinators.

Waverley Stick2Hockey – U8 & U10 Intra Club Program

Program running Saturday mornings 10.45am-12.00pm at the club, terms 2 & 3.

The program is a combination of skills development and small sided game play on quarter or eighth field. The program is a very important for the development of our players aged 6 to 9.  The club requires a pool of coaches to support these teams as well as umpires, including mentors for juniors learning how to umpire in this environment. We encourage our junior players to offer assistance.

Coaching junior teams – winter season

As experienced players, our kids have much they can learn from you. This can be done either individually, with a mate, a higher age junior or we can pair you with an experienced adult.

The club will provide support materials where required to assist you to design training sessions as required.

Commitment is an hour or so on a training night and the games on Friday nights or Saturday mornings (depending on the age group).

Refer training dates below to see if they fit with your busy schedules.

Questions or offers to assist with coaching should be directed to your age group coordinator.

Umpiring

Click here to find out more about umpiring.

Assist at training

Can’t find the time to commit to coaching for a whole season, or maybe you have Saturday morning sport commitments? Then assistance at training midweek may be the right volunteering opportunity for you.

As experienced players, our kids have much they can learn from you. Let us know what night you can help out and we will arrange for you to join the coaching group who will let you know what help they need – for example you could take a few kids aside and work on a particular skill or work with the goal keeper.

Questions or offers to assist with coaching should be directed to your age group coordinator.

Canteen & BBQ duty

Click here to find out more about canteen & BBQ duty

Ball girl / boy duty

Click here to find out more about ball girl / boy duty

Helping at a working bee or in the Canteen

Can’t find the time to commit to coaching for a whole season, or maybe you have Saturday morning sport commitments? Then assistance when we run a working bee or doing extra sessions (beyond rostered sessions for your family) in the canteen may work for you.

Stay tuned for how to take up these opportunities.