Under Sixteen Hockey
Waiting list status: Our U16 Girls is almost full this season – join the waiting list. No waiting list for U16 Boys.
Under Sixteen hockey for all boys and girls!
For some of the lowest fees in Scottish Hockey, we offer hockey to any child, whatever their ability or background. Our Under Sixteen programme involves weekly sessions across the year and aims to inspire participation in a team sport for life.
Weekly sessions
Regular matches
Everyone is welcome
Key details
Training Methods: Focus is put on learning through situations that are as game-like possible.
Game Play: Players will work on winning the ball back, attacking situations and developing match tactics.
Technical Skills: Players will work on moving with the ball, receiving the ball, evading defenders and passing.
Physical Skills: Players will work on basic agility and co-ordination,
Soft Skills: Players will work on the traits of being self-organised and self-aware. We also encourage all players to consider the behaviours of listening to and speaking to everyone.
A theme for all content is ‘our way’ of playing hockey, where the focus is on being attack minded.
| Youth Training Times - 2024/25 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGE GROUP | SCHOOL YEAR | TRAINING | TRAINING VENUE | MATCH DAY & VENUE |
| Under 8 | P3 | Sun 10:00 - 11:30 | EA Newfield | Ad hoc |
| Under 10 | P4, P5 | Sun 10:00 - 11:30 | EA Newfield | Sundays approx 2 times per term. Various locations |
| Under 12 | P6, P7 | Sun 10:00 - 11:30 | EA Newfield | Sundays approx 1 per month. Mary Erskine School |
| Under 14 | S1, S2 | Sun 11:45 - 13:15 Wed 18:00 - 19:15 * OR Wed 19:00 - 20:15 * | EA Newfield | Sundays once every fortnight. Meggetland or Mary Erskine School |
| GKs | S1 to S6 | Sun 10 - 11:30 | EA Newfield | Matches with relevant teams on Sundays |
| Under 16 Boys | S3, S4 | Sun 13:30 - 15:00 (or 11:45 - 13:15 ^) or a match | EA Newfield | Sundays approx once every fortnight. Various locations. |
| Under 16 Boys (by invitation) | S3, S4 | Thu 18:45 - 20:15 | EA Newfield | |
| Under 16 Girls | S3, S4 | Sun 13:30 - 15:00 (or 11:45 - 13:15 ^) or a match | EA Newfield | Sundays approx once every fortnight. Various locations. |
| Under 16 Girls | Mon 18:45 - 20:15 | EA Newfield | ||
| Girls & Boys 16 and over play in our senior teams | S5, S6 | see adult training times | see senior training times | Saturdays every week from Sep to Nov, mid Jan to mid Apr |
| ^ training times may vary according to the clubs overall match timetable. The training times will be updated on Pitchero. | ||||
| * Please contact your age group manager for details | ||||
Contact our youth membership secretary to register your interest for under 16s hockey at Inverleith.
Matches: Participation for all. We do our best to ensure every player receives equal invites to match days. At this age league matches are 11 a-side on a full pitch. Our teams are seeded and for the top teams, we select based on players performance but we try to balance this so that they are playing with their friends. Go to fixtures & results.
Training: Every training session open to all.
For U12, U10 and U8, players are grouped according to their school year.
For U14, U16 & U18, players are grouped according to their school year for training. For matches organised by Scottish Hockey or East District they are grouped according to their age as at 1 January.
