1. To nurture a lifelong love of the sport of Hockey.
2. To develop players to the top representative standard.
3. To develop personal skills to the highest level of personal performance.
4. To create an understanding of the theory of the sport.
5. To increase personal fitness.
6. To encourage players to join a Hockey Club.
7. To teach players about team work and help nurture friendships.

To return Kelston Boys Hockey to its rightful place at the top of Schools’ Hockey in Auckland and in doing so to develop fi ne young men, who are committed to the sport and who understand and appreciate the qualities of loyalty, friendship and teamwork. To assist every member of the Hockey Institute to achieve the best within the sport.

All players in the Hockey Institute are expected to play for a school team.

• Selection for the Hockey Institute is based on the individual player’s ability and attitude.
• Players must be experienced and preference will be given to those players who are currently playing at representative level.
• The next level of selection will be those players who are members of a club and who play on a regular basis.
• Other players who do not fi ll the above criteria may take part in trials to see if they have the potential to succeed in the sport.
• To stay in the Institute, players must have a good record of attendance and behaviour around school. Consistent breaches of school rules may lead to exclusion from the Institute

• Goalkeeping
• Tackling
• Hitting
• Pushing
• Aerial Balls
• Dribbling
• Attacking Play
• Defence Play
• Penalty Corners Defence
• Penalty Corners Attack
• Teamwork
• Conditioning