# The Hockey Site > Built for field hockey coaches who'd rather understand the game than copy someone else's session plan. This file provides information about The Hockey Site to help large language models understand and reference this publication's content. ## Posts - [Why the best opponent analysis is the shortest one](https://subscriber.thehockeysite.com/p/why-the-best-opponent-analysis-is-the-shortest-one): How Robert Noall analyses an opponent on video: decide what you need before you watch. - [Winning the baseline](https://subscriber.thehockeysite.com/p/winning-the-baseline): Coaching wing entries against a set defence in field hockey - [Aerials: Party trick or passing skill?](https://subscriber.thehockeysite.com/p/aerials-party-trick-or-passing-skill): Why, when and how to use the aerial or overhead pass. A coach's guide to landing zones, press-breaking restarts and the diagonal high ball in field hockey. - [You found it. Will they remember it? ](https://subscriber.thehockeysite.com/p/you-found-it-will-they-remember-it): Part 4 of 4. Collect, Enrich, Join, Translate. A series of 4 articles on what a coach can do with match data today, with AI as a thread through each part - [Two files, one game. Do they agree?](https://subscriber.thehockeysite.com/p/two-files-one-game-do-they-agree): Part 3 of 4. Collect, Enrich, Join, Translate. A series of 4 articles on what a coach can do with match data today, with AI as a thread through each part - [Do you have a plan to win, or a wish to win?](https://subscriber.thehockeysite.com/p/do-you-have-a-plan-to-win-or-a-wish-to-win): Harrie Kwinten on what field hockey coaching can borrow from the way business runs a process - [You tagged it. Now what does it tell you?](https://subscriber.thehockeysite.com/p/you-tagged-it-now-what-does-it-tell-you): Part 2 of 4. Collect, Enrich, Join, Translate. A series of 4 articles on what a coach can do with match data today, with AI as a thread through each part - [Can you trust your tagging?](https://subscriber.thehockeysite.com/p/can-you-trust-your-tagging): Part 1 of 4. Collect, Enrich, Join, Translate. A series of 4 articles on what a coach can do with match data today, with AI as a thread through each part - [Talent is grown, culture is built](https://subscriber.thehockeysite.com/p/talent-is-grown-culture-is-built): Deep practice, identity, belonging cues and honest debriefs... Lessons from author Daniel Coyle applied to a field hockey team. - [We're winning. Why would I change anything?](https://subscriber.thehockeysite.com/p/we-re-winning-why-would-i-change-anything): Winning hides the problems. Why field hockey teams decline after a good season, and how Charlesworth's TRAGEDY checklist helps - [Why a perfect preseason is the wrong goal for a hockey coach](https://subscriber.thehockeysite.com/p/why-a-perfect-preseason-is-the-wrong-goal-for-a-hockey-coach): Fit enough, clear enough, connected enough, ready to compete: Tin Matkovic on what your team actually needs by the first whistle - [The book every coach is told to read and nobody finishes](https://subscriber.thehockeysite.com/p/the-book-every-coach-is-told-to-read-and-nobody-finishes): Thinking, Fast and Slow is 500 pages of psychology. Here is the part that matters on a field hockey pitch. - [Good defending is the five seconds before the tackle](https://subscriber.thehockeysite.com/p/good-defending-is-the-five-seconds-before-the-tackle): How to coach the five seconds before the tackle in junior field hockey - [How to do a basic analysis from your opponent from video](https://subscriber.thehockeysite.com/p/how-to-do-a-basic-analysis-from-your-opponent-from-video): Five situations, a whiteboard and double playback speed: Robert Noall's basic method for turning match footage into a plan for the return fixture. - [Flat on gameday? Fix your training week, not your fitness](https://subscriber.thehockeysite.com/p/flat-on-gameday-fix-your-training-week-not-your-fitness): How club coaches keep the engine running through +20 weeks of fixtures without overcooking their players - [Do penalty corners win games?](https://subscriber.thehockeysite.com/p/do-penalty-corners-win-games): Real analysis is about more than showing and adding up numbers says Simon Blanford. What can we learn from the data collected at the 2026 field hockey world cup for women? - [The 3, 5, 7, 9 learning ladder](https://subscriber.thehockeysite.com/p/the-3-5-7-9-learning-ladder): How many repetitions does a player need before a new pattern sticks? The three, five, seven, nine ladder explains why one session is never enough in field hockey coaching. - [Carlos Retegui on players who see three plays ahead](https://subscriber.thehockeysite.com/p/carlos-retegui-on-players-who-see-three-plays-ahead): The legendary coach from Argentina answers your questions. Talk in Spanish with English subtitles. - [How to stop young players quitting hockey](https://subscriber.thehockeysite.com/p/how-to-stop-young-players-quitting-hockey): A coaching philosophy and some session plans that build fun, grit and life skills into an ordinary hour of training - [Should I let kids play every position?](https://subscriber.thehockeysite.com/p/should-i-let-kids-play-every-position): Should we fill every player's toolbox, or train the skills their position needs most? Somewhere between the two sits a whole season. - [Keep us in your main inbox](https://subscriber.thehockeysite.com/p/keep-us-in-your-main-inbox): Just a small reminder to help avoid we end up unseen - [Why your small-sided games are not working](https://subscriber.thehockeysite.com/p/why-your-small-sided-games-are-not-working): A few design mistakes that stop field hockey training from transferring to match day for youth teams - [Protect the middle first](https://subscriber.thehockeysite.com/p/protect-the-middle-first): Defending the 6 to 8 seconds after a bad turnover in your own half, when the shape is gone and the opposition has numbers.