Make hockey fun and easy for everyone!
CoachMate has partnered with Hockey New Zealand to make coaching, teaching and learning hockey fun and easy for everyone.
Save time and level up your coaching skills with games & plans made by pro’s and get your teams in sync with team management. No more PDF hunting!
Our lessons, resources and courses will set you, your teams and your players up to thrive.
For iOS and Android
Save time, coach smarter
On CoachMate you’ll find games, practice plans, team management and coaching tips all in one place!
Teachers - plan fun sessions for your classes in minutes with bite-sized videos and resources.
Coaches -run coaching sessions with our practice plans and games that adhere to Hockey NZ’s curriculum.
Parents, caregivers and volunteers - engage your players, develop skills and keep them active with fun and easy hockey activities
Team chat and direct messages
Create your school or club team and add team managers, coaches, caregivers, teachers and players for fast communication and easy co-ordination of upcoming coaching sessions and events.
Group chat and direct messages
Upload pictures into your team chat
Engage your group by conducting polls
Simple, bite-sized video activities
Short, animated videos showing games that are easy to follow and aligned with Hockey NZ’s curriculum.
Learn a fun game in under 90 seconds
Simple instructions on how to run and setup each activity and equipment that is required
Progression options to make activities easier or harder to cater for all skill levels
Plan practices in minutes not hours
Choose from a range of ready-made practice plans created by experts just right for your player’s age and stage.
Ready made practice plans or make your own custom plan
Filter activities by focus area including - Passing, Using Space, Resilient, Attacking Play and more
Tips to make coaching sessions awesome
Grow your knowledge with coaching and teaching tips, mini-courses and articles to give your players a great experience.
Lessons, resources and tips relating to relating to hockey basics such as rule variances across age groups
Lessons, resources and coaching tips to help you feel confident, prepared and ready for every session
Schedule practices and games
Organise your team more efficiently by easily creating team events such as practices or games or even movie nights or prize givings.
Add practices and games with key date and time details
Create recurring events to eliminate admin
Insert preferred Practice Plans to Events or get the app to recommend these for you
Monitor and track player attendance