CoachMate brings coaching and connection together for the whole hockey community. It gives coaches simple, ready‑to‑use support, to plan and deliver great sessions, while also helping teams stay organised and informed.
With practical activities, session plans, and communication tools all in one place, CoachMate is designed to make coaching easier, more confident, and more enjoyable.
Beyond coaching, CoachMate strengthens the connection of the hockey community. It keeps team communication clear, centralised, and secure, helping everyone stay aligned throughout the season.
Watch the introduction video below to see CoachMate in action and explore how it can support you and your team.
Hockey NZ would like to acknowledge and thank the generous support of Jon and Sue Tanner to fund this game-changing opportunity for hockey.
Have an amazing season with CoachMate in your pocket.
What is Available on CoachMate
CoachMate is for everyone, with coaching content designed for coaches of foundation players and communication tools valuable across all levels of hockey.
When you open up the CoachMate app there is a menu across the bottom to access the following tools and resources.
Practice - Plan practice in minutes
• Library of Training Activities with 90 second bite size videos and simple instructions
• Filter activities by focus areas such as teamwork, passing, tackling and attacking play
• Ready made Practice Plans, so your next training session is all planned for you
• Season Plans, to give you all the practice plans you need to coach the entire season
Learn - Tips and Tricks for Coaches
• Library of Lessons design to help you get ready for your first session, deliver a great session, and enjoy the season. This includes tips for including goalkeepers, communicating with parents and supports, supporting skill development, and how to grow and develop your coaching further.
Schedule - Keep every team on time and organised
• Create and manage events for your teams — from practices and games to team events.
• Add and repeat events with date, time, and location to reduce admin
• Link practice plans into events, track attendance, and keep everyone informed in real time
Chat & Direct Messaging - Fast, simple communication
• One secure place for all team chats — no more multiple apps.
• Share updates, photos, and important details instantly
• Create polls, events, collect feedback, and make quick decisions
Teams - Keep your teams connected and informed
• A dedicated place for updates, celebrations, and building strong team culture.
• Post images, match results, and important announcements
• Comment, react, and engage — in a safe, team only space
Answers to Your Questions
Here are some frequently asked questions to help you understand how to make the most out of the CoachMate tool.
CoachMate is for everyone, with coaching content designed for coaches of foundation players and communication tools valuable across all levels of hockey.
No. CoachMate gives you ready‑to‑use activities, practice plans, and tips so you can coach confidently, even with little or no hockey experience.
Yes. CoachMate provides a secure environment with team only spaces for communication. Messages, photos, and polls stay within the team, making it appropriate for schools, clubs, and junior teams.
From the bottom menu, select Practice. You can then choose:
• Practice Plans – ready to use sessions
• Activities – a searchable library of training activities
• Saved – your favourite activities and plans
This makes it easy to plan and deliver great training sessions.
Yes. Parents and supporters can join a team to receive updates, schedules, and messages.
The App is FREE, there is no hidden costs or catches, just great resources and tools for the hockey community.
No. Coaches can explore all activities, practice plans, and videos without setting up a team. Creating a team simply unlocks extra features such as chat, scheduling, updates, and attendance.
The best way to promote CoachMate is to start using it yourself. Then simply to tell your coaches, teams, parents, and wider community about the app and encourage them to download it and use it.
Share the news through your usual communication channels — newsletters, emails, websites, social media, and team meetings.
Click here to access the CoachMate Promotion Toolkit with ready‑made blurbs, flyers, posters, articles, social media tiles posters, and more for you to copy and paste directly into your communications.
All activities and plans are built on best‑practice coaching, aligned with the Hockey NZ Player Competency Framework, and reflect our community hockey environment.
The sessions will keep players engaged and learning, with lots of tips on how to challenge players, adapt activities, and get the most our your training sessions.
Yes. Teams can have multiple coaches or managers, making it easy for clubs and schools to share responsibilities.
The app is available in both the Android and Apple Store, click here to download it for free now.
