Black Sticks Hockey

We were in for a real treat today when Olivia Merry visited our school to train 14 of our young hockey players. This dream came about when student Sasha Joy wrote in to the Dream team to tell us her dream was to meet and play with Black Sticks player Olivia Merry. We love a good dream challenge!

Olivia took the kids through drills to improve their ball handling skills and to learn some of the fundamental movement skills needed to move when playing. She took time to talk individuals through techniques that would help them personally and demonstrate correct techniques.

The session finished with some fun competitive games where the children tried to hit each other's ball out of the play space while trying to protect their own ball from their opponents.

Thank you so much Olivia for sharing your passion and talent with us. We think you are truely inspirational! You have 15 new super fans cheering you on in the future!