Walking Hockey proves important development tool for sport’s growth

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Walking Hockey proves important development tool for sport’s growth

Fast-paced, speedy, high energy – all words that you associate with hockey. But for some people, these descriptors make hockey an intimidating activity in which they feel they can take no part.

“In October 2016 one of our ladies came to me and said that she was finding our back to hockey coaching session ‘too much’. It was something that, as a coach who was concerned with inclusivity, I had to do something about.”

The coach was Alan Gormley and his solution was to create Walking Hockey.