2026 UAA HOCKEY SQUAD
Girls
Boys
HOCKEY
Head Coach
Andrew Sinclair (Griffith)
Matt Davis (Albury)
Assistant Coach
Malcom King (Wagga Wagga)
Clara Davis (Albury)
The Southern Sports Academy (SSA) program provides high performance coaching and training opportunities to up-skill athletes and assist them in progressing to higher representation within the sport of hockey.
SSA and the Regional Academy network in NSW has had a long standing partnership with Hockey NSW playing a vital role in the Hockey NSW pathway by identifying, monitoring and developing the skills of young hockey players.
• The program will consist of two age groups. U16 and U18. Athletes must fall into one of these categories
• Athletes must reside or attend school in the SSA catchment area
• Athletes must be a current registered member of their local association
• Please note that all athletes, including identified state team-level athletes, must participate in RAS talent
• programs.
TRIALS: 12TH OCTOBER 2025 AT JUBILEE PARK WAGGA WAGGA 10-12PM
READ OUR BACKGROUND DOCUMENT HERE
TRIALS: 12TH OCTOBER 2025 AT JUBILEE PARK WAGGA WAGGA 10-12PM
NOMATIONS CLOSE 3rd OCTOBER 2025 12AM
READ OUR BACKGROUND DOCUMENT HERE
TO NOMINATE, PLEASE FILL OUT THE FORM HERE
Who can nominate for the SSA 2026 hockey program?
• The program will consist of two age groups. U16 and U18. Athletes must fall into one of these categories
• Athletes must reside or attend school in the SSA catchment area
• Athletes must be a current registered member of their local association
• Please note that all athletes, including identified state team-level athletes, must participate in RAS talent
• programs. –
A state team will be selected from the RAS cohort of athletes. Throughout the program, there will be
several talent ID events, at which point a group of 36 athletes (two state teams) will be “elevated” into a
state team program. This elevated state squad will continue training in the RAS pathway program, noting
state team duties and/or clashes will supersede RAS training in the ten weeks prior to nationals.
How are selections made?
• To be considered for selection, athletes must complete the nomination form before the closing date/time and
attend the trial.
• Being part of a previous SSA squad does not guarantee selection.
• A detailed selection criterion is used, which includes physical attributes and capabilities, technical competence,
tactical awareness, potential to improve, competitive ability, individual application, coachability and behaviour,
performance and results at specific events, and coachability and behaviour.
• A list of selected athletes is placed on the SSA website, and trailing athletes are advised by email.
• Offers must be accepted by the due date, or they may be withdrawn and offered to another athlete.
- Intensive training sessions by local elite coaches
- Skill development
- Inter-Academy Development camps
- Strength and conditioning/Injury prevention screenings and programs
- Sports science fitness testing
- Educational seminars
- Opportunities to compete in elite events such as the Your Local Club Academy Games
A program levy will be applicable to successful athletes. Also an athlete uniform ordered though our online clothing supplier is required for new athletes.
Athlete levies are subsidised by minimum $100 worth or raffle ticket sales by athletes, this program is also eligible for the NSW Government Active Kids $50 voucher rebate.
* Scholarships are not in the form of a monetary sum but enable the athlete to participate in Academy development programs at a greatly reduced rate.
