To: [re_email]
From: Phil Worthington <phil@ihsas.com>
Subject: IHA Skills Award Scheme

Dear [r_name],

Thank you for requesting further information on the IHA Inline Hockey Skills Award Scheme. The Scheme was initially devised as a means of assessing children's abilities and skills for a new club that was being formed. Due to its success it was offered to other clubs for their own use and also to local authorities as a means of taking children off the street and providing them with a safe environment in which to learn the basic skills in the sport. To date over 40 clubs and 4 local authorities have registered on the Scheme and over 500 children have passed through the earlier levels. The Scheme has recently been awarded a Millennium Commission 'Awards for All' grant through Sport England which allows the Scheme to commence in a further 44 local authority sports/leisure centres and will provide an opportunity for an additional 1000 children to participate.

The Scheme comprises 10 levels and within each level there are 10 skills of which 8 must be completed to pass the level. The earlier levels go back to grass roots and introduce the basic elements of the sport in skating, stick and puck handling,passing and shooting. The later levels introduce a difficulty element to the skills and also combine the newly learnt skills into drills. As each level is completed badges and certificates are awarded to recognise the achievement and each participant has an individual Record of Achievement booklet to monitor their progress.

The main ihsas.com site will provide complete details of the Scheme including how to register which also includes the Scheme start up pack, and the ability to purchase badges, certificates, additional manuals and coaching cards, all through a secure payment server. It will be up and running in February and will also include the latest news on the inline hockey scene, links to other hockey related sites, interactive shockwave hockey games and links to the latest coaching and scheduling software.

If you require details of how to register on the Scheme before the site is fully functional, please email register@ihsas.com and the support staff will contact you with the details.

Many thanks for visiting the site and if you require any further information please email info@ihsas.com


Phil Worthington

Inline Hockey Associates

phil@ihsas.com

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Inline Hockey Skills Award Scheme
http://www.ihsas.com/ 
