The Border hockey association is staging a dedicated round this weekend to urge people to keep on top of their mental health.

Wombats' goalkeeper Patrick Baine is the driving force behind the concept after opening up about his own experience with mental health.

He hopes the round can provide a platform for people within the hockey community to come forward.

"I was talking to Cayte (Hockey Albury-Wodonga Sports Operations Manager Cayte Campbell) a couple of weeks ago about trying to get something off the ground," Baine said.

"As it turned out, she was trying to organise the same thing, but with her job in the association it was hard trying to organise everything.

"I thought I'd try to help her out.

"A couple of years ago, we did a very similar thing and one of the boys from our club stood up and talked about his problems.

"It kind of made me think about a couple of things I needed to get checked out.

"I didn't do it for a while, but towards the end of last year I did.

"It's one of those things that hopefully has the same effect for somebody else in the association to go talk about it with someone."

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Players and umpires will wear green armbands for matches across the weekend to recognise and remember the importance of maintaining good mental health.

Coaches and team managers will also discuss with their players the reason behind the armbands.

Baine said the intent is to look at mental health across all age groups.

"The key message is just to talk, check up on people and don't be afraid to say that you're not OK," he said.

"I wanted to start with something so everyone gets that message across, because everyone is dealing with their own problems.

"A lot of blokes, some I know from within my own club and the association, also people from other sports, find it hard to talk about personal things and how they're feeling.

"I found last year talking to a couple of guys that they've had stuff they've dealt with.

"I've found once you start talking to them, you actually feel a lot better.

"Women are probably in a similar boat, but blokes tend to bottle it up until something goes wrong.

"If we can try to break that stigma it would be great."

Sunday's Hockey Albury-Wodonga division one matches see Wombats take on Wodonga, CR United clash with Norths, while Magpies meet Falcons.

In Capital League, the Albury-Wodonga Spitfires men travel to Canberra to take on second-placed Central at Kjar Field and will be keen to bounce back from last weekend's 3-1 loss to Wests, which saw them slip to fifth.

The Spitfires women's side will enjoy the weekend off with the bye.