Today, nearly 19,000 players, coaches, officials and fans enjoy the benefits of USA Field Hockey membership. With programs ranging from elite teams and futures identification to club hockey and grassroots development, today's USA Field Hockeycontinues to raise public awareness and promote the sport as a lifetime activity. USA Field Hockey provides players, coaches, officials and administrators educational and participation opportunities while supplying support and resources essential to the development and enjoyment of the game.
with Beth Anders, Head Coach,Old Dominion University, 9X NCAA Championship Coach; member of the United States Field Hockey Coaches Association Hall of Fame
With demonstrations by the 2000 National Field Hockey Player of the Year, Marina DiGiacomo, Beth Anders takes you through her methods of teaching the four fundamental attack skills that can be used to control the ball, keep possession of the ball, and penetrate the defense. In each area, Anders goes through the fundamentals like: grip, body position, and also shares the drills she recommends to allow continued improvement in each one of the essential skills. The four fundamental attack skills covered are receiving, ball control, pushing, and hitting. Whether you are a coach looking to learn or improve an understanding of the fundamental attack skills or a player looking for additional help in fine-tuning your skills, this video will give you the essential ingredients to succeed.
with Lisa Cellucci, University of Iowa Women's Field Hockey Associate Head Coach; 3X All-American (University of Iowa); U.S. National Team member (1999-2000); US Junior National Team Camp Coach and US HPTC Midwest Coach
Coach Lisa Cellucci draws upon her extensive playing experience to coach the finer points of playing in the goal. The first segment comprises a series of warm-up drills that focus on footwork, quick change of direction, and hand eye coordination. A variety of kicking drills teach proper technique in the goal, as well as "V" kicking, accuracy clearing, close-range accuracy clearing, wide-range accuracy clearing and end line balls. Cellucci demonstrates the components of proper lunging technique, including drills that are done at various distances. Other skills that are taught include fielding aerial balls, the standing block, defending penalty corner shots and more. Cellucci goes into great detail when teaching and includes drill work to fine-tune each skill.
with Marybeth Freeman, University of Maryland Field Hockey Associate Head Coach/Goalkeeper Coach, `05, `06& `08 NCAA Champions; 2X NCAA Champion goalkeeper for Old Dominion University!
Marybeth Freeman is one of the most accomplished goalkeepers in NCAA history. Now the goalkeeper coach for one of the most successful NCAA programs, she shares her "trade secrets" for technique and tactical success at the goalkeeper position. These tips are helpful for aspiring goalkeepers and coaches alike! The bottom line is to find a way to always be in position to make a save on the ball. She shares her techniques to get the ball to the easiest zone/angle on the field and a variety of useful and essential techniques to become a champion goalkeeper! Techniques covered in detail include: jab, lunge, splits, dives, drop step, punch clear, strokes. Learn from the best to become the best goalkeeper you can be.
with Coach Tjerk Van Herwaarden, University of Maryland Technical Director/Field Hockey Coach.
Helped lead Maryland to three national field hockey championships in four years (2005-08); USA Men's National team assistant field hockey coach (2009 Pan American Games silver medalists), Coached current World and Olympic Field Hockey Champions during his tenure in the Netherlands; owner and co-founder of Field Hockey World Camp USA.
Coach Tjerk Van Herwaarden diagrams and explains 30 drills for field hockey in the areas of basic skills, defense, team basics and goal scoring. Coach Van Herwaarden discusses a variety of things to emphasize in your field hockey training: developmental phases for building skills, how to improve your players' technical skills and how to determine your coaching emphasis. Beginning with the basic skills, Coach Van Herwaarden guides you through field hockey drills in the areas of dribbling and passing. Van Herwaarden follows that with field hockey defensive drills that work on channeling, jabbing, tackling, double teams and team defense. Building on these elements, Coach Van Herwaarden shares drills for field hockey team basics featuring 2 vs. 1 and 3 vs. 2 drills. Van Herwaarden wraps up this instructional field hockey DVD with goal scoring drills that work on the reverse hit, footwork and scoring, endline scoring, bridge scoring, 1 vs. 1 scoring and rebound scoring. With the theory and explanation of these great field hockey drills, you will be able to build your practices to coaching your field hockey team into a championship team.
with Coach Tjerk Van Herwaarden, University of Maryland Technical Director/Field Hockey Coach.
Helped lead Maryland to three national field hockey championships in four years (2005-08); USA Men's National Field Hockey team assistant coach (2009 Pan American Games silver medalists), Coached current World and Olympic Field Hockey Champions during his tenure in the Netherlands; owner and co-founder of Field Hockey World Camp USA.
Join the only current field hockey coach in the country to have won national field hockey championships in NCAA Division I, USA Field Hockey (USAFH) Women's High Performance and the USAFH Men's National Championship as he leads you through advanced field hockey tactics to accelerate the speed of play. In his demonstration of coaching principles for acceleration, Coach Van Herwaarden teaches the keys to acceleration, space creation, taking advantage of open space, eight ways to accelerate the game, overloading, backfield positioning and open space game acceleration. He uses Powerpoint and game footage to clearly teach and coach these tactics. Disorganize your opponent's defensive structure and creates numbers up situations for your offense to the goal.
with Tjerk Van Herwaarden, University of Maryland Technical Director/Coach.
Helped lead Maryland to three national championships in four years (2005-08); USA Men's National team assistant coach (2009 Pan American Games silver medalists), Coached current World and Olympic Champions during his tenure in the Netherlands; owner and co-founder of World Camp USA.
Join the only current coach in the country to have won national championships in NCAA Division I, USA Field Hockey (USAFH) Women's High Performance and the USAFH Men's National Championship as he coaches you through basic tactics for field hockey. Tjerk Van Herwaarden leads you through tactical fundamentals for your field hockey team and teaches his proven philosophy and strategy along the way. Van Herwaarden starts by discussing outletting, as well as different backfield setups such as the bowl and diamond shapes out of the 4-4-3. From there he moves on to the press. Van Herwaarden diagrams how to force your opponent to make mistakes and create interceptions. He includes different styles of the press, including the full field, half field and fall away presses. He concludes with overall team strategies to tie everything together. With this overview of basic tactics, you can put your team in the best possible position to be successful.
This video features Missy Meharg, University of Maryland Field Hockey Head Coach; 2X NCAA Championship Coach! Meharg presents an excellent overview of how she makes her practice sessions translate into success on the game field. Meharg discusses the value of practice session competition and what it can contribute toward confidence, increasing the intensity of the practice sessions, and creating an environment of competition that fosters quality, teamwork, and unity. Meharg breaks the video into four sections: Skills, warm-up games, even number competitions, and "Competition Day", (a competitive confidence building practice the day before a competition). She outlines several drills in each section that are useable for teams at any level and also suggests drills that will inspire countless variations for teams at any level. Teach your team "How to Battle" before they take the field! 58 minutes. 2003.
In the 2004 season, Duke University Head Coach Beth Bozman's dominating defense held opponents to just 33 goals for the entire season! In this DVD, Coach Bozman teaches and demonstrates her overpowering and unique defensive system.
Bozman shares with you her six principles for building an effective defense that can be implemented into your daily practice routine. The six principles include: 1) Drop pass, 2) Covering the passing lane, 3) Eliminating options, 4) Support on the ball, 5) Communication, and 6) Cutting the field in half. Each principle is demonstrated thoroughly on the marker board along with extensive on the field demonstration.
These principles can be used with any team, at any level. Bozman also suggests how they can be modified to help inspire your team to be a successful defensive machine. In addition, she demonstrates and diagrams drills that complement and fine-tune these principles to help build a dominating defense! 43 minutes. 2004.
Duke University Head Coach Beth Bozman teaches and demonstrates her potent, attacking offense. Bozman shares with you her seven principles of offensive strategy that can be implemented into your daily practice routine.
The seven principles include: 1) Getting numbers above the ball, 2) Repossess and pass, 3) Reading your first defender, 4) Breaking the gain, 5) Motion, 6) Lead option, and 7) End line option. Each principle is demonstrated thoroughly on the marker board along with extensive on-field demonstration.
These principles can be used with any team, at any level! Bozman also suggests how they can be modified to help inspire your team to be a successful offensive machine. In addition, she demonstrates and diagrams drills that complement and fine-tune these principles to help build a successful offensive attack! 35 minutes. 2004.
University of Maryland Field Hockey Head Coach Missy Meharg presents an excellent overview of how her practice sessions translate into success on the game field. Meharg discusses the value of practice session competition and what it can contribute toward confidence, increasing the intensity of practice sessions, and creating an environment of competition that fosters quality, teamwork, and unity. She breaks the video into four sections; skills, warm-up games, even number competitions, and "Competition Day," (a competitive confidence building practice the day before a competition). She outlines several drills in each section that are useable for teams at any level and also suggests drills that will inspire countless variations for teams at any level. Teach your team "How to Battle" before they take the field! 58 minutes. 2003.
