Field Hockey Skills
One of the many cool things about field hockey is there are many similarities with other sports. That means there’s an opportunity to take a skill typically used elsewhere and apply it within a field hockey game successfully. Our Connecticut Field Hockey Camps (along with Revolution Camp locations elsewhere in the country) focus on a number of things to help youth field hockey players take their respective games to the next level. This includes speed and agility training, nutrition seminars, combine testing, personal evaluations, and a take-home drill booklet to keep players motivated. Something else that’s incredibly important that we do [Read More>]
Qualities of Field Hockey Defenders
At Revolution Field Hockey Camps, our directors make sure to spend time developing the mental and physical side of each player to help them reach the next level the following season and beyond. This is accomplished by bringing in people within the sport who play for national teams, top college programs, and other highly rated educational institutions. What’s really helpful is that they don’t just see themselves as coaches – they’re role models representing the game they love, and they want to pass that love and passion down to the generations behind them. Whether you’re participating in one of our Maryland [Read More>]
The Top 3 Tips And Tricks For Scoring More Field Hockey Goals
This is probably a silly question to ask a field hockey player who is a striker, but would you like to learn how to score more goals? Well, we’d like to think you would! There are countless aspects of field hockey that our coaches work on with players throughout our Maryland Field Hockey Camps and all others throughout the country each summer, and this is a focal point. There’s also nothing more frustrating when you and your team are clearly better than an opponent in multiple aspects of a game, but you weren’t able to come away with a victory because [Read More>]
5 Field Hockey Skills You Need to Master
What field hockey skills does it take for players to watch their on-field performance hit a new level? That’s a really good question we answer during our Connecticut Field Hockey Camps, along with all the other Revolution field hockey camps we host throughout the country each summer. Our Camp Directors will design a program that helps you raise many areas of your game from both a mental and physical aspect. Five field hockey skills in particular that are important to master, though, are hitting, passing, leading and positioning, deception, and the jab and poke. We’ll discuss each today and provide some [Read More>]
3 Ways to Prevent Common Field Hockey Injuries
Nobody ever wants to think about getting hurt and not being able to play the sport they love, but it happens more than anyone wants to talk about. Certain injuries within field hockey are inevitable given the extremely physical nature and non-stop action the sport entails. However, there are a number of ways athletes can put themselves in the best possible position to avoid having to sit on the sidelines with an injury. If you’re wondering what some common field hockey injuries are, here you go: Ankle sprains Knee injuries (ACL or cartilage damage) Hamstring strain Shin splints Groin pull As [Read More>]
Building Confidence in Field Hockey Players
In a fast-paced game like field hockey where the action is constant, having confidence in your own on-field abilities is incredibly important. Most of the time, being confident in your skills and the preparation you’ve put into your game up to that point is more than half the battle when it comes to experiencing success. Some people are born confident, but many athletes need to work at it constantly to feel as though they’re comfortable enough with themselves to really let it fly. The biggest hurdle people who struggle with confidence is figuring out why they’re not feeling confident on the [Read More>]
A Background on the History and Basic Rules of Field Hockey
You love playing field hockey, but do you know where and how the sport you dedicate all this time to originated? If not, then you’re in luck, because we’re here to help. Forms of the sport can be traced back to as far as the ancient times in Egypt, Persia, and Greece, but field hockey as we know it today was developed a little later than that. It was still a long time ago, though – the late 19th century in the British Isles. You can thank Constance M.K. Applebee for bringing field hockey over to the United States of America, which [Read More>]
The 4 Best Tips And Tricks For Beginning Field Hockey Players
There’s nothing more exciting than trying something new. For many, there’s also nothing more unnerving than trying something new. Even if you’ve given it plenty of thought and voluntarily decided to give field hockey a try, that won’t prevent you from being nervous the first time you step foot on a field. And that’s completely normal! Don’t worry about being nervous – this means you’re human. It’s important to remember that your ability level when you start playing field hockey won’t at all be the same by the time you have even a few games or practices under your belt. This [Read More>]
The Best College Recruiting Tips For Serious Field Hockey Players
So, you’re a serious high school field hockey player and have decided that you want your college experience to include the sport you love. Congratulations! Coming to that conclusion is a huge decision, and we’re happy you love the sport enough to keep playing at the next level. With that excitement, though, comes a fair amount of uncertainty. The college recruiting process can be an overwhelming one with a lot of unknowns because of all the rules and regulations set forth by the NCAA. The best way to move past those uneasy feelings is to educate yourself on the process and [Read More>]
How to Encourage Field Hockey Teamwork
As much as field hockey is focused on an individual, that particular player’s performance won’t mean much by the end of a game unless they’re working successfully with the rest of their teammates. Everyone needs to be working in unison with one another in order to advance toward that singular goal in their sight on the horizon. There are certain instances where creating team chemistry and cultivating an environment of selfless teamwork is easier than other times, but it’s not always something that comes naturally. So how can field hockey coaches help make this happen throughout the course of a season? [Read More>]
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