10 Things You See at a Hockey Practice
Like any other sport, field hockey requires endless amounts of practice for an athlete to maintain their skills. Just like you will prepare for certain events at a game, you will also notice there are several things you see at a field hockey practice that you must prepare for. Some of them are mundane, and you will barely notice them while some of them are a bit more eventful and require an athlete’s strength of mind to deal with. Even at a kids’ summer camp, field hockey practice is tough, and you must be prepared. The following are a few aspects [Read More>]
Summer Skin Exposure at Camp Tips
We’re well into the summer, and that means the sun has been beating down on us, giving us the highest temperatures we’ll see all year. Athletes participating in summer day camps have gotten daily hours of intense sun exposure. This means good sports weather in general, but it also means sunburns and even more physically taxing hockey practices. While this is doing you wonders for your body by helping produce vitamin D, it is important to keep in mind prudent sun exposure practices. The following are a few things to start (or keep) doing in these blazing summer months. Put on [Read More>]
Coach Speak Examples
A large part of sports is recognizing patterns and determining what to do when to benefit your team. During practice, an athlete’s burgeoning pattern-recognition abilities may surface in identifying common things a summer sports camp coach might say to energize, inspire, or command the team. Coaches may say many different things depending on the situation. Here’s some common coach sayings you may hear during camp practices or during games, and why a coach may say them. 10 Coach Speak Examples You Might Hear #1: “Good!” Very short, and to the point. This is something you’ll want to make your coach say [Read More>]
Field Hockey Coach-Player Relationships
The growth of an athlete is contingent on many things. The most important of these is their own effort and drive to succeed. However, a young athlete will need a dedicated support team and devoted coaches to ensure that their effort goes in the right direction and that their growth is as efficient as possible. The dynamic of the coach and the player is defined by their working and personal relationship. If there is a poor dynamic, both the coach and player suffer, as the player will be unable to sufficiently grow under their tutelage, and the coach themselves will not [Read More>]
How Youth Field Hockey Players Can Cope
The world of an athlete, most especially a young athlete, is fraught with trials both physical and emotional. While a young athlete’s journey through field hockey will be fun and enlightening to them, it may also come with low points or feelings of hardship that will be most trying for a growing person. Luckily, being an athlete on a field hockey team means that there is a wealth of new resources and ways to deal with such hardships that a lone person does not have access to. Here are some ways that a young hockey player can cope with the inevitable [Read More>]
Why Athletes Should Give Back to the Community
There are many reasons that athletes should give back to their community, and these include both altruistic and personal reason. Charity and giving back can mean many different things. · Holding a fundraiser, such as a bake sale or car wash, in order to raise funds for an organization. · Volunteering your time at a nonprofit organization. · Volunteering your time helping someone you know needs assistance, such as walking an elderly neighbor’s dog. · Using your skills to coach or mentor younger players. · Giving money, even a small amount, or items, such as clothes, to a worthy cause. Laura [Read More>]
Field Hockey College Bound Athletes
Being an athlete, keeping up with schoolwork, and having a social life all at once is not easy. However, if you are the only athlete in your family, your loved ones just may not be able to understand. When you are headed to college, and you are the only one in your family who is going to play a sport while you are there, there are a few things you should know. 5 Things that Happen to a Player Who’s the Only College Bound Athlete in a Family Here are five things that will happen to you when you are the [Read More>]
5 Habits of Mentally Tough Field Hockey Players
Sometimes, your mind isn’t where it should be, and your heart just isn’t in the game. You can admit it because it happens to everyone. It even happens to the very best most talented players who ordinarily rock at mental toughness. When you do have those games, you do not play at your best level. Why? Because you are not mentally prepared. This should tell you just how important mental toughness is. You can take lessons, go to camp, play year-round a hundred years in a row, but if you do not work on your mental game, something will always be [Read More>]
10 Ways to Celebrate National Field Hockey Day
This year will mark the fourth annual National Field Hockey Day. And of course, all of you big field hockey fans will want to help celebrate it in the right way. Let’s make it bigger and better than any year before (and then let’s keep making it bigger and better every year after.) How can you celebrate, though? 10 Things to Do Before and on National Field Hockey Day Here are 10 things you can do to celebrate National Field Hockey Day. Figure out when it is. One of the first things you need to do to celebrate any holiday is [Read More>]
Choosing the Right Field Hockey Mouthguard
Posted by Sassa Akervall When the SISU Mouth Guard rebranded from Protech Dent in 2012, we also introduced a second product, that is a little thicker for even better protection. We decided to call the original SISU (1.6) Ultralight and the new one SISU (2.4) Max. So, what is the difference between these guards? When Dr. Akervall first came up with the idea of the SISU mouth guard, he only worked with the original size, the SISU 1.6 Ultralight. It was clear very early on that the mouth guard could withstand much higher impact without transfer to the teeth, than any [Read More>]
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