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>]
Field Hockey Mouthguard Care
Posted by Rita Shelley Who hasn’t cringed watching LeBron James passionately chew on his mouth guard? Let’s face it: in and out of your mouth througout the game, your mouthguard can get pretty gross. In fact, when it comes to conventional guards, the mouth guard is the most bacteria carrying piece of sports equipment you own! Perhaps you don’t think too much about the amount of dirt and germs that accumulate on your guards during practices, games, or simply storage. After afew weeks in your bag, the guards start to turn dusky and smell. After regular practices or games, there is [Read More>]
5 Ways to Be Safe When Playing Team Sports
When you go out on the field to play a game, safety is often the farthest thing from your mind. Who cares about safety? You are out there to have fun. Right? Hopefully not. Safety is important for many reasons; even reasons separate and apart from the fact that it is no fun to be hurt. For example, safety violations can result in penalties, either individual or team. It can also result in an injury to someone else, and hopefully you do not want to have someone else’s injury on your conscience. All of this should tell you something: if you [Read More>]
5 Concussion Myths For Every Coach, Parent And Child
Posted by Sierra Soleimani There are two million of reported incidents of concussions per year in the US. With a push to minimize the risk of long term injury in athletes, several common myths about concussions keep resurfacing. The unstoppable Science Ninjas of SISU set out to bust these myths: #1 Every Collision Leads To A Concussion – FALSE Here’s is why: Concussion causing force is hard to measure. Even with new bio-metric technology coming on the market, it is difficult to measure the force of impact that may cause a concussion, because there is no set standard. While high forces do [Read More>]
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