Ready2Coach

NFHCA Ready2Coach Clinics provide field hockey coaching education, professional development, and networking opportunities for coaches at all levels.

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Designed as a platform to enhance your coaching knowledge on and off the field, the NFHCA Ready2Coach clinics provide field hockey coaching education, professional development, and networking opportunities for coaches at all levels. Educated coaches help deliver a positive playing experience for athletes and their teams.

Key Elements

Clinics are designed to be engaging, inclusive, interactive, fun and may focus on any or all of these key elements:

  • Technical: tracking, shooting, passing/receiving, 1v1 defending and attacking
  • Tactical: possession, outletting, pressing, transitional attack and defense, red zone execution, midfield transfers, penalty corners
  • Practice & Game Preparation: practice planning, drill design, conditioning, team formations, interchange and substitution, recovery, travel planning, game warm-ups, film analysis
  • Leadership & Team Management: cultivating culture, mindset development, player development, emotional intelligence, communication, team building, communicating with stakeholders

Key field hockey principles are explained through demonstrations, chalk talks, drills, and classroom workshops.  Active participation by attendees is encouraged.

Ready2Coach
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Official Sponsor of Ready2Coach 

Coach Educators

Justine Sowry

Justine Sowry

Coach Educator, Louisville, KY

Head Coach, University of Louisville

Carolyn-King Robitaille

Carolyn-King Robitaille

Coach Educator, Durham, NH

Head Coach, Saint Anselm College

 

Steve Danielson

Steve Danielson

Coach Educator, Durham, NH

Associate Head Coach, University of New Hampshire

 

Heidi Lewis

Heidi Lewis

Coach Educator, McLean, VA

Director of Performance and Operations, Beyond Sticks

Laura Gebhart

Laura Gebhart

Coach Educator, Penn State University

Associate Head Coach, Penn State University

Emily Snowden

Emily Snowden

NFHCA Ready2Coach and USA Field Hockey Level 1 Coach Education