NFHCA News
A conversation with Honda Athletes of the Year, Erin Nicholas and Jazmin Petrantonio
Photo credit: Frank Poulin/Middlebury College and Shippensburg UniversityThe Collegiate Women Sports Awards presented by Honda (CWSA) announced last week that two field hockey athletes, Erin Nicholas of Middlebury College and Jazmin Petrantonio of Shippensburg...
Krempa named NFHCA May Scholastic Player of the Month
BROCKPORT, N.Y. — Cole Krempa, a 2024 forward from ADK Field Hockey Club and Johnstown High School, recorded 22 offensive points last month to earn the distinction of May’s NFHCA Scholastic Player of the Month. Krempa scored 10 goals and assisted on two others across...
McKain, Tamer selected as inaugural Redwood Grantees
Keely Tamer addresses Great Lakes Regional Field Hockey athletes.BROCKPORT, N.Y. — The National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Sport Development Committee has selected Gaby McKain and Keely Tamer as the inaugural recipients of the Redwood Grant. “Calling...
The Mental Performance Promises Challenge
By Julie Munson, Head Coach at Southern New Hampshire UniversityNow that we have finally made it to May of 2022, I am going to take you back to fall 2019. Everything was going so well for me, professionally and personally. The program I started at Southern New...
Moving Past “Stuck”
By Stephanie Bernthal, Beyond Sport Coaching, LLCOn December 28, 2020, I had shoulder surgery to repair a tear and some cartilage issues. Let me walk you through how a very normal experience in our sporting world (addressing a physical injury) ignited some...
How Do Positive Affirmations Promote Athlete Mental Health?
By Ian Gulbransen of RestoicOver the course of the last few years, what do some of the biggest news stories in sports have in common? It’s clearly the impact of anxiety and the mental strain athletes face — even at the highest levels. We saw this play out with several...
Eight Tips to Rest and Restore Your Well-Being
By NFHCA member, Bobbi MoranWhen I was a kid looking for the answer to a question my mother would ask, “What does your gut tell you? Go with your gut.” Thinking back, I am incredibly grateful for learning this technique as a child. A gut check requires that we turn...
NFHCA and USA Field Hockey collaborate on new coach education opportunity
BROCKPORT, N.Y. — The National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) and USA Field Hockey (USAFH) are excited to collaborate on a new coach education opportunity that will combine learning initiatives from each organization. The NFHCA Ready2Coach and USAFH Level 1...
NFHCA launches Campfire Mentoring Program
BROCKPORT, N.Y. — The National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) is excited to launch the Campfire Mentoring Program for member coaches. "Building off the NFHCA Circle-Ups introduced last year, the NFHCA Campfire Mentoring Program is designed to foster organic...
Applications for the NFHCA Redwood Grant open today
The Goalie Trainer: A Passion for Entrepreneurship If you have a goalkeeper within 100 miles of Emily Snowden’s Malvern, Pennsylvania facility you’ve probably heard of The Goalie Trainer. From the outside looking in, her success may appear to have come easily, but the...