Field hockey clubs feedback

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Key recruiting events/connections for top field hockey programs

1. Nexus championship weekend
2. NCCs
3. Disney (top flights)
4. Shooting Star Thanksgiving (top pools)
5. College specific clinics held on their campus or affiliated club teams. Not Lineup
6. Club affiliation/relationships with college coaches
7. NITs (more for goalies)

I did not know this about the line up. Thank you for the run down. This is helpful for us as we start learning about the recruiting process.
This is a good rundown. One question - why not Lineup?

Don’t recommend lineup because it’s a small space, coaches barely get 50 min with almost 18 players, they don’t get to group the players by skill so they wind up doing more generic skill drills than evaluating speed, field iq, stick skills. Also, when they took away the end of the day tournaments coaches could no longer see the player play. Would recommend Apex or Super Sixty over lineup. The reason the lineup gets so many coaches is they pay they very well. So many assistant coaches show because of that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Key recruiting events/connections for top field hockey programs

1. Nexus championship weekend
2. NCCs
3. Disney (top flights)
4. Shooting Star Thanksgiving (top pools)
5. College specific clinics held on their campus or affiliated club teams. Not Lineup
6. Club affiliation/relationships with college coaches
7. NITs (more for goalies)

I did not know this about the line up. Thank you for the run down. This is helpful for us as we start learning about the recruiting process.
This is a good rundown. One question - why not Lineup?

Don’t recommend lineup because it’s a small space, coaches barely get 50 min with almost 18 players, they don’t get to group the players by skill so they wind up doing more generic skill drills than evaluating speed, field iq, stick skills. Also, when they took away the end of the day tournaments coaches could no longer see the player play. Would recommend Apex or Super Sixty over lineup. The reason the lineup gets so many coaches is they pay they very well. So many assistant coaches show because of that.

This was not our experience (though I agree about taking away the tournament was not a good idea. they do have "rivalry games" which are a form of that). Lineup lets you meet a lot of diff coaches quickly w/o traveling all over. You may find you don't click with a certain coach, for example. My child actually got noticed there by several coaches starting at the end of soph. year and so it was a good experience for us.

We would not recommend Apex or Super 60. Super 60 was too large, a complete zoo, with so many players! And hot as hell. Unless you are a superstar or already are emailing certain coaches, I don't know how you get noticed at that event. I don't know a single player that attended and did. But, I'm sure there are those that do b/c it's a huge event and people are obv going.

Just goes to show the the paid showcases like that are really such personal decisions/opinions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Key recruiting events/connections for top field hockey programs

1. Nexus championship weekend
2. NCCs
3. Disney (top flights)
4. Shooting Star Thanksgiving (top pools)
5. College specific clinics held on their campus or affiliated club teams. Not Lineup
6. Club affiliation/relationships with college coaches
7. NITs (more for goalies)

I did not know this about the line up. Thank you for the run down. This is helpful for us as we start learning about the recruiting process.
This is a good rundown. One question - why not Lineup?

Don’t recommend lineup because it’s a small space, coaches barely get 50 min with almost 18 players, they don’t get to group the players by skill so they wind up doing more generic skill drills than evaluating speed, field iq, stick skills. Also, when they took away the end of the day tournaments coaches could no longer see the player play. Would recommend Apex or Super Sixty over lineup. The reason the lineup gets so many coaches is they pay they very well. So many assistant coaches show because of that.

This was not our experience (though I agree about taking away the tournament was not a good idea. they do have "rivalry games" which are a form of that). Lineup lets you meet a lot of diff coaches quickly w/o traveling all over. You may find you don't click with a certain coach, for example. My child actually got noticed there by several coaches starting at the end of soph. year and so it was a good experience for us.

We would not recommend Apex or Super 60. Super 60 was too large, a complete zoo, with so many players! And hot as hell. Unless you are a superstar or already are emailing certain coaches, I don't know how you get noticed at that event. I don't know a single player that attended and did. But, I'm sure there are those that do b/c it's a huge event and people are obv going.

Just goes to show the the paid showcases like that are really such personal decisions/opinions.

We had the same experience at Line Up and Super Sixty. Players of varying skill with some beginner level players, which takes away from the utility of these showcases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Key recruiting events/connections for top field hockey programs

1. Nexus championship weekend
2. NCCs
3. Disney (top flights)
4. Shooting Star Thanksgiving (top pools)
5. College specific clinics held on their campus or affiliated club teams. Not Lineup
6. Club affiliation/relationships with college coaches
7. NITs (more for goalies)

I did not know this about the line up. Thank you for the run down. This is helpful for us as we start learning about the recruiting process.
This is a good rundown. One question - why not Lineup?

Don’t recommend lineup because it’s a small space, coaches barely get 50 min with almost 18 players, they don’t get to group the players by skill so they wind up doing more generic skill drills than evaluating speed, field iq, stick skills. Also, when they took away the end of the day tournaments coaches could no longer see the player play. Would recommend Apex or Super Sixty over lineup. The reason the lineup gets so many coaches is they pay they very well. So many assistant coaches show because of that.

This was not our experience (though I agree about taking away the tournament was not a good idea. they do have "rivalry games" which are a form of that). Lineup lets you meet a lot of diff coaches quickly w/o traveling all over. You may find you don't click with a certain coach, for example. My child actually got noticed there by several coaches starting at the end of soph. year and so it was a good experience for us.

We would not recommend Apex or Super 60. Super 60 was too large, a complete zoo, with so many players! And hot as hell. Unless you are a superstar or already are emailing certain coaches, I don't know how you get noticed at that event. I don't know a single player that attended and did. But, I'm sure there are those that do b/c it's a huge event and people are obv going.

Just goes to show the the paid showcases like that are really such personal decisions/opinions.

We had the same experience at Line Up and Super Sixty. Players of varying skill with some beginner level players, which takes away from the utility of these showcases.

Completely agree on these paid showcases as personal decisions/opinions. I think the list provided is good especially for the top programs. The one thing to note is region 7/8 Nexus selections have a lot of politics. Club coaches sometimes are site coaches pushing for their own players to move to selection camp (ranking is done every weekend) and then push at selection camp too to get them into the championship weekend. This is where club affiliation seems to matter especially if they are working Nexus. Wide majority of players that have gone to the Nexus championship gets heavily recruited by D1s and top D3s. Also since both Nexus and NCCs happen on water turf, the elite coaches come out. As for college clinics, within first hour the head coach will evaluate and restack players (if you aren’t already put with the top group when you enter if this is the first time they are seeing you). If you aren’t being coached by the head coach, aren’t with the current team players or committed players group, the school isn’t interested (high probability). Be strategic on how your player does recruiting and how much money and time you invest. If the player is willing to ask the hard questions to the colleges on their player evaluation ranking, the coaches will reciprocate with truthful responses. Be strategic, clear, and be honest with yourself on skill level assessment vs college desire (matches).

[Anonymous]

What are the best summer programs/camps in the DMV area for a rising freshman who is an advanced player? She wants to train up for the fall season over the summer. Her club doesn’t have a summer season.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are the best summer programs/camps in the DMV area for a rising freshman who is an advanced player? She wants to train up for the fall season over the summer. Her club doesn’t have a summer season.

Send her to camp at WC Eagles. Or maybe a World Camp.

If these won’t work, Washington Wolves offers camps to prep for high school. I believe Next Level offers clinics, too. There is also the high school league run by Husel.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What are the best summer programs/camps in the DMV area for a rising freshman who is an advanced player? She wants to train up for the fall season over the summer. Her club doesn’t have a summer season.

Send her to camp at WC Eagles. Or maybe a World Camp.

If these won’t work, Washington Wolves offers camps to prep for high school. I believe Next Level offers clinics, too. There is also the high school league run by Husel.

Good summation. Facebook has a group called Field Hockey Clinics and Camps (or something like that) that will start listing for spring and summer now. TONS of things will be available but not a ton in the immediate DMV. The summer leagues are not super useful as there is no instruction and the attendance is hit/miss.

But there will be lots of options at the PA clubs and in VA Beach. And if she is looking for college, there will be lots of options to start going to clinics at the schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are the best summer programs/camps in the DMV area for a rising freshman who is an advanced player? She wants to train up for the fall season over the summer. Her club doesn’t have a summer season.

Send her to camp at WC Eagles. Or maybe a World Camp.

If these won’t work, Washington Wolves offers camps to prep for high school. I believe Next Level offers clinics, too. There is also the high school league run by Husel.

Good summation. Facebook has a group called Field Hockey Clinics and Camps (or something like that) that will start listing for spring and summer now. TONS of things will be available but not a ton in the immediate DMV. The summer leagues are not super useful as there is no instruction and the attendance is hit/miss.

But there will be lots of options at the PA clubs and in VA Beach. And if she is looking for college, there will be lots of options to start going to clinics at the schools.

This. I would take a pass on the local clinics mentioned in the PP if your DD is advanced

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are the best summer programs/camps in the DMV area for a rising freshman who is an advanced player? She wants to train up for the fall season over the summer. Her club doesn’t have a summer season.

Send her to camp at WC Eagles. Or maybe a World Camp.

If these won’t work, Washington Wolves offers camps to prep for high school. I believe Next Level offers clinics, too. There is also the high school league run by Husel.

Good summation. Facebook has a group called Field Hockey Clinics and Camps (or something like that) that will start listing for spring and summer now. TONS of things will be available but not a ton in the immediate DMV. The summer leagues are not super useful as there is no instruction and the attendance is hit/miss.

But there will be lots of options at the PA clubs and in VA Beach. And if she is looking for college, there will be lots of options to start going to clinics at the schools.

This. I would take a pass on the local clinics mentioned in the PP if your DD is advanced

Agree. Goto WC eagles camp.

[Anonymous]

Does Steve still run his own camp at AU? That one has had solid coaching in the past. And it is not huge.

[Anonymous]

Also follow some of the PA clubs on Insta: WC, PA Revs, CPFH. They are really good at announcing not only their individual club camps but other camps as well.

World Camp is supposed to be awesome, too. Though our DD never attended.

[Anonymous]

Third vote for WC Eagles. It is a day camp but worth getting an AirBnB nearby. Their registration for next summer is already open. They weirdly do not seem to post much on social media.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does Steve still run his own camp at AU? That one has had solid coaching in the past. And it is not huge.

I don’t think so. I looked for it last year and couldn’t find any info online.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Third vote for WC Eagles. It is a day camp but worth getting an AirBnB nearby. Their registration for next summer is already open. They weirdly do not seem to post much on social media.

Another Yes to WC camp. Current USAWNT roster who just qualified for Olympics has many WC alums.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does Steve still run his own camp at AU? That one has had solid coaching in the past. And it is not huge.

I don’t think so. I looked for it last year and couldn’t find any info online.

DD went to Steve’s AU clinic last September. It was invite only.