7 Signs That It’s The Field Hockey Pre-Season!
“Nothing will work unless you do” – John Wooden No matter how much fitness training you have done in the off-season, there’s not a lot that can truly prepare your body for a field hockey pre-season! Hockey demands more of your muscles than almost any non-specific fitness. Therefore, in order to make pre-season as painless as possible,…
13 Types of Hockey Players – Which One Are You?
In every field hockey team that I have played in there always seems to be similar types of hockey players, no matter what country I am in or what level I am playing at. In this article I attempt to breakdown my observations of the different hockey player personalities. Make sure you let us know in…
Anna Flanagan Australian Hockey Star Reveals Her Secrets To Success
It was very interesting interviewing Hockeyroo Anna Flanagan, one of the best and most popular field hockey players in the world, commonly known as Flanno by her team mates. Two of the key takeaways for me after talking to the Australian Hockey Player comes from some of the things that I am constantly teaching: 1. Setbacks and injury have helped Anna to…
10 Fun Field Hockey Facts
Here are some interesting and FUN Field Hockey Facts. How many of these did you know? Let us know in the comments below…. 1. At the London 2012 Olympics, hockey was the 3rd most spectated sport 2. Celebrities Emma Watson, Kate Middleton, Jennifer Lawrence and Heath Ledger all played hockey 3. Men’s hockey has the fastest…
10 Things That Prove You Are A Field Hockey Player
Recently I have been speaking to a lot of hockey players and coaches from all over the world, including Europe, UK, Australia, New Zealand, South America, USA, Canada, South Africa and parts of Asia, appreciating how big the hockey community is. Having played with and against many different types of players, across many different countries I…
