What Really Separates Good Players (With Potential) That Miss Out From Players That Make The Cut
Many hockey players dream of playing at a World Cup or the Olympics, but only a few make it… What is it that separates good players who have potential but miss out and are overlooked from the players that make it? As an outsider it may seem that it’s skill or ability but in most cases, that is…
Exclusive Interview With Junior World Cup Hockey Player From Germany Reveals Her Secrets
With the Junior World Cup currently happening in Chile we decided to do an exclusive interview with one of Germanys top strikers, Hannah Gablac. In The Video Below Junior World Cup Hockey Super Striker Reveals: A few examples of her pre-game rituals she does before a game How she recovers physically for her next game What you…
7 Steps To Take For A Successful 2016
7 Steps To Take For a Successful 2016 The start of a new year is the perfect time to look ahead and plan what we need to do to have a successful year. Whether it is for your hockey in 2016 or just your life in general. “Those that fail to plan, plan to fail” Most people that…
Ellen Hoog: The Dutch Field Hockey Superstar
The 30 year old Netherlands midfielder Ellen Hoog is one of the most popular field hockey players in the world and there’s no surprise why. About Ellen: DOB: 26th March 1986 Height: 1,64m International Debut: 2004 Stick sponsor: Ritual Favourite movie: The Notebook Inspirational sports person: Lionel Messi Pre-game ritual: Always puts her right shinguard on first…
Field Hockey Elimination Skills – The “POP”
Looking for ways to get past players in field hockey? There are a range of field hockey elimination skills that we can use to beat players in a 1v1 situation. In this video we demonstrate what I call the ‘POP’ which can be used when a defender goes into a flat stick tackle. It’s a…
The #1 thing that gave me the winning edge in field hockey
At some stage, pretty much every sports kid dreams of playing their for their country, it’s the honour and the pride of reaching the highest level… but a lot of people fall short of this and it’s not necessarily because they aren’t good enough! I have experienced this first hand when I was a teenager, missing…
What You Can Learn From Mark Knowles, World Player Of The Year
Want to learn and be inspired from one of the best field hockey players in the world? Go no further… There are not many people who have had the privilege of captaining a world-class Australian Men’s Hockey Team (also known as the Kookaburras), but Mark Knowles is one of them. Mark has not only been part of…
An Inspiring Story Of Boys Field Hockey In USA
Field Hockey In USA I am currently travelling around the USA so I thought this week was the perfect opportunity to cover a positive story on field hockey in USA. In particular, boys hockey in the USA. This week’s post is a guest article from Kathy at Boys Field Hockey Hub. It is about a boy daring to dream of playing field…
How Bruno & His Underdog Hockey Team Qualified For 2016 Rio Olympics
We all love an “underdog” story which leads to success and this one is no different! This has taken some time to put this together so I am so excited to finally share this with you… One of our Hockey Performance Academy members, Bruno Sousa has recently been part of the Brazilian national team who have qualified for the…
6 Stages of a GB Hockey Players Pre-Match Routine
Steph Elliott: GB Hockey Players Pre-Match Routine There is a lot that can be learnt from chatting to top hockey players about how they do their thing and chatting to GB Squad member, Steph Elliott about how she prepares herself for her weekly premier league fixtures, was certainly no exception! Steph talked me through 6 key…
