I will be playing Field Hockey in August and I need...?

Question

some tips. I am going to be playing on my high school team with freshman(me), sophmores and juniors. Does anyone have any tips that might make me a better player? Maybe stuff I should expect during my first practice?

Answer 1

Hey heres some advice for fh:

Running is a huge thing I field hockey, as I’m sure you know, depending on you coach the amount of running varies. But most of the time I hear people run from 1-3 miles. To get in shape for running the best thing you can do is just run. Run regularly. TIP: If you have a treadmill, then that’s good, but don’t only run on that because running on the dirt, grass, and rocks to get that feel for it.

Other ways to prepare is swimming. Swimming is low impact, cardio, and it gets many parts of your body going. Also biking is good for you legs. One thing I do sometimes is while I’m watching TV I get low, in field hockey position, and when you stand in the stance for a long time, you really feel it. Challenge your self to stay in the stance longer then you did the time before.

Another thing is just play around with a ball and a stick. Do it as much as you can, make up your own drills, do drills you've done before on past teams. Do the basics, and evaluate your self, see what you need to practice, and practice with other people.

On your first practice it will be like a regular practice for the second 1/2 but for the first part it will probably be like name games, and get to know you stuff.

Hope this helps =)