Off Season Conditioning
Winter and Spring Sessions?
Colorado Bears Field Hockey Club holds Winter Development Skills Clinics (indoor) from December to March, and Spring Developmental Skills Clinics in April & May. This is a great program, consider joining to help grow your skills! See website, or email emma@coloradobears.com for questions or details.
SUMMER SESSIONS?
Boulder High Panthers summer of 2024 pick up session dates and times: June 6th and June 20th from 5:30-7:00 pm at Angevine Middle School turf. Free. Anyone is welcome to join, even if you are new to the team or the sport.
Colorado Bears Field Hockey Club is hosting a summer camp this June.
Revolution Field Hockey has a camp in Denver in July.
Sometimes Game On! Sports 4 Girls also has field hockey camps for beginners.
CO Field Hockey also has a list of other clubs that will have more summer camps.
For our newcomers this will be a great time to learn more about the sport and for our current players it will be time to practice before the season starts. We have sticks available for players to use during the clinics. Please bring shin guards and a mouth guard. We will need all of the participants to fill out this waiver in order to participate in the clinic. Please feel free to bring any friends along that might be interested in playing field hockey in the fall!
Please fill out a BVSD sports waiver for BVSD summer sessions.
SUMMER CONDITIONING:
In order to be prepared for the upcoming season, we need to be in shape! Field hockey requires endurance as well as sprinting and uses muscles in your arms, legs and core. Below you will find some workout plans that you can do anywhere you are over the summer to prep for the season. You should come ready to tryouts in your best shape, ready to rock the season, especially as we start as a Varsity and JV program. We want to be the first to the ball, every time!
End of Summer Goals For Tryouts:
Returners: Run a mile as fast or faster than your end of season mile time.
New Players: Run a mile in under 8-9 minutes
Run two miles in under 18-19 minutes, and three miles in under 30 minutes.
10-20 push ups without stopping
2 minute plank without breaking
30 squat jumps without stopping
Summer Conditioning Workout Plan:
Overall: Do something active 4-6 times a week! See options listed below.
Run 2-3 times a week. Go for runs. Long runs, short runs, and interval runs (jogging with bursts of sprinting), do sprints. Overall, the more running the better.
Stretch 3-4 times a week.
Practice stick stills with a ball 1-5 times a week.
Dribble, do pulls, push passes, sweeps and hits. Even just doing figure 8s, pulls and spins on the carpet at home is better than nothing!
Play field hockey with friends or family! Get together with your teammates and go find some turf! You can use Angevine (and most school turfs) in the summer!
Practice stick skills in the backyard or in a park. Grass is fine!
Do a WOD (workout of the day) 3-4 times a week. Rotate/change which WODs you do. (see below)
Do outdoor sports. Go hiking! Go mountain biking! Go rock climbing! Go kayaking! All of these are good for strength and endurance, and can totally count as your WOD (Work Out of the Day)
Do yoga! Good for endurance, flexibility and strength.
Practice drinking enough water with electrolytes, eating healthy foods and getting enough sleep. This is important during the season to help avoid injuries and exhaustion!
