But it ain’t much different.

Let me start by saying that I really enjoyed watching Olympic Field Hockey. The TV coverage here in Canada has mostly been of the men’s game (since our women’s team didn’t qualify for Beijing) and I have been amazed at the speed and athleticism that these great athletes displayed in the few games that I have watched.

Judging by the big increase in hits on this site, as well as my other women’s hockey website over the past 3 weeks, there are a ton of people looking for information on field hockey training. I am just assuming that the 68 hits I received from India in the last month are probably not people looking for ice hockey information (I could be wrong).

While I am by no means a field hockey expert, the truth is…
Ice hockey training isn’t much different from field hockey training.

Both sports require a tremendous amount of speed, stamina, strength and skill. There is also a ton of physical contact - although I assume, much like women’s ice hockey, full body contact isn’t allowed in female version of field hockey either.

So if your version of female hockey is played on the grass instead of the ice, I don’t really expect you to spend a ton of time on websites with articles about how to improve your skating stride or your snap shot. But I don’t really say much about the development of on-ice hockey skills anyways.

I would encourage you to stick around to learn more about how young female “hockey” players can get stronger, faster, fitter and more confident through proper off-ice training.

It ain’t field hockey, but the training principles are the same:

Build a foundation of strength, speed, stamina and skill and watch your hockey performance soar.

Your female “hockey” coach,

Kim