1. Play Field Hockey because YOU want to. Your happiness and well-being is more important than success. If playing lacrosse isn’t in your heart, then try something else. Don’t do it for someone else, do what YOU love for YOU.2. Focus on the process not the outcome. If you keep improving each day, wins and titles will…
Stop approaching your sport as a spectator! Each person involved has their own role: field hockey players play, coaches coach, referees ref, parents parent, etc.Know your role – Matt Degs coach at small Sam Houston State created a powerhouse baseball program with what he calls the “Pack Mentality”. Each player fell into one of four…
1. Never be outworked. Always put in 110% of your effort and you won’t be outworked. 2. Don’t focus on your statistics. Sometimes an off-day can throw off your statistics. So just focus on making the next day a better day. 3. Remember that being the biggest or strongest player on the field doesn’t make…
1. Getting involved in the hype by reading the papers, social media and/or looking up your stats. After your season is over, then you can check this stuff out. During the season, focus on always improving. 2. Associating with negative people. They will slow you down and taint your progress during the season. Keep your…
Avoid becoming too much of a fan, instead of a player. If you’re about to play a team in your league, don’t look up their stats or find them in the newspaper. At tournaments don’t want the first place teams playing each other too much either. All of those things will make you unnecessarily nervous…
1. Indifference/Apathy – There’s no room for these feelings if you want to develop your skills and improve your performance. Always put in 110%. 2. Stubbornness – Being stubborn leads to being uncoachable, which leads to being unsuccessful. Be open-minded and you might be exposed to a new skill or technique that you would’ve otherwise…