- WORKOUTS – Start slow if you are just beginning conditioning, eat healthy and drink plenty of fluids.
- Workout formulated specifically for our field hockey players by a certified strength and conditioning coach, click here or cut and paste and go to the following link https://columbiafieldhockey.com/columbia-field-hockey-off-season-program/.
- Workout Alternatives, click here or cut and paste to go to https://columbiafieldhockey.com/workout-idea/.
- SKILLS
- Below are some links to drills players can do by themselves with limited space. Focus on doing the drill right first, then increase speed. Stay low, knees bent and on the balls of your feet at all times with weight over feet and eyes foward.
- If you don’t have cones you can use a ball of socks, rolled up shorts/tshirts, etc.
- Indian dribble with cones – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyZNsBwfjqQ
- Air dribbling – THE PROPER WAY – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U7NL5iX3Pc
- 5 minute skill warm up – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HknbpzEOhw&t=26s
- 3D skills and ball control – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYn9_WRITug
- Tight space ball control – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaAHkPZcD5k
- “Snakes and Snaps” for ball control – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzXA9ji-3Do
- “Touches and Checks” for ball control – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4H7nFuQbOk
- Liftys and ball control – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZze9moivkY
- YARD STICK PULLS
- If you have Instagram, check out the following accounts for a ton of awesome drills you can do by yourself or with a covid circle friend or family member-
