Jan Trapp and the Messiah College staff take you through the techniques and drills for teaching and developing proper stick work. Coach Trapp has won over 500 games in her career at Messiah and her teams have been invited to the NCAA tournament over 20 times with 14 of those teams reaching the Final Four.

Coach Trapp's drills begin with basic principles and build up to more advanced principles. The DVD begins with stationary stick work drills involving the ready position concentrating on footwork and balance - the keys to good stickwork.

Trapp slowly adds movement to the drills combining ball handling, footwork, passing with spin, slip, flop, pull back and lift techniques. The progression ends with shots out of the movements. Each drill trains the players to keep their body and sticks low to ensure consistent ball control. These drills will help your athletes build speed and quickness while carrying the ball down the field and to put more drive behind their shot.

Building on the ball control drills, the staff demonstrates drills to improve passing and receiving skills while on the move. This segment includes a 2-on-0 drill to develop ball control, passing and receiving skills and a five-point drill for receiving passes on the move from a longer distance. These drills reinforce low body position, soft hands, passing accuracy and timing. Using these drills, your players will learn to cut to get open and receive a pass with pressure or get practice intercepting passes.

All of the skills taught throughout the video culminate in a 3-on-2, 2-on-1 drill that simulates game action.

This comprehensive DVD will provide you with the tools you need to bring out the best in your athletes' ball control skills!

75 minutes. 2011.

National championship coach Tjerk van Herwaarden demonstrates more than 10 simple exercises that focus on improving the power, accuracy and quickness of your shot.

van Herwaarden teaches effective scoring skills that can be used in a variety of game situations:

• Shooting off of a move
• Shooting off of a pass while facing the goal
• Shooting off of a pass with your back to the goal
• One touch scoring
• Scoring close to the goal

Starting at the top of the circle, van Herwaarden focuses demonstrates how to execute the basic shot and the reverse shot. The reverse shot is an important skill for every player as it is difficult for the keeper to track and makes it difficult to defend the attacker. Another area of focus in these drills is the ability to take the ball away from the defense to create space for a shot.

Since a majority of the goals scored in field hockey happen close to the goal, van Herwaarden demonstrates a number of combination scoring drills to fine tune your one touch scoring skills. These drills work on scoring with limited time and space, rebound shots with no back swing, shots off deflections and more.

Throughout the DVD, van Herwaarden demonstrates how to correct the common errors that rob your players of power and accuracy on their shots.

These proven drills are done regularly in Maryland's practices leading to four trips to the NCAA finals in five years. Incorporate them into your practice today!

66 minutes. 2010.

Never before has such an extensive field hockey conditioning program been made publicly available as in this instructional DVD by Rob Rose.

This effective and efficient year-round program contains complete workouts for three parts of the year: pre-season, in-season and off-season. Each program features dynamic flexibility warm-ups and drills to increase your athletes' linear speed, agility, power, quickness, core and balance. The preseason and off-season programs also include anaerobic conditioning.

Rose opens up a treasure trove of over 100 drills, many of which can be done with a field hockey stick in hand to get your athletes accustomed to the feel of moving with the stick. Athletes demonstrate these drills and exercises, showing critical techniques that can help any player elevate his or her game.

This DVD also includes a Powerpoint presentation with complete outlines of the programs, dynamics and drills-including bonus drills not covered in the video. The Powerpoint file can be accessed and printed for use as an easy reference guide.

This effective, efficient program is your ticket to complete conditioning for your field hockey team!

111 minutes. 2010.

Marybeth Freeman is one of the most accomplished goalkeepers in NCAA history! Now the goalkeeper coach for one of the most successful NCAA programs, she shares her "trade secrets" for technique and tactical success at the goalkeeper position. These tips are helpful for aspiring goalkeepers and coaches alike! The bottom line is to find a way to always be in position to make a save on the ball. She shares her techniques to get the ball to the easiest zone/angle on the field and a variety of useful and essential techniques to become a champion goalkeeper! Techniques covered in detail include: jab, lunge, splits, dives, drop step, punch clear, strokes. Learn from the best to become the best goalkeeper you can be!

48 minutes. 2003.

Tracey Griesbaum coaches you through over 20 field hockey drills to improve your athletes' ball control, passing, receiving and shooting. Starting with ball control drills, Griesbaum demonstrates drills that you can use to improve your players' dribbling speed, ball placement, change of direction and vision. Learn passing drills that will improve passing strength, accuracy and reception-to-pass time. Discover scoring drills to work on shooting in a variety of situations including controlled shots, receiving and shooting, forehand shots, backhand shots, shot placement, swing on a loose ball and more. All of these drills can be adjusted to address weaknesses in your team. Coach Griesbaum's team finished 8^th nationally in goals per game in 2009. Now, with Griesbaum's teaching, you can improve the skills needed to create a high scoring offense.

2009.