In Field Hockey Techniques & Tactics, Olympic gold medalist Claire Mitchell-Taverner presents the skills and offensive and defensive systems that helped the Hockeyroos dominate the world stage for nearly a decade and revolutionize the game of field hockey.

Elevate your trapping, receiving, passing, dribbling, and shooting by learning the finer technical points of each attacking skill. Perfect your defensive techniques in anticipating opponents` moves and intercepting passes, making strong tackles, and creating eliminations to regain possession and set up additional attacks. And gain firsthand insights for the communicating and decision making required for excelling as a team.

Citing the aggressive attacking and defensive moves that the Hockeyroos used to win gold at every major international level over a 9-year span, Mitchell-Taverner places emphasis on applying the press, using man-to-man marking, and zoning up. She also teaches the keys to setting up breakaways and 2-on-1s; maintaining possession of the ball; and executing set plays like penalty corners, free hits outside the circle, and long corners.

Higher-level skill development and savvier play are a winning combination against tough competition. Use Field Hockey Techniques & Tactics to boost your performance and expand your knowledge of the game.

191 pages. 2005.

Missy Meharg allows you all access to her practices, drills, plays, philosophy and more. Explore the inner-workings of Meharg's time-tested system of success and learn how you can incorporate it into your program.

This extensive DVD set includes over four hours of field hockey instruction including three full practices, a film scouting session, weight lifting and team meetings. Cap off the experience with a full Maryland field hockey game, watching from the stands and from the sidelines as Meharg offers you insight and wisdom with real-time commentary.

Practice Breakdown:

• Practice 1 is a fitness day with every drill and skill dedicated to keeping players moving at game-speed throughout the practice.
• Practice 2 tapers down the fitness work so players can focus more on tactics specific to their positions.
• Practice 3 is devoted to game prep and competitive games with an emphasis on high energy and great skill work.

Wrap up Day 3 by joining the coaches and team in the film room and scouting game footage of their next opponent.

Finally, get an all access pass to a Maryland field hockey home game. Watch from the sidelines with Coach Meharg as she offers her thoughts and analysis on her team's performance. Then get into the stands and see how the practices have prepared the Terps to execute their great game plan.

Bonus features include a weight lifting session with the team and a tour of the Maryland field hockey facilities.

This DVD set covers nearly every facet of building a successful field hockey program the Maryland way. Order now and take the first step in integrating these proven techniques into your field hockey program!

4 DVDs (373 minutes plus bonus features). 2010.

Step onto the field with this All-Access inside look into Beth Bozman's Duke Field Hockey Team as she welcomes you to a series of three practices where you get to see all the workings of a championship program. The emphasis and activities of each practice change as the team work's their way through the week and comes closer to a weekend of games.

In the first practice, Bozman's team has just come off two games over the weekend followed by a off-day, so Bozman leads them through a more vigorous practice aimed at conditioning and skill work. Jeff Houser, the speed and agility coach at Duke (and a former Olympian), starts the practice with an anerobic threshold conditioning workout, which builds up the players' staminia.

Next, Bozman switches to skill work, running a 3-station ball support drill, passing, and shooting drills that incorporate a ball lift to develop soft hands on the receiving end before the shot. Moving to defense, Bozman runs a defense drill that reinforces pushing the attacker to the hash marks, which will give the defense a chance to recover and organize. The drill starts 1v1, then moves to 2v2 allowing the defense to work on reading the lead attack player. You will hear Bozman pass along coaching tips and strategies for the defense, as well as for the offense that will lead to corner opportunities.

Bozman runs a 3v2 No Touch game reinforcing tracking skills and getting to the low defender as quick as possible. The goal is to develop sharp passing combinations to isolate the defense and create more 2-on-1 situations in games.

A skeleton passing drill closes practice. This drill sharpens cutting patterns and ball pace.

In the second practice, the team is led through more team drills that incorporate game play into the practice. This prepares the players for games both physically and mentally. The practice features drills for ball movement, circle defense and the press.

Day two's passing and shooting skill work includes a 5-Man Passing drill that focuses on backing away, covering passing lanes and scoring when the numbers are in your favor. A weave and shoot drill works on spacing and getting a number of shots in a short amount of time.

Moving on to defense, Bozman runs a defense and recovery drill that will help your defense slow down the attack in the circle and, by using the body, defend a space that will force the attack outside.

Bozman shows her Fall Away Press, where you will see the importance of moving on the front end of the pass, so that you don't lose your chance to step up and press.

Bozman's third practice is the final practice before departing for games. She lowers the intensity and places the emphasis on preparing for the upcoming games. Drills during this practice are specifically tailored to mimic schemes that opponents run so Bozman's squad is prepared to face them on game day.

Grid passing helps with fading off the pass, using soft hands and keeping the passes flat. Warm-up shooting, redirection passing, long hit and skeleton passing keying on fakes are a sampling of the skills that Bozman drills.

With this inside look into Duke Field Hockey, you will be able to prepare your team for games like Hall of Fame Coach Beth Bozman does!

These practices were conducted following the opening week of the season, which will give you a good feel for how to structure the opening prcatices of your season.

139 minutes (2 DVDs). 2010.

Tape 1: Team Attack

Utilizing chalkboard diagrams, a simulated field, and demonstrators on the practice field, Meharg shares her thoughts on how Maryland practices building an effective attack out of the back. Using the 5-3-2 formation, Meharg details, position-by-position, an overview of where everyone needs to be to optimize the offensive attack as the ball moves from the defensive third of the field to the middle third of the field and into the offensive third of the field. This excellent presentation will show you how to organize and maximize a successful team attack!

56 minutes.

Tape 2: Team Defense

In this excellent presentation on building and practicing a successful team defense set-up, Meharg uses visual aids on the chalkboard, on a simulated field, and on the practice field with demonstrators to show how she sets up her defense in each third of the field. Using the 5-3-2 formation as a guide, Meharg explains the position and responsibilities of each area and the decisions a coach needs to consider. This is an excellent presentation that will show you how to organize effective team defense!

55 minutes.

Helped lead Maryland to three national championships in four years (2005-08); USA Men's National team assistant coach (2009 Pan American Games silver medalists), Coached current World and Olympic Champions during his tenure in the Netherlands.

Join the only current coach in the country to have won national championships in NCAA Division I, USA Field Hockey (USAFH) Women's High Performance and the USAFH Men's National Championship as he coaches you through basic tactics for field hockey. Tjerk Van Herwaarden leads you through tactical fundamentals for your field hockey team and teaches his proven philosophy and strategy along the way. Van Herwaarden starts by discussing outletting, as well as different backfield setups such as the bowl and diamond shapes out of the 4-4-3. From there he moves on to the press. Van Herwaarden diagrams how to force your opponent to make mistakes and create interceptions. He includes different styles of the press, including the full field, half field and fall away presses. He concludes with overall team strategies to tie everything together. With this overview of basic tactics, you can put your team in the best possible position to be successful.

2009.