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Goucher College Girls Field Hockey Camp
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Day Camp- July 9 to July 11, 2008
Overnight Camp- July 13 to July 16, 2008
The Goucher College Field Hockey Beginner Day Camp is designed for girls, ages 11 through 14, who are beginners or have never played by would like to try. This is the perfect opportunity to learn the Australian style of field hockey in an active, fun, and challenging environment.
The camp focuses on teaching fundamental skills including hitting, passing, receiving, tackling, goal scoring, and goal keeping.
Click here to download the Girls' Field Hockey Beginner Day Camp registration form.
The Goucher College Overnight Kookaburra Kamp is designed for girls, ages 14 through 18, with skill levels ranging from intermediate to advanced, who want to take their game to the next level.
The camp focuses on on teaching advanced skills and techniques that will provide players will a competitive edge over opponents. Emphasis will be placed on ball possession, elimination of the opponent, advanced tackling methods, and more effective goal scoring exercises. For the goalkeeper, Coach Prestwich will instruct specialized sessions and will also demonstrate his own style of goal keeping.
The Day Camp and Overnight Kookaburra Kamp are both located on the grounds of the prestigious Goucher College located on 300 acres in Towson, Maryland.
Click here to download the Kookaburra Kamp registration form.
Director
Warren Prestwich, is entering his 3rd season as head field hockey coach at Goucher College. A native of Australia, Warren has been playing field hockey since he was 6 years old and has coached for 29 years. In 4 years as goal keeping coach at William Smith College he produced 2 All-American goalkeepers. As a player, he was a member of the University of New England, Australia, team that won the Australian University National titles in 1988 and 1989.
Coaching Staff
The staff will be comprised of college coaches and players from Goucher College and other High School and collegiate programs. Certified Athletic Trainers will be on staff to provide preventative and remedial care. The coach-to-player ratio for the camp will be 1:8.
Camp Information
Campers will need to bring their own stick, shinguards, mouthguard, cleats and court shoes (non-black soled sneakers in case of inclement weather) and sunscreen.
Camp Schedule
Typical daily schedules will be as follows:
Day Camp:
8:30 am Arrive at Goucher College
9:00am-10:00am Instructional Session I
10:00am-11:15am Instructional Session II
11:15am-12:00pm Game play
12:15 pm Camp Dismissal
Overnight Camp:
7:30-8:30am Breakfast
9:00am-11:30am Morning Session
11:45am-12:30pm Lunch
12:30pm-2:00pm Free Time
2:00pm-4:30pm Afternoon Session
4:45pm-5:30pm Dinner
6:30pm-8:00pm Competition Games
Fees
Field Hockey Day Camp- $150
Overnight Camp-
Resident Campers $400
Day Campers $350
Save $25.00 on the cost of the camp by registering and paying in full before May 17h.
For more information contact Warren Prestwich, Camp Director, at 410-337-6547.