Whether you're a novice or an experienced field hockey player, you can benefit from attending a field hockey camp. A fun way to spend a few summer days or weeks, a field hockey camp is geared and focused on teaching field hockey tactics and techniques to all levels of players, both boys and girls.

The game of hockey, or field hockey as it is sometimes known as, originated thousands of years ago. It is traditionally played on grass, but can be played on a variety of surfaces including gravel and sand-based or water-based artificial turf. Commonly hockey is now played on synthetic surfaces - particularly at the higher levels like the Olympics.

In selecting the perfect field hockey stick, it is necessary to choose the proper length. Choosing the correct length will enable a field hockey player to become a champion. Because a player with the right length stick is more comfortable, he plays better. However, the perfect length stick varies among players. This article describes two methods of choosing the best length stick.

This article details three of the most important aspects of a successful field hockey coaching program. A coach requires excellent communication and leadership skills to bring out the best in their players as well as the ability to bring innovation to their coaching program to hold their players’ attention and allow them to progress with their skill sets.

This article gives a number of field hockey coaching ideas for when the weather turns sour, forcing practices indoors. The article details a few warm-up suggestions to lift your team's spirits before outlining two passing drills that involve stick-handling the ball between cones before passing to teammates or taking a shot.

Recently I broke my cherished eight-year-old wooden hockey stick, so with a heavy heart I began the confusing process of choosing a new stick. Having only used wooden hockey sticks in the past I thought I would just replace it with a similar stick. So I was dumbstruck when I started to search the web and got bombarded with options for composite and wooden sticks of varying weight, lengths and shapes. After days of research and a bit of experience I thought I'd publish my findings to help other hockey players when choosing their next stick.

Hockey is a nice game to play. There are many versions of the game, such as regular hockey that is played on the grass lawns, ice hockey which is played on ice surface and air hockey wherein the players play on a small table similar to table tennis. Players use a tool to move the ball or coins to the other person's goal area. The tool could be hockey stick in case of regular or ice hockey, puck in case of air hockey. Air hockey is a nice game which does not involve running around the ground like the other versions. You can learn more about the game and play the game that also interests players of all ages.

It's odd what can bring back old memories, and you never know when you may come face to face with your past. This happened to me once over an air hockey table. I was just out of high school, and was hanging out with some friends before going off to college. A girl asked me if I would like to play air hockey with her, and I said that I would, even though I had no idea who she was. As we played, she started asking me things about my childhood. Though this was a little weird to me, it was a fun conversation.

Ice hockey coaching is a tough job. There is a lot to teach and a lot to keep track of. If your players are older or more advanced, you've got to continually be challenging them with something new. If your players are young or beginners, you've got to teach them how to perform actions completely unnatural to any human being. One area that is far too oft forgotten though is hockey fitness. On-ice and off-ice training that is necessary to take players to the next level.