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USA Field Hockey Women's Indoor National Team Trials:
Feasterville, Pa. near Philadelphia on
December 17, 2004: 5-10PM
Trials for the USA
Men’s National Indoor Hockey Team will lead to the selection of a squad
to represent the USA. The squad will train, compete in tournaments in
North America, play against other national teams and probably tour
Europe.
Finances:
To be competitive, each member of the squad must be prepared to
contribute up to $2,000 and participate in fund raising activities over
the next sixteen months. While we hope to reduce this figure
considerably through fundraising, there can be no assurance of this
happening.
Players will be
expected to purchase their own tickets for trips, once reservations have
been made on their behalf. This is to ensure that they participate and
that unused tickets are not coming out of the team’s budget. The cost
of the ticket will be factored in to their contribution to a tour and
any appropriate refunds will be settled at the conclusion of each event,
funds permitting.
Cost of trials:
Participants will have to pay a non refundable trials fee of $75 and
cover their own costs associated with travel, food and accommodation.
The $75 trials fee will be waived for those who toured England and/or
Venezuela with the USA National Team in 2004. In our effort to keep
cost to a minimum, trials are being held near Philadelphia to coincide
with the NAPL Indoor Hockey League, as many players and officials will
be attending this event.
Trials and
selection: The trials are
intended to allow the Selection Committee to select a squad of up to 18
players. From this squad, the coaching staff will name a traveling
party for each event. This squad will be in effect for sixteen months,
until April 2006. Players will be selected based on the Selection
Committee evaluation of their ability to contribute to a successful
National Indoor squad. Skills, tactical awareness, attitude, fitness,
discipline, knowledge of the rules and ability to follow a game plan may
all factor in to this decision.
The trials will
consist of a series of drills and game situations to allow the Selection
Committee to evaluate these characteristics.
Anyone unable to
attend the trials because of injury, serious illness or a significant
prior commitment must submit an Application requesting a waiver, along
with the trial fee, no later that 12/8/2004. Applications can be
requested by contacting Dean Nakamura at our National Office at
dnakamura@usfieldhockey.com or
719-866-4365.
If a waiver is approved, it is the athlete’s responsibility to arrange
an opportunity for an extended evaluation by the National Indoor Coach
or his appointee, and they may be added to the Squad. All costs
associated with such an evaluation shall be the responsibility of the
Athlete. Please note that there is no guarantee that a suitable time
will be found. The only assured way to be considered is to attend the
trial.
Program:
After trials, players will participate in training weekends, tournaments
and tours. These details are still being worked out.
Indoor Hockey
Coach:
Scott Smith, Head Coach US Women’s Indoor
National Team. He returns after coaching the team in winter 2004, where
he led the team on a very successful tour of Scotland and England. His
third year as assistant coach at Northeastern University, in Boston,
Mass, he is a native of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Smith has an
extensive background in field hockey, particularly as a member of the
Canadian Men’s National Team from 1995 through 2002. Smith graduated
from George Brown College in Toronto in
1997. In 1999, Smith helped the Canadian team capture the gold medal at
the Indoor World Cup held in Glasgow, Scotland, and in 2002, Smith
won the Gold Medal at the Pan Am Games with Team
Canada.
Required Action:
Anyone interested in participating in the trials must either submit an
Application or apply for a waiver along with the non refundable Trial
Fee by December 8, 2004,
either by e-mail to
dnakamura@usfieldhockey.com. or by mail. Participants must mail a
check for $75 for the trials fee, and complete forms as outlined below
in checklist. The check should be made payable to USFHA and received at
the National Office in Colorado Springs by December 8, 2004
In your
correspondence, please list your contact info for phone and e-mail and
how you plan to travel.
Travel and
Times: All Athletes are
required to be at the trials facility by 4:30PM on Friday, December 17,
2004. It would be good idea to coordinate your travel and accommodation
plans with others you know will be attending trials in an effort to
reduce cost. The national office will try to help those who are
attending trials get together to coordinate ground transportation and
accommodation, but this will be the athlete’s responsibility. Hotels
are listed on the facility website below.
Trials
Facility: The trials will be
held at Sportsplex, PA.
1331 O'Reilly Drive, Feasterville, PA 19053
www.sportsplexpa.com
Facility Phone Numbers
Toll-Free: (877)-21-SPORT
Phone: (215)-355-2582
Fax: (215)-953-1833
USA Field Hockey
Membership and Citizenship:
To participate in the trials, Athletes must be a member of Association
and be a USA citizen or a green card holder in the final stages of
obtaining your citizenship.
Check List.
___ All forms
received in Colorado Springs by December 8, 2004 which includes: check
for $75 (made payable to USFHA), registration form, waiver, medical
release, credit card authorization form (if necessary), membership
application (if necessary) (all available on website at
www.usfieldhockey.com )
. If you have not been on a USA squad within the past year, you must
also mail a photocopy of your passport, or green card. If you are a
green card holder, proof of how you expect to become a citizen before
March 1, 2004 is required.
Mail to:
USA Women’s Indoor Trials
United States Field Hockey Association
1
Olympic Plaza
Colorado Springs, CO 80909
___ Arrange for
your travel and accommodation ASAP.
Best Wishes and
Good Luck,
Dean Nakamura
Assistant Director of High Performance
Staff Advisor to Indoor High performance Committee
719-966-4365 (Office)
719-632-0979 (fax) |
