OAFHA

02/26/2017

The most important things a beginner can learn are [a] how to hold the stick to control the right and left sides of the ball and [b] making a rainbow with the left hand while NOT holding onto the stick with their right hand. THE BEST way to practice and develop that skill is to move the ball back and forth, from right to left and back again, over a 36" course in front of their feet. At least once a day they should measure their success by doing the Yardstick Test. This video demonstrates the Yardstick Test.

04/04/2016

04/04/2016

03/14/2015

In OAFHA programs we don't tell players to, "Put your stick down." Instead we say, "Put your hands below your knees." The former is for people who want to quit the sport. The latter is for field hockey athletes who want to be continuously successful playing the sport.

“"You don't wear your glove to look pretty and cute in it."~Coach Lunda”

07/30/2014

OAFHA was pleased to host a training session for area teenage goalkeepers. The clinician was Steve Wagner, the goalkeeper for Team USA at the 1996 Olympics.

07/23/2014

Nice!

Highlights from the 2014 Field Hockey BC Learn to Train Festival! 180 athletes 10-13 years old from across the province completed the 10 week Learn to Train ...

05/18/2014

This is a video of the test we did before the World Championship of the World (May 18, 2014)