Herndon Reston Field Hockey Programs

Fall League

Fall is the primary season for field hockey in the United States. We have Saturday games in September and October with two practices a week. We have divisions for grades 3/4, 5/6, and 7/8. Younger players are welcome to play with our partner Great Falls Lacrosse and Field Hockey. Registration opens in June.

Late Winter Program

Outdoor pick-up, small games, umpire and coach training in February. 

Spring Season

We have a short spring season with games on Saturdays during April and May. Practice one night a week. Registration opens in February / March.

Summer

Pick-up games and light workouts in preparation for high school play.  Also, umpire and coach training.

Sunday Pick Up

Pick-up games on Sinday evenings.

Parent Engagement

The success of all players depends of significant parent participation – especially for our youngest athletes. Parent engagement in all aspects of our program is crucial for the cognitive, emotional, and physical development of all players.

Registration is open for our full-field 11 v 11 season for players in grades 7 through 12. The 11 v 11 season runs from late October through November 21^st and involves one or two practices a week and games on Saturdays/Sundays. We expect to see teams from our fall league and possibly other clubs. Depending on registration numbers, we may make playing divisions based on age and experience.

There is no cost for anyone registered in one of our fall programs and $25 for all others. However, everyone must register.

We have two programs open for registration.

Summer Program

For adults, coaches, high school, and older youth on Sunday nights, 7:30 to 9 pm, at Nike Field. This program runs through July and the cost is $20. Everyone must register to play.

Fall Program

Fall is our primary season with most of the activities occurring when school starts and includes weekday practices and games on weekends. Exact practice and game times will be set later, but we expect that elementary school players will only have games on Saturdays.

We will register players in the following groups: school grades 7 through 9, 5/6, and 3/4. While we need volunteers to help coach at all levels, we have a critical need at 3/4. If we do not get enough volunteers, we will suspend the program and refer players to other community-based programs.

All league games will be played in a 7 v 7 format

The cost for the fall is $140.

New for 7/9 grade players:

We also plan to have a second season in late October and November that may include games against programs outside of our league schedule. Some of these games may be played in 11 v 11 format.

Kathleen Russell, a South Lakes player and one of our coaches, was kind enough to put together some videos of topics topics like dribbling, passing, some offense, and a little defense.

The link to the web page if you would like to take a look and see

https://sites.google.com/view/learning-fieldhockey-from-home

More details are also available on the Resources page on the left menu - here is the LINK

THANK YOU Kathleen!