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New Field Hockey DVDs featuring Missy Meharg & Beth Bozman!

nate.landas — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:13:07 +0000

We have recently released two new All Access field hockey DVDs featuring Missy Meharg and Beth Bozman. Our All Access DVDs are filmed on the coach’s campus and provides an inside look into the programs. Learn how the coaches organize and conduct practice, and the various tips, techniques, and drills that are implemented in each practice session.

All Access Maryland Field Hockey Practice with Missy Meharg
All Access Duke Field Hockey with Beth Bozman

100 Conditioning Drills for Field Hockey

nate.landas — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:26:18 +0000

We have recently released a new field hockey DVD titled 100 Conditioning Drills for Field Hockey. Robert Rose, President of Sport Specific Consulting and True Athlete Performance, provides workout plans for pre-season, in-season, and off-season. This is great guide to to get your field hockey players in shape and finish the match strong!

Championship Productions Pitches Unique Advertising Opportunity to Reach Coaches and Athletes on eBay!

darryl.bennett — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:57:31 +0000

Championship Productions Pitches Unique Advertising Opportunity to Reach Coaches and Athletes on eBay!

Ames (IA) Since 1976, Championship Productions has helped coaches and athletes in over twenty sports with a wide range of educational/instructional media. The interesting feature of a “Championship Productions’ production” is the caliber of the “teacher” – on their shelves and on their website, www.ChampionshipProductions.com , you’ll find DVDs with Hall of Fame coaches; ‘household names’ like Bob Knight, Dan Gable, Mike Krzyzewski as well as Hall of Fame coaches and athletes in sports like lacrosse (Gary Gait), swimming (Richard Quick), and volleyball (John Dunning, Russ Rose).

For the first time in its history, Championship Productions is allowing one sports marketer to take part in a first-of-its-kind “ride along” for the Calendar year of 2010. Championship Productions is utilizing eBay to launch this opportunity but will also utilize a variety of other social networking tools to spread the word among the sports marketing community.

Here is the link on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360223956108

Said Darryl Bennett, Vice President for the Ames, IA-based instructional/educational DVD company, “In short, we are putting up for auction the opportunity for a sports marketer – be it a sports drink, a footwear manufacturer, a retailer, a manufacturer of equipment – the opportunity to add their company logo to the exterior of over 3,000,000 catalogs, to add a hot-linked logo to over 1.7 million emails going to active buyers of coaching DVDs and finally, the opportunity add a hot link onto our website pages with over 8 million page views and over 1 million unique visitors. The repeated exposure to all High School, Junior High School and University coaches in twenty sports makes this a compelling opportunity.”

The bidding will start at $.99; Championship Productions is offering a “Buy it Now” option at $175,000. The winning bidder will have automatic right of refusal for 2011.

Championship Productions is the world’s leading producer/distributor of instructional sports DVDs in over 20 sports. Founded in 1976, Championship Productions in headquartered in Ames, IA.

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Meharg Guides Maryland Field Hockey to Runner-Up Finish!

nate.landas — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:40:26 +0000

Missy Meharg, Tjerk Van Herwaarden, and Marybeth Freeman guided the University of Maryland field hockey team to a runner-up finish in the NCAA national tournament. The Terps fell 3-2 against a strong North Carolina team who scored with less than a minute to play.

Maryland finished with a 23-1 record, the most wins in program history! Over the course of the season, the Terps broke five school records along with an ACC and a NCAA tournament record, and tied another NCAA Tournament record.

Maryland Faces North Carolina in Field Hockey Finals!

nate.landas — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:11:36 +0000

The top-seeded Maryland field hockey team, coached by Missy Meharg, Tjerk Van Herwaarden, and Marybeth Freeman, advanced to its second consecutive NCAA national championship game with a victory over #4 Princeton. The 2008 NCAA champions are 23-0 and are looking for their seventh national title when they meet North Carolina on Sunday.

Maryland Ranked #1 in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Poll

nate.landas — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:18:46 +0000

The following programs / coaches are ranked in the Top 20 of the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Poll released on 11/3/2009:

1. Maryland (Coached by Missy Meharg, Tjerk Van Herwaarden, and Marybeth Freeman)
2. North Carolina
3. Virginia
4. Princeton
5. Syracuse
14. Duke (Coached by Beth Bozman)
20. Old Dominion (Coached by Elizabeth Anders)

Maryland Field Hockey Ranked #1 in Preseason Poll!

nate.landas — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:54:13 +0000

The University of Maryland field hockey team has been selected as the #1 team in the 2009 Preseason Kookaburra / NFHCA DI Poll. Maryland, coached by Missy Meharg, Tjerk Van Herwaarden, and Marybeth Freeman, will look to repeat their 2008 NCAA title and win their 7th NCAA championship. The rest of the NFHCA rankings include:

1. Maryland
2. Wake Forest
3. Syracuse
4. North Carolina
5. Connecticut
6. Virginia
7. Princeton
8. Michigan State
9. Iowa (Coached by Tracey Griesbaum and Lisa Cellucci)
10. Duke (Coached by Beth Bozman)
16. Old Dominion (Coached by Beth Anders)

New DVDs from Iowa Field Hockey!

nate.landas — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:31:12 +0000

Tracey Griesbaum has recently released two new field hockey DVDs titled Positional Skills and Drills for Defense and Positional Skills and Drills for Offense. These DVDs will help you:

Improve footwork and approach lines

Learn to pressure your opponent with on-ball, intercepting and forward pressure drills

Create more turnovers and reduce your goals against

Discover innovative drills for ball control, passing, receiving and scoring

Improve dribbling speed, ball placement, change of direction and vision

Combine individual skills into high powered scoring drills

Tracey Griesbaum is the Head Field Hockey Coach at the University of Iowa. Griesbaum has compiled more than 100 career wins and has guided the Hawkeyes to Back-to-Back-to-Back Big Ten Tournament Championships (‘06, ‘07, ‘08)! The Hawkeyes were a National Semifinalist in 2008 and ranked #8 in goals per game (3.30). Griesbaum has also coached the USA Under-21 and Under-23 National Teams.

New Field Hockey DVDs from the University of Maryland!

nate.landas — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:40:44 +0000

We have recently released four new field hockey DVDs featuring Tjerk Van Herwaarden! Van Herwaarden is the Technical Director at the University of Maryland – the 2008 NCAA Field Hockey Champions! Van Herwaarden’s technical expertise earned him a Level III coaching certification, the highest accreditation by the USFHA, in the fall of 2007. He is one of only five coaches in the United States to have reached Level III status and has been given the recommendation to complete an International FIH Coaching Course.

30 Individual Skill Development Drills for Field Hockey
Advanced Game Acceleration Tactics for Field Hockey
Coaching Technical Skills for Field Hockey
Basic Tactics for Field Hockey

A Championship Practice Plan for Field Hockey!

nate.landas — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:43:44 +0000

Need help conducting a Field Hockey practice? Beth Bozman, Duke University Head Coach, shares insight on how she creates a successful practice plan. Learn new warm-up drills, practice organization, practice planning, strength and conditioning, game preparation, and more! Check out the field hockey DVDs below to maximize your practice time:

The Ultimate Field Hockey Practice Plan
Goalkeeping Basics: Secrets for Success
Competitive Practice Drills for Field Hockey
The 8-Step Plan for Dead Ball Situations
7 Principles & Practices for Building an Attacking Offense
6 Principles & Practices for Building a Dominating Defense