Join us for two different 4-week sessions where we will spend one hour focusing on perfecting our individual skills.  This time is for any athlete that wants to learn how to play or any athlete who knows how to play and wants to improve her:  Ball carrying skills, elimination skills, hitting/pushing/sweeping, shots on goal, vision around the ball, defensive skills and 1 v 1 skills.

No scrimmaging or small games with this session, it is one hour of basics, basics, basics until we get them right and feel incredibly confident executing the skills!  There will be a strong emphasis on proper technique, speed of execution and taking risks with new skills.  Girls should come prepared to work hard and do lots of repetitions of the same skill.  

Open to all skill levels and ages.  You will not be competing against each other, so a very advanced athlete and beginner can work side by side. All practices are at TOCA East Novi (Grand River and Meadowbrook).

 Mondays from 5:30-6:30.  Practice on March 3-10-17-24

Tuesdays from 6:00-7:00.  Practice is April 8-15-22-29

You are welcome to sign up for both, but the curriculum is the exact same both times.  More reps and practice of the same basic skills is always good!!  Girls are encouraged to come early and warm-up on their own.  We will have a very abbreviated warm up.  Cost is $104. 

Live Oak Field Hockey will be playing in Ann Arbor's Rec and Ed Field Hockey League.  The league is in three divisions in the Spring:

5th and 6th grade is the only age group with openings.

The cost to participate is $310.  If you are registering two or more athletes from the same household, enter FAMILY at check out for $25 off.

This includes:  a t-shirt that will serve as our jersey for games, field rentals for practices, all games and official's fees, a stick to borrow if needed.  You are responsible for:  Dark shorts or pants, shin guards and socks, mouth guard.

The league is 7 v 7 with mini goals (no goalies).  We try to keep playing time as equal as possible, this is a beginner friendly experience!

Games will be played at one of the High Schools in Ann Arbor.  Games will mostly be on Saturdays in April and May, occasionally a Sunday game. Unfortunately the game schedule always seems to come out last minute.

Practices will be held at TOCA East in Novi (Corner of Grand River and Meadowbrook) on Thursday nights from 5:30-7:00.

Our upcoming goalkeeping clinic will focus on the basics of goalkeeping during week one and the advanced skills in week two.

Week one (March 20th) will include: footwork, angles, straight line clears, cross line clears and lunging.  Week two (March 27th) will include: Slide tackles, hand saves, high knees, punch clears, logging and split saves.

We will train on Thursday, March 20 & 27 at TOCA East from 5:00-6:30 (Grand River and Meadowbrook).  Goalkeepers need to have their own equipment. Instruction will be led by Big Ten Champion and NCAA Regional All-American Goalkeeper, Amy Kilgore.