A killer training program – and FUN
too!
Designed by our partner, FIH
“Master Coach” a Grade 1 Developmental Coach (the only one in the
World) Thomas Tichelman.
The focus is on TOP international
hockey training – the very best. Included in this extraordinary
program is three days of preparatory training with two matches in
England. Followed by three full days of intense Dutch training
in Holland along with two more opportunities to see how you measure
up to European competition.
You'll do all this while
staying at a four star hotel next to our training center in Holland.
Plus the extra's - which set this program apart.
Superior Training, Great Competition
and Excellent Destinations!
THURSDAY DAY 1
Depart USA
The
tour begins with a late afternoon airline check–in. Afterwards you
will board your overnight flight on Virgin Atlantic Airlines, a
scheduled airline (not a charter). Dinner, snacks, and breakfast
will be served before landing in London and Virgin Atlantic provides
a fantastic personal entertainment system to each passenger. It's a
fun flight! (D)
FRIDAY DAY 2
Windsor, England
This morning you arrive in England. You’ll view the English
countryside as you tour with your new teammates by private chartered
bus to the famous village of Windsor – famous for Eton College,
where Prince William & Henry went to school as well as home to
Windsor Castle – residence of the royal family. You’ll visit Windsor
castle and explore it inside and out. Then you’re off to your
accommodations for the next three nights at Portsmouth University in
the south of England. After check–in you will have a team meeting
and time to relax before dinner. After dinner you’ll have your
first hockey training session by our English coaching
staff. (B&D)
SATURDAY DAY 3
Portsmouth, England
After breakfast you’ll have another training session with our
British coaches before afternoon matches with a local British
squad. Factoid: Portsmouth has the highest number of Astroturf
fields in all of the United Kingdom. (B,L&D)
SUNDAY DAY 4
Portsmouth, England
This morning you have your third training session,
followed by afternoon matches with a British team. Tonight
you and your teammates take some time to enjoy the local seaside
boardwalk and carnival like atmosphere. (B,L&D)
MONDAY DAY 5
Brugge, Belgium
You
leave early this morning and tour the English coast where you board
the “fast ferry” for crossing to Calais, France – traveling on to
the city of Brugge – in Belgium. Brugge is a fairy tale mixture of
gabled medieval-style buildings, meandering canals, narrow
cobblestone streets, and a populace intent on providing a gracious
and warm welcome. Gabled buildings literally dripping with
ornamentation and statuary surround the village center and
cobblestone square. Experience the sights and sounds of this
extraordinary city - and of course you'll want to taste the famous
Belgium chocolates and Belgium waffles! Tonight you'll be taken to
your accommodations - a four star hotel next to our training
facility – where you’ll have dinner and await tomorrows first day of
Dutch Training Camp. (B&D)
TUESDAY DAY 6
Dutch Training Camp, Holland
What you've been waiting for - Today you start TOP Dutch Training
Camp with Thomas Tichelman’s SportWays staff, exclusive camp
providers to the European Hockey Federation and FIH Master Coach.
US players and coaches tell us this camp is absolutely the ultimate
experience for both field hockey athletes and coaches alike. Simply
the Best! (B&L)
WEDNESDAY DAY 7
Dutch Training Camp, Holland
Today you will attend your second day of camp and this
afternoon you’ll play in an international match. (B&L)
THURSDAY DAY 8
Amsterdam, Holland
This morning you're off to “amazing” Amsterdam where you will visit
a hockey store, a windmill, the Anne Frank Museum and you'll be
escorted on a classic boat cruise along the city's narrow canals
where you will glide through the waterways in a custom glass-topped
launch. Time for a little shopping too. Tonight, another match.
(B)
FRIDAY DAY 9 Utrecht, Holland
Today you’ll explore Utrecht, this 2000 year old provincial
capital - castles of one sort or another literally dot the landscape
- however, shopping and fun, not castles, will be on today's agenda
- as you will take a journey through Utrecht on the canal bikes.
Tonight there's more with an authentic Dutch pancake dinner followed
by the Sport EuroTour "Mystery Event". (B&D)
SATURDAY DAY
10 Dutch Training Camp, Holland
Today is your last day of TOP Dutch Training Camp. Afterwards
you will say good-bye to your
Dutch friends - and then board the Ferry for the overnight North Sea
crossing to England. You have a cabin berth and a whole lot of
fun tonight. (B,L&D)
SUNDAY DAY
11 Cambridge, England
This morning it’s off
to the famous college town of Cambridge,
England. You'll
visit Cambridge village, which dates back to
the 12th century and has 31 colleges located within the city
perimeter. Today you will try your hand at “Punting” on the Camb
River (A local pastime).
(B)
MONDAY DAY 12
London, England
Today - LONDON. You’ll ride on our private double-decker bus and
visit Westminster Abbey, Parliament, Buckingham Palace, Covent
Gardens and more. Tonight you’ll join your teammates for a farewell
dinner at the original and first Hard Rock Café - good fun and
souvenirs galore! A perfect ending to a great trip. (B&D)
TUESDAY DAY 13
Depart for USA
This morning you’ll bid farewell to Europe when you depart London
for home, arriving this afternoon in the USA.
(B)
B=Breakfast
L=Lunch D=Dinner (Included in tour)
This is a brief overview and the itinerary is subject to change. Each day is filled
with events and group activities arranged by the coaching staff and Tour Director.
EuroTour is a balanced program of athletics and fun in which we emphasize a top hockey
technical program and allow for free time to shop, rest, and sightsee. Each player will be
given equal playing time to fully maximize their field hockey experience.
EuroTour is a USFHA
Partner camp. Our technical program is designed by Thomas Tichelman,
FIH World Coach and exclusive camp provider to
the European Hockey Federation.
"I cannot thank you enough for allowing me to join Euro tour
from the other side. The 13 day
experience you provide continues to enlighten and inspire
me. I now have so much more to add to my coaching technique
and appreciate so much of what the European model provides
for this sport. You have given both players and coaches the
ability to experience not just top level coaching and
playing, but the ability to remind us all why we love this
sport so much. I truly struggle to articulate how much I
enjoyed this experience. I know you cannot plan the
friendships formed, but I will remain in close touch with
the coaches I have met on this tour. They are the best coaches with
whom I have worked because they not only love and value the
sport itself, but love and value the role of the coach;
this is something in which few are gifted.
So I thank you a million times and hope that I can join the
tour again."
Amanda Billmyer, Head Coach Morristown Beard, NJ
Stanford Hockey Scholarship Grad – “A” Camp Selection
also came as a player in 1999
