The Coach Education program is excited to offer coaches the opportunity to meet, listen and engage with world class speakers via the National Coaches Forum (NCF).
The National Coaches Forum covers a variety of topics, such as how to lead a high performance team, developing a winning culture, tactical concepts of the game, strength and conditioning, goalkeeping, talent identification, and more. The National Coaches Forum is designed to educate and inspire coaches of ALL levels!
The 2024 Virtual National Coaches Forum will take place December 3 & 4, 2024. Click here for more information.
*If you are unable to make all the sessions live, don't worry! Registrants will have access to view the recordings. Take advantage of full package special pricing.
That’s a wrap! The virtual 2023 National Coaches Forum was packed full of invaluable presentations and discussions. The first day was full of tactical and technical discussions and Day 2 moved into different perspectives, offering insights into new tec...
The first day of the virtual 2023 National Coaches Forum was one full of in-depth tactical and technical field hockey discussions as well as broader discussions about understating the importance of mental and physical readiness of athletes. There is ev...
Dates: November 29 - 30, 2023
Location: Virtual
Featured presented include:
David Passmore, U.S. Women’s National Team Head Coach
Craig Parnham, USA Field Hockey High Performance Director
Javi Telechea, U.S. Women’s National Team Assistant Coach
Jami Muelders, Germany’s Men’s National Team Assistant Coach
Jimmy Culnane, Scotland Women's National Team Assistant Coach
Sean Rapaport, USA Field Hockey Director of Umpiring
Dates: December 7 - 9, 2022
Location: Virtual
Featured presenters include:
David Passmore, U.S. Women’s National Team Head Coach
Chris Fry, USWNT’s Performance Analyst
Harry Singh, U.S. Men’s National Team Head Coach
Ashley Merryman, co-author of two New York Times bestsellers
John O’Sullivan, Changing the Game Project founder
David Harte, former Ireland Men’s National Team Captain
Jami Muelders, Germany’s Men’s National Team Assistant Coach
Emilie Bydwell, USA Rugby Sevens Women Head Coach
Dates: December 8 - 10, 2021
Location: Virtual
Featured presenters include:
Adam Krikorian, USA Water Polo Women’s National Team Head Coach
Alyson Annan, Netherlands Women’s National Team Head Coach
Shane McLeod, Belgium Men’s National Team Head Coach
Harry Singh, USMNT Head Coach
Chris Fry, UNC and USA Field Hockey Performance Analyst
Mimi Smith, Executive Board Member of the NFHCA
Click here to purchase video recordings from the Virtual 2021 National Coaches Forum
Dates: December 12 - 15, 2019
Location: Spooky Nook Sports (Lancaster, Pa.)
Featured presenters include:
Craig Parnham, USA Field Hockey's Director of Coach Education & Learning
Phil Edwards, USA Field Hockey Senior Manager of Coaching & High Performance
Sarah Kelleher, England Hockey U-18 Lead Coach
Dr. Nicole Gabana, FSU Assistant Professor of Sport Psychology
David Williamson, USWNT Goalkeeping Coach
Chris Fry, USWNT Performance Analyst
