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Events

2025 Event Locations

(so far…)

Middletown, CT
Frederica, DE
Conshohocken, PA
Geneseo, NY
Clifton Park, NY
Hershey, PA

St. Louis, MO

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Performing Under Pressure

THRIVE

DE Turf Sport Complex

April 17, 2025

This pre-showcase tune-up clinic will teach the mental skills used to get focused, stay focused, and perform at your peak - especially when all eyes are on you. Mental skills will be drilled in competitive situations that require expert execution of technical skills and advanced decision making.
Open to all GKs ages 11-19.
4-7pm

Beyond Basics

Mastery of Critical Moment Saving Techniques

Hosted by SUNY GENESEO FIELD HOCKEY

SUNY Geneseo

April 27, 2025

This event has two sessions available - 9am-12pm or 2pm-5pm.
This clinic gives goalkeepers an opportunity to get a look at multiple shot presentations (forehand, chip, reverse chip, sweep, deflection, etc.) with the focus on making the most of their first touch, or—in the event of a less-than-ideal save—pouncing on the rebound with a decisive counter attack. Time will also be dedicated to refining techniques for handling off-speed or bouncing balls as saves or to break up a play. These concepts will be combined as the clinic progresses and the goalkeepers are challenged to link one saving-skill to the next without compromising quality for speed. These scenarios will also challenge decision making—whether to close space on the rebounding attacker or to hold and set; returning to turf will require an adjustment in each individual’s timing.
Open to all GKs ages 11-19.

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Improbable Possible

Training to be Superhuman

Mary’s Training Center

May 24, 2025

This clinic will dig into the science of making saves. We will teach technical skills through a study in biomechanics and physics: how to optimize body movements to overcome the forces that make speedy, precise actions so difficult. This innovative curriculum will incorporate eye-tracking training, balance and stability challenges, and cognitive processing optimization training into fundamental goalkeeper skills drills. In addition to refining your technical skills, this clinic will equip you to design your own goalkeeper-specific speed, agility, and explosiveness exercises in your training sessions at home. In other words, you're going to master your brain and enhance your body to make more improbable saves.
Open to all GKs ages 12-19.
9am-1pm

Mid-West Mini Camp

Hosted by AIM Field Hockey

Principia School

June 13-15, 2025

*date changed - originally 6/6-6/8

An abbreviated version of Ultimate Defender Camp to bring goalkeeper-specific training to the geographic heart of the U.S. This event features five on-field technical/tactical training sessions, two mental performance skill sessions, an introduction to off-field training practices, and a seminar on goalkeeper communication and defensive strategy.
On the field, we will train fundamental skills, linking skills, application to specific scenarios, and decision making. We will be joined by a group of field players on the last day to coach the goalies through live game scenarios. The mental performance skills segments will present tools for thriving in their high-pressure role. Off-field practices will include training strategies for improving ocular acuity, reaction training, and exercises for mental performance skill application. Our signature communication presentation will teach the “what, how, when, where, and why” of goalkeeper communication.
Open to all goalkeepers ages 11-19.
Principia School
13201 Clayton Rd,
Town and Country, MO 63131

All on-field sessions will be on the AIM Field Hockey Water Turf.
Classroom sessions will be indoors (air conditioned).
Indoor space is available to us between sessions to cool off and rest.
Friday – 6/13
4-5p: Intro / Mental Performance Skills
5-7p: Training
Saturday – 6/14
8:30-11a: Training
11a-12p: Mental Performance Skills
12-2p: Lunch
2-4p: Training
4-5p: Communication and Defense
5-7p: Dinner
7-9p: Training
Sunday – 6/15
8:30-11a: Training
11a-12p: Off-Field Training Practices
12-2p: Lunch
2-4p: Training
*exact schedule of activities subject to change as we make arrangements to maximize use of Principia’s facilities.
This is a day camp - all participants are responsible for their own housing arrangements.
Meals are BYO.
Staff will not be available for supervision during meal times.
Participants must provide their own equipment.