Adelphi University Nike Field Hockey Camp Garden City, New York
Join us in Garden City for a week of fun and informative field hockey instruction and games!
Adelphi Field Hockey Camp is directed and staffed by both the Adelphi Coaches and its current players.
Camp will focus on the fundamental and advanced skills of the game including: Stick work, Passing, Defense, Shooting, Agility, and Game Strategy.
Each day includes: small sided games, practice tactics, and game tactics.
Highlights Include
- Minimum of six hours of instruction daily
- Instruction from prominent college and high school coaches as well as former or current collegiate athletes
- Partner Camp and sanctioned to make referrals to the US Field Hockey Futures program
- 10:1 Camper to Staff ratio
- Special goalkeeping instruction
- Personal evaluations from your coach
- Reversible jersey, STX water bottle and STX ball
- STX sticks are awarded as prizes
Located near Long Island’s parks and beaches, the 75-acre Adelphi University campus is only 45 minutes from New York City, offering a safe, suburban campus environment for our camp.
Adelphi University is also hosting a Nike Lacrosse Camp this summer. For more information click on the link.
Meet your coaching staff
Camp Director
Gloria O'Connor
Gloria O'Connor came to Adelphi in 2008 with a combined 14 years of coaching experience at the high school and collegiate level. From 1989 through 1992, she was head of the C.W. Post field hockey program and gained another 10 years of experience as head coach at Carle Place High School.
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At Carle Place High School O'Connor achieved unparalleled success, posting a record of 146-18-21 that included nine league championships, seven county crowns and four New York State championships. She is also a member of the Long Island Field Hockey Coaches Hall of Fame (1990) and is also a member of the Carle Place High School Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach.
A long time teacher and administrator, O'Connor is no stranger to Long Island schools, having spent time at John Adams, Roosevelt, Rushmore Elementary, Floral Park and most recently Sewanhaka Central High School as Assistant Superintendent for Personnel and Administration. She was the Principal at Floral Park Memorial and also held the position of Director of Athletics and Physical Education at Sewanhaka High School.
Camp Code: FHGDAD
SESSION INFORMATION
Check-in: between 8:30-9:00am on Monday June 24th
Check-out: Graduation is at 2:30pm on Thursday June 27th
INSTRUCTION
Ratio: 1:10
Players Grouped by: skill, age, years of experience
Evaluation: Written by coaching staff
Equipment Needed: hockey stick, water bottle, mouth guard, shin guards, court and turf shoes and goalies must bring full goalie protective equipment
Facility: Campers train on turf fields. If it rains, there are indoor courts available.
Spending Money: $40
Sample Daily Schedule
- 8:30-11:30 Skills/small game tactics
- 11:30-12:30 Lunch
- 12:30:1:30 Lecture/demo
- 1:30-3:00 Games
Why You’ll Love NIKE Field Hockey Camps
America’s best coaches!
NIKE Field Hockey Camps work with the most respected and accomplished group of instructors and coaches in the country. Our NIKE Camp Directors are talented athletes themselves; they share your passion for field hockey and have made a career of sharing their knowledge and experience with hundreds of young athletes. They, and their carefully chosen staffs, never lose sight of the fact that great players are created one at a time. At NIKE Field Hockey Camps, expect personal, individualized instruction – and with it - RESULTS!
Make new friends!Who says getting better can’t be fun too? At NIKE Field Hockey Camps, you’ll meet other young athletes who share your love of this sport. On or off the field, you’ll share an experience you will remember forever.
Get better!
A NIKE Field Hockey Camp immerses you in the sport, giving you the kind of focused, intensive training essential to improvement. Over the course of each camp, your self-confidence will grow along with your skills.
A program for your age and skill level
NIKE Field Hockey Camps are designed to help players, ages 10–18, develop athletically. You’ll master fundamental skills, experience lots of game competition, make friends and fall in love with field hockey. Upon arrival at camp, all campers are evaluated by the Director and Staff and placed in the program that best suits them for an experience that’s effective and fun!
Round-the-clock supervision
Campers are supervised 24 hours a day. Staff members reside in campers’ quarters and participate in all evening activities. Drugs, alcohol and smoking are strictly forbidden and constitute, along with general misconduct, grounds for immediate dismissal from camp without refund.
Protective Equipment
Mouthguards and shinguards are required for all players. Goalkeepers must supply their own helmets, leg guards, kickers, chest protectors and gloves.
Teams Welcome!
Get better together this summer! Teams are welcome and encouraged at all locations. Camp is a great way for teams to improve their skills individually as well as enhance their overall team unity. Register together as a team to ensure group placement on and off the field. Please call for details!
Excellent instructional skills
Nike Field Hockey Camp offers excellent instructional skills and ample game time. My daughter looked forward to camp everyday.
Great coaches and staff
I was afraid of doing a camp without anyone from my team, but everyone was so nice and the coaches and staff were great.
Most competitive
My daughter has attended several field hockey camps. By far, she feels the Nike Camp offers the most competitive environment, strong skill training & great coaching. She will return next year for her third year at Adelphi's Nike Camp!
Great experience
The Nike Field Hockey Camp at Adelphi was a great experience. The coaches and staff were extremely helpful and professional, and I look forward to attending next year.
Learn new skills
I would recommend Nike Camp to others because it is a great experience to be able to play on a college turf field with college players and coaches. By going to Nike FH Camp, you learn a lot more about the sport and leave camp with information you can share with others.
Best camp
The Nike Camp at Adelphi University was the best camp I have been to and I go to 3-4 per year minimum, and Play hockey 3 seasons a year so I look forword to this camp for next year.
Great quality camp
My daughter attended the Nike Field Hockey Camp at Adelphi and absolutely loved it. She plays soccer and basketball and has attended other local camps but simply felt that this was the greatest. Couldn't wait to go back every day and is looking forward to next year's camp. She was a total beginner and spoke highly of the attention and instruction that the staff provided. Camper and Parents of Camper extremely happy about the quality of this camp
Very impressed
My daughter was very impressed with the coaching staff and how they took a personal interest in each player. They gave the kids plenty of breaks (it was hot) and were not too intense. My daughter came back to the camp a second time this year. She was very inspired by the coaches last year and participated in the futures program through the winter. We will definitely be back next year!
Professional
Everyone was very professional. There was a lot of instruction and I thought the written feedback/player evaluation at the end was great.
Great for all levels
They train you at the level you need and make it fun, if you want to push youself they will step it up for you without a problem!
Awesome
“Instructors listened and worked well with the campers, took many water breaks, made all campers feel welcome and needed.”
Great Skill Work
“Nike Field Hockey camp did a good job showing the girls how to do specific skills and gave us plenty of time to get it right before we moved on.”
Excellent
“This camp was excellent. The coaches were spectacular. They really worked on every skill. The camp really helped me learn more about defense. This is an amazing camp. Every position is covered, and our skills are put to the test with scrimmages”
Top Notch Camp!
“My daughter loved this camp it was very hands on and personal. I took my daughter to a much bigger division 1 camp and she like this camp so much more because at the Nike camp she met all the coaches and the coaches knew her name. She learned so much more at the Nike camp. My daughter and I would highly recommend this camp to any field hockey player.”
Adelphi University Camper
Amazing instructors
I would recommend this camp to any girl that plays field hockey. The instructors are amazing and they helped me improve my techniques and new skills for my position.