Stanford University Nike Field Hockey Camp Stanford, California
Located only 30 minutes south of San Francisco, the Stanford Field Hockey Camp offers players from around the country a unique opportunity to experience firsthand the life of a Stanford student-athlete.
Overnight Camp:
The Stanford Field Hockey Camp is a co-ed camp for players age 12 to18 and will focus on basic and advanced skills, position play, field hockey fundamentals and team strategy. Located on the beautiful Stanford campus in Palo Alto California, this high tempo skills camp provides technical teaching and “new” skill development, in a fun yet competitive environment. Participants will experience a combination of skill development and game play situations in an intensive format with multiple repetitions.
Preseason Day Camp:
The Stanford Preseason Camp is designed specifically to prepare athletes as individuals or as a team for their upcoming season. Preseason camp is a great way for teams to improve their skills individually as well as enhance their overall team unity. This camp is a great way to improve your fitness, refine your skills and get pumped for the preseason. The preseason camp is open to ages 10-18. Participants can register as an individual or with a team. Teams are encouraged but not required.
*The Stanford Field Hockey Camps are open to all and any entrants.
Highlights Include
- Instruction from Olympic and National Team athletes
- Progressive coaching methods and positive reinforcement
- High tempo environment that is fun and engaging
- Concentrated focus on fundamentals and technique
- Goal Keeper specialty sessions
- Reversible jersey, water bottle and ball
Camp Director
Tara Danielson
Danielson enters her second season at the helm, becoming the sixth head coach in the history of the Stanford field hockey program. Danielson is the program’s winningest first-year head coach (15-6, 5-1 NorPac), leading the Cardinal to the NCAA Tournament and taking the NorPac Conference title. Stanford's 15 wins rank as the third-most in school history
In addition to enjoying an extensive international playing career, Danielson has developed a reputation as a pioneer within the field hockey community through her efforts on the developmental level while implementing several successful outreach programs.
Since 2005, Danielson has served as the Chief Executive Officer of RUSH Field Hockey, Inc., a non-profit public benefit corporation. During her five-year involvement with RUSH, the organization grew from 30 members to over 700, while over 50 participants eventually went on to compete at Division I, II and III institutions.
Prior to her involvement with RUSH, Danielson was a member of the USA Field Hockey National Team, training and competing at the Olympic level from 1998-2005 while participating in 89 international contests during that span. In addition to representing Team USA at international events such as the Pan American Games, World Cup and Olympic qualifying, Danielson was also a member of Team USA's National Indoor Field Hockey squad for two seasons 2005-07.
Following stops as an assistant coach at Boston College in 1996 and Connecticut in 1998, Danielson served as the head coach of Sacred Heart during the 2000 campaign.
A native of Greenfield, Mass., Tara Jelley graduated from Massachusetts in 1994 in Sport Management. A four-year letter winner in field hockey and team captain during her senior year, she helped guide the Minutewomen to a pair of Atlantic 10 championships and four NCAA Tournament berths, including a record-breaking 1992 campaign that resulted in a trip to the national semifinals and the program's winningest season in school history.
Danielson was a three-sport standout at Greenfield High School, leading the Green Wave to a Massachusetts state championship in field hockey while also competing in basketball and softball. Danielson received her master's degree from Springfield College in Athletic Administration in 1999.
Assistant Coach
Pat Cota
Cota enters his second season as an assistant coach with the Stanford field hockey program. A current member of the U.S. National Team (1999-2010), Cota has also competed on the U.S. Field Hockey men's junior national team playing with the U-18 and U-21 squads beginning in 1996. Cota played for the German Club, Rot-Weiss Koln, Germany from 2002-03 and for Club UTS in Australia in 2001.
Cota's coaching career includes a two-year stint as an assistant coach at Michigan from 2004-05, where he helped guide the Wolverines to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances and back-to-back Big Ten Tournament championships. A native of Camarillo, Calif., Cota completed his bachelor's degree in history from UCLA in 2010.
Assistant Coach
Steve Danielson
Danielson begins his second season as an assistant coach with the Stanford field hockey program.
One of the most accomplished USA Men's National Team players in the history of the sport, Danielson has enjoyed a successful international playing career that spans 21 years combined in both outdoor and indoor field hockey. In addition to making solid contributions both offensively and defensively from 1989-2010 as a member of the U.S. National Team, Danielson's international outdoor playing career included representing Team USA at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games.
Danielson was also a member of the U.S. National Indoor Team that competed at the 2003 Indoor World Cup. Danielson played two seasons at Club UTS in Australia (1999, 2001) and also played for Menzieshill in Scotland (2002-03). Danielson native of Livermore, Calif., earned a B.S. in exercise physiology from San Diego State in 1999.
OVERNIGHT CAMP:
Check-in: July 11, 2012 between 3-5pm.on Riconada/Otero Lawn
Check-out: July 14, 2012 at 11:00am on Riconada/Otero lawn
Campers Flying to Camp: TRANSPORTATION IS NOT PROVIDED BY THE CAMP TO OR FROM ANY AIRPORTS. If your camper is flying to or from the San Jose Airport or San Francisco International Airport we recommend SuperShuttle Airport Shuttle 1-800-258-3826 or www.supershuttle.com. Included in the registration packet is a travel form with more information on arrival and departure times.
PRESEASON DAY CAMP:
Check-in: August 5, 2012 between 8:30-9am at Stanford Varsity Turf
Check-out: August 7, 2012 at 3:00pm
*Lunch is not provided. Campers are asked to bring a sack lunch each day.
Sample Daily Schedule
- OVERNIGHT CAMP
- 7:30 Breakfast
- 9:15 Tempo Skills (ball handling, skills at pace)
- 11:45 Lunch
- 1:15 Team oriented tempo training (small game scenarios)
- 5:00 Dinner
- 6:30 Game play
- 10:00 Lights out
- DAY CAMP
- 8:45 Campers Arrive
- 9:00 Tempo Skills (ball handling, skills at pace, team passing patterns)
- 12:00 Lunch (Bring a lunch)
- 1:00 Team Game Play (small and big game focus)
- 3:00 Campers Depart
Great Coaches
“At Stanford the coaching staff was really positive and supportive and it made me want to work on the skills that I need improvement on. My coach, Jaimee Erickson, was really helpful and supportive and helped to teach our team the style of play in college. I really enjoyed the camp!”
Amazing Experience
“I enjoyed the overall scheduled that they had for us, teaching us and warming us up then some scrimmages at the end of the day! The camp was an amazing experience! I cannot wait for next year!”
Can't Wait for Next Year
“I learned a lot and had a great time! The curriculum was intensive so we got the most learning out of the few days we were there. Can't wait to attend again!”
Get to the Next Level
“No matter what level of hockey you are currently at, Stanford Field Hockey Camp will help you to reach that next level. The coaches are world-class players, as well as people. There is the perfect combination of fun and hard work. You will be amazed at how much you will learn in such a limited time.”
Stanford University Camper
Excellent Camp
“Nike Field Hockey camps are good at getting large numbers of girls to come to the camp, everything was well organized, the players were divided into groups based upon their skill level, the curriculum built off of itself so that you do not learn a new skill then never learn how to utilize it, and the instructors were awesome!”