University of San Diego Nike Field Hockey Camp San Diego, California
Join Stanford University's head coach, Tara Danielson, and her talented staff in San Diego for an outstanding field hockey experience.
The University of San Diego Camp is a camp for players age 12 to18 and will focus on basic and advanced skills, position play, field hockey fundamentals and team strategy. 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 repetition.
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
- Personal evaluations from your coach
- Goal Keeper specialty sessions
- Reversible jersey, water bottle and ball
Camp Director
Tara Danielson
Danielson enters her first 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.
Read Full BioPrior 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
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.
The NIKE Field Hockey Camp at the University of San Diego provides campers with top quality instruction plus:
Overnight campers: Dormitory housing on campus and all meals are provided.
Extended Day campers (9am-9pm - except on first and last day): Lunch and dinner are provided.
Check-in: at Missions Dorms on Thursday July 19th between 3-5pm.*
Check-out: 11:00am on Sunday July 22nd
Campers Flying to Camp: TRANSPORTATION IS NOT PROVIDED BY THE CAMP TO OR FROM ANY AIRPORTS.
Sample Daily Schedule
- 7:30 Breakfast (overnight campers only)
- 8:45 Extended Day Campers arrive
- 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
- 9:00 Extended Day Campers depart
- 10:00 Lights out
This is our first year hosting a Nike Field Hockey Camp at this location. To read reviews from past Nike Field Hockey campers please check out the reviews listed on the web pages for some of the other Nike Field Hockey Camp locations.