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Indoor Select Teams

 overview

Program Overview: Select is another competitive FHL program, intended for dedicated field hockey athletes who want to further their development, but have less availability for travel tournaments. Select athletes practice 2 hours a week locally from November - February and will participate in competitive travel tournaments - either sponsored by USA Field Hockey, regional tournaments hosted by universities, or other travel tournaments, out-of-city and/or out-of-state. Athletes who participate in select are encouraged to be available for all practices and tournament opportunities.
Tryouts required?: Yes - sign-up for Winter Travel and indicate that you would like to tryout for a select team.
Season: Winter indoor
Ages offered:
  • U10 & U12 - Selection for this age group will occur from our youth league. Indicate during registration your interest in playing for the travel select team.  More information HERE
  • U14, U16, U19 - Preseason tryouts required
   Breakdown of Age Groups!
  • Under-10 Age Classification: Players born after July 31, 2016, are eligible.
  • Under-12 Age Classification: Players born after July 31, 2014, are eligible.
  • Under-14 Age Classification: Players born after July 31, 2012, are eligible.
  • Under-16 Age Classification: Players born after July 31, 2010, are eligible.
  • Under-19 Age Classification: Players born after July 31, 2008, are eligible.
Travel requirement: Some travel is required for tournaments
Preseason Tryouts Dates:
Sunday, November 1st
Sunday, November 8th
** All athletes will be assigned a 90-minute slot between 8 AM - 4 PM.
** You must attend at least one tryout.  It is not mandatory to attend both.  If you have a conflict with both dates, please contact us immediately to make other arrangements.

Any athletes who tries out for Select Travel and are not named to the Select program will automatically be placed on a Regional League team.  The cost for the two programs is the same.  Regional teams also train for 2 hours a week from November - February.  There is no additional tournament fees for Regional teams.

register

 Registration includes Premier and Select Travel tryouts, all training academy practices from November - February, and recruiting and nutrition webinars throughout the season.

Registration does NOT include tournaments. Tournament fees will be invoiced once rosters are made and specific tournaments are assigned to each team.

Registration does NOT include USA Field Hockey Membership.  All travel athletes must hold a USAFH player membership and be affiliated with "Field Hockey Life" club.  To obtain a membership, click HERE

​Prior to registering, be sure you have read and understand the refund/cancellation policy. 

FHL Refund Policy HERE.

U-16 Registration
U-19 Registration

details

practices

Select Tryouts Dates:

Sunday, November  1st from 8AM - 2PM and Sunday, November 8th from 8AM - 4PM.

Practice Details:

Times for tryouts are TBD for each age group.  You only need to attend one of the tryouts.  If you are unable to attend a tryout but are interested in participating and getting another chance for selection, please contact us to make arrangements.   

Columbus Select Teams practice at Bill McDonald Gym (4990 Olentangy River Road, Columbus).

Weekly practices are two hours long and will take place on Saturdays (a few Sunday's when tournament conflicts with training time on Saturday).  

Exact times for each age group are TBD.  Plan for a two-hour block between 12-8PM, subject to slight changes. 

Practices start on November 14th and end on February 13th. 

  • No practices on November 28th (holiday), December 26th (holiday), and January 2nd (holiday)
tournaments

Block off the following weekends:

December 13th at MWC Tournament at Spooky Nook in Hamilton, OH (all age groups)- $75

December 19th for OH Cup at Bill McDonald Gym in Columbus, OH (U10, U12, and U14 only) - $25

January 23rd for Pittsburgh Smash Tournament in Pittsburg, PA (U16 only) - $75

February 7th: Hold for possible Louisville Tournament in Louisville, KY (all ages) - $25

February 14-17: U-14 NIT in Lancaster, PA (U-14 only) - $150

February 14: OH Cup Finals in Hudson, OH (U10, U12 and U16 only) - $25