Field Hockey

Women's field hockey is one of our most popular sports at FirstPoint USA!  Check out this video from Stanford University's women's team to see how much these girls dedicate to their sport.   Interested in Field Hockey? A Field Hockey scholarship to the USA is a unique opportunity to pursue an academic and athletic career within some of the best academic and sporting environments in the World! Field Hockey is one of the few sports in the NCAA which are exclusive to women. Competition is fierce for women's field hockey scholarships in America, as there is around 264 NCAA field hockey programs in the United States. Scholarships for field hockey are most prevalent in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions of the USA. For NCAA Division I, there are 12 field hockey scholarships available per team. In Division II, there are 6.3 field hockey scholarships per team. College Field Hockey scholarships are awarded to well-rounded individuals who excel both academically and athletically. American college coaches are looking for talented field hockey players who have mastered their technical skills :

• Passing
• Receiving
• Shooting
• Pressuring
• Attacking
• Overall Fitness

Goalkeepers should display strength in :

• Body Positioning
• Distributing
• Covering
• Organising the team on the pitch

Are you ready to take the next step towards a field hockey scholarship?