VIKINGS FIELD HOCKEY 2015

Thursday, August 20th- PM practice and Alumini event has be cancelled.

Pre-Season:

• The first day of practice is Monday, August 17, 2015.
• Come prepared with all equipment including- stick, mouth guard, goggles, shin guards, sneakers, cleats and water bottle.
• Players are expected to be present at ALL practices.  Please schedule work, vacations, appointments, etc. around the scheduled practice and game times.
• It is expected that you come into pre-season already in shape, so it’s important that you work on your conditioning throughout the entire summer- both long distance running and sprints.
• We will run a timed mile on the second day of practice to assess your physical fitness.  Players are expected to run a timed mile in 8 minutes or under.

Practice times for Week 1 are as follows:

8/17- 8am-12pm, 8/18- 8-11am and 3-5pm, 8/19- 8am-12pm, 8/20- 8-11am and Alumni Night from 5:30-7pm, 8/21- 8am-12pm

Week 2-

8/24- 3-6pm, 8/25- 3-6pm, 8/26- Home scrimmage @ 3:30, 8/27- 3-6pm, 8/28- 8am-12pm

Sport Physicals:

• You must have a current physical (dated June 1, 2015 or after) in order to participate at the start of pre-season.
• The school will be offering sport physicals sometime this summer with a date to be determined. An email will go out to parents and you can also check the UM Athletics website for the date.
• It is requested that you turn in your completed physical form PRIOR to the start of the season. The Athletic Trainers would like all of your completed forms on or before August 7^th.  Forms should ONLY be turned in to the Activities office or directly to the Athletic Trainers when they return in August.
• On day one of pre-season, you must report to the training room before practice to receive your physical card (which you will only receive if you’ve turned in your completed physical packet).

Impact Testing:

• Any player who has not taken the impact test (for concussions) or had a poor baseline score will take the test the first week of pre-season.  A specific date will be given to each team closer to the start of pre-season.
• No athlete can scrimmage without completing the test.

If you have questions, email ayanocha@umasd.org