Mission & Values
Great Lakes Regional Field Hockey is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
Our Mission
We serve and support field hockey in the Great Lakes Region by providing the foundation for a network of thriving field hockey communities.
We provide all ages and abilities of the field hockey community with high quality coaching, programming, skill development, fitness training, and play.
We sponsor coaching education, specialty workshops, leadership training and other educational opportunities to support development.
We work to develop field hockey first facilities and training venues in the Great Lakes Region.
Our Values
We have a passion for the sport of field hockey and for its unique community.
We recognize that field hockey players tend to be:
Leaders in their communities
Willing to give back to their field hockey community
Willing to work together to achieve a goal larger than their own personal goal
Thoughtful
We believe that every field hockey athlete develops and grows at their own pace.
Beliefs & Passions
Every athlete should experience a variety of athletic endeavors. We support programming plans that invest in multi-sport athletes.
In order to grow the sport in the Great Lakes Region of the Midwest, we need to provide quality facilities that provide access to multi-training opportunities to athletes of all ages, experience and interest levels.
The Great Lakes Region can grow the sport of field hockey at the youth, high school, club and collegiate level.
Growing the game for boys and adults is possible in the Great Lakes Region.
Athletes in the Great Lakes Region can be among the elite field hockey players in the country.
Financial support, outreach, and development for geographic locations, families and athletes, where resources create barriers to growth and success.
To be the best you can be, your competition needs to be the best it can be.
For optimal development and growth in sport, every athlete must be provided:
Quality coaching
Time to develop skills through experimentation & trial and error, with room to improve at their own pace
Playing time in game situations to gain game understanding and tactical awareness
Situations to experience both successes and failures