Futures continues to be the premier USA Field Hockey athlete development and showcasing program – bridging the gap between playing for your county to playing for your country. Competing on the international world stage and reaching the zenith of the sport, 15 of the 2012 Olympians participated in the Futures Program progressing through the Olympic Pipeline.
To further develop and enrich this pipeline, Futures added another competitive component to its 2012 Curriculum - Futures 6’s. Futures 6’s is a 6v6 competition that takes place near the end of each Futures session. Athletes not only go through their normal drills but they now get to apply their drills to competitions as well during the sessions.
National Futures Championship (NFC) added two additional U14 teams in 2012. This decision was made to accommodate the significant interest rise at the U14 level.
Likewise, Futures participation levels have again increased. A total of 680 athletes participated at NFC in Virginia Beach, Va. in 2012. Running parallel at the same venue, the USA competed against Argentina in their final preparation match before the Olympic Games. This match was broadcasted live on NBC Sports Network drawing in an estimated crowd of 3,000. During this event the Olympic Celebration Dinner was held to announce the team that was heading over to the 2012 London Olympics.
2012-13 USA FIELD HOCKEY ANNUAL REPORT
Another Futures implementation made to the 2012 year was the Futures Elite Academies/Futures Elite Championship. Here the top 150 athletes in the country train in their Futures Elite Academies and the top 96 athletes were selected for the Futures Elite Championship in 2012.
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