Canada: Ladies’s Growth Staff Travels To Japan For Coaching Matches

Canadian growth aspect travels to Japan for apply tour and coaching matches

Area Hockey Canada is thrilled to announce the roster for the Senior Growth Staff heading to Japan October 16-23, 2024 for a coaching tour and a set of coaching matches.  

With management from Sheldon Rostron — Ladies’s Nationwide Staff head coach — and different members of the Canadian high-performance staff, this developmental aspect is comprised of primarily U23 athletes that features some athletes who’ve a handful of senior caps or are coaching with the senior nationwide staff. A number of the recognized athletes are usually not but coaching with the nationwide staff program however are excessive potential gamers in Canada and have graduated from the junior ranks. The staff provides some depth, expertise and ability with a couple of nationwide staff gamers to present management alternatives as nicely. 

Area Hockey Canada’s high-performance intention is to construct a devoted U23 staff that may be capable of present a chance and platform to develop and develop the nation’s participant base.

The staff will practice and do neighborhood workshops in Akaiwa Metropolis, the place Canada has educated and performed earlier than, constructing on present neighborhood relationships. Canada may also play in opposition to the U21 New Zealand aspect in a three-match set beginning on October 19. 

The aim of the journey is twofold:  

1. To set up alternatives for pathway projecting athletes to show them to the expertise of taking part in worldwide hockey in a approach that present them extra caps [official or unofficial. Through tours like this, Field Hockey Canada aims to rapidly enhance, simulate and grow the amount of game time and higher levels of playing to ensure Canada can compete globally. 
2. To maintain a close partnership between Field Hockey Canada and the City of Akaiwa and Japanese Federation. Canada has benefited greatly from this partnership in both the men’s and women’s program

According to head coach Sheldon Rostron, this U23 age category is crucial to bolstering the senior national team pipeline and is a key steppingstone in Canadian hockey. 

“The Field Hockey Canada NextGen environment creates an introduction to high performance, creating critical pathways in conjunction with our national championships. As such, U16 and U18 are the first steps into national processes and programs. U21 becomes the next steppingstone but also is limiting, thereafter we see these athletes either remain in Canada or leave for NCAA programs. 

 A U23 tour like this is a part of the process of recapturing athletes inside or outside of the national programs, identifying talent or athletes that have been in our programs and maintaining a trajectory towards the senior national setup and creating development.” 

Rostron said, ultimately, the success of a tour like this doesn’t come in wins and losses on the field, but rather in building the pathway and engaging in a process that will create and nurture a larger and higher ability player pool in Canada. 

“There are no trophies to be won during this tour but competing, instilling a wining culture and pushing boundaries are all part of an elite pathway and our intention is to re-engage this process again with this group as we sharpen our plans and programs to start gearing up for sustainable future success!” 

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