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Contact: Advanced Play, Inc. 443-510-7333 mdfhcamp@umd.edu
SUMMER 2012 SESSIONS:
July 22-25, 2012 (College Park, Md.)
July 29- Aug. 1, 2012 (College Park, Md.)
Learn from the best! Maryland head coach Missy Meharg has led the Terrapins to six NCAA titles in her 24-year career, including the 2010 crown. She can help field hockey players improve their skills at the Missy Meharg School of Hockey, brought to you by Advanced Play, Inc. Two sessions will be held at the University of Maryland's state-of-the-art Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.
This is an open invitation to individuals or teams, advanced level or beginners. All campers will have skill instruction with players of similar ability and experience. Performance-level training is offered. Topics that will be covered include: individual and group instruction, offensive and defensive techniques and specialized goalkeeping instruction.
CAMP DIRECTOR Missy Meharg
Missy Meharg, head coach of the 1993, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008 & 2010 NCAA Champion Maryland field hockey program, is in her 17th year as director of Advanced Play, Inc., hockey camps and clinics.
The 24-year head coach has directed the Terrapins to six NCAA titles and 13 national semifinal appearances. Her Terrapins have won nine Atlantic Coast Conference championships, including the 2008, 2009 and 2010 titles. She has coached 45 All-Americans and nearly 200 Academic Honor Roll student-athletes. Meharg has developed over 40 players that have competed on the international stage, including 14 U.S. National Team members and five that currently compete at the highest level for the Stars & Stripes.
Meharg has been named the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Coach of the Year seven times and the ACC Coach of the Year six times as well. She has been named Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year 13 times during her remarkable career. Meharg is an accomplished and experienced international coach as well. She was a member of the U.S. National Team's coaching staff from 1993-97, including an appearance in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, the 1994 World Cup in Dublin and the 1995 Pan American games in Argentina. In 1994 and 1995 she served as the coach of the U.S. Under-21 team.
Meharg was a two-time All-America forward at the University of Delaware and enjoyed an impressive playing career with the U.S. National Team from 1985-91. During that time she was a member of the 1986 World Cup team and an alternate to the 1987 Pan American and 1988 Olympic teams. She finished her playing career as a member of the 1991 Pan Am team and the 1991 U.S. squad that unfortunately missed qualifying for the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.