Co-Owned and operated
by Dutch National team coach,
Thomas Tichelman, an
FIH “Master
Coach” a Grade 1 Developmental Coach (the only one in the World with
this designation.
Along with Tjerk van Herwaarden, Technical
Director at Univ. of Maryland. A two-time, 2006 & 2005 back-to-back,
NCAA Champion.
World Camp USA is designed and staffed entirely
in Holland. Then they all fly to the USA to conduct
this one of a kind Camp.
Dedicated to providing players with the highest
level of field hockey training available in the USA.
Ramapo College
:::North NJ
July 13 to 16 July 20 to 23
Swarthmore College
::: South PA July 20 to 23 July 27 to 30
August 3 to 6
Why Go To
WORLDCAMPUSA?
What Makes US Different?
Elite International Coaching
/// Staff Assembled In Holland
2.Staff Flown to USA Exclusively For World Camp
Using
a Proven European Camp Format
With a Cutting Edge
Technical Program
5.Limited Camp
Size /// Individual Attention to Your Game
8.1000 Balls in Play /// for
Intense Drills & Repetitions
9.Competitive
Players and Teams /// making Great Tournament
Rounds
10.We Make it
FUN!
Didactic - dI-'dak-tik;
to Convey Instruction with Pleasure & Entertainment
FUN...
to
LOVE... into
PASSION
Why? Because you will not excel - unless you love it.
"My daughter loved
your camp and saw a great improvement in her skills when she played in
her summer league the week after camp. It surprised her to have
gotten so much improvement out of having fun!"
Barbara Blake - Mom, Massachusetts
2008 Dutch Staff - Says THANK
YOU for a Great Summer
"This has
truly been the best camp that I have taken part in, either when
I was a player and now as a coach. - by far. Thank you very much
for such an enlightening experience."
Shannon Watson
- Hofstra '02
- now HS coach
"Wow!
This camp was the best camp I've ever been to! The guys
are so amazing at the game. Skit night was hilarious. I
can't wait to come back again next year. Keep the same
teachers they are all awesome. (They) are the best, they
better be there next year!!!" Katie
(Jersey Intensity club)
"My
daughter Molly from Rye, NY went to two of your
camps this summer . They were fantastic, she
enjoyed every minute of both camps ,she learnt a
lot and had lots of fun . The coaches are really
top class and they make it a really fun
experience for the kids . Thank you to all the
people who made this a wonderful experience for
these kids!!!! She will be back next year"
Anne O"Brien
Tjerk
(pronounced Cherick) is a
native of the Netherlands and has won an unprecedented Back-to-Back - two in a row - National College
Championship with Maryland (First time in UMD's history) his first
two years in the USA coaching (2005 & 2006)! - Tjerk is also
Assistant Coach for the USA Men's National Team, as well as Head Coach
for USFHA HPTC (High Performance) mid-Atlantic region. In addition,
Tjerk has received the highest US coaching Qualification - the Level III+
with recommendation for the FIH course (one of four to be selected) - he
is now participating in conducting the Level II coaching Courses
throughout the USA. Tjerk has extensive
coaching experience prior to coming to the USA, van Herwaarden was
coach of the Kampong 1st Ladies club team. While with that team, he
mentored some of the country's National Team players, who went on to win
a silver medal at the Athens Olympics. He spent five years as a youth
development coach for the KNHB, the Royal Dutch field hockey
association, and is a coach conductor for the same organization. He is a
KNHB Level A and B licensed coach.
Tjerk is a co-owner of World Camp USA.
Thomas Tichelman - Co-Owner &
Assist. Dutch
Men's National Team Coach
Thomas
is one of the most renowned coaches in the world. The Dutch technical
system is recognized as being the most advanced in the world – and
Thomas has had a hand in that. Always on the cutting edge of Hockey,
Thomas has trained some of the best in our sport, including Teun De
Nooijer, Taco van den Honert and Bram Lomans. Working with van den
Honert, Thomas is credited with perfecting the Drag Flick – and with the
Amsterdam Free University of Movement Sciences, he designed the Zonal
Training System – allowing players and coaches the ability to breakdown
specific skill-sets needed to perform at maximum efficiency while
playing the ball at every angle to the body. Thomas’s last venture in
was at the World Cup in Germany and is now
in
China - with his team at the 2008 Olympics - and looking to bring home the
Gold.
Thomas is a Technical partner with Sport EuroTour and
co-owner of World Camp USA.
Bob Whitcher -
Co-Owner World Camp USA &
Operator of Sport EuroTour
Bob
is creator and owner of Sport EuroTour
which began in 1989 with its first training tour to Europe. With
his extensive relationships and coaching network there, Bob has developed an
exclusive arrangement with the European Hockey Federation's (EHF) Camp and Clinic providers
to register qualified US players into Europe's top talent camp - the EHF "Camp of Excellence".
In addition, Bob operates numerous high-end training and match programs
in England & Holland. His relationships in European Field Hockey are at the highest level - at the Olympic
GOLD level. Bob has two daughters playing at Yale and Richmond.
Bob is a co-owner of World Camp USA.
P.O. Box 408
North Falmouth, MA 02556 USA
1-800-793-5575
Fax: 508-563-2097
Tjerk
Bob
is creator and owner of 