Overview
The Denver Site has a number of programs for high schoolers looking to become the best field hockey players they can be.
Our most competitive program is our Travel Team(s). The next Travel Team Tryout will take place in June 2025 for the 2025-2026 Travel Season that starts with the Shooting Star Thanksgiving Tournament each year. If you missed our Travel Team tryouts or simply want to improve your skills in the off season, you are welcome to join our High School Rising Stars Program (formerly High School Development Team).
Our Rising Stars Program consists of skills clinics in the Winter and Spring Seasons along with Playdays that are fun filled scrimmage days where players compete against internal and local competition in small sided games. Our Rising Stars Program is focused on building the fundamental skills required to play at the next level.
High school players may be invited to participate in one of our Adult Leagues. Adult Leagues run in the Winter and Summer Seasons.
This Spring 2025 Season we are starting a NEW Advanced Skills Program for 4th-12th Graders! This program is for intermediate to advanced players ONLY. For 75 mins each session, players will work in small groups on challenging technical skills like flicks, aerials, backhands, specific shooting techniques, 3D elimination skills, etc. We hope to see you there!
Rising Stars '25 Spring Season Info
Our Rising Stars Program is comprised of weekly skills sessions and game days called "Playdays." We will focus on first touch, passing and receiving, tackling and channeling. We will also work on goal scoring, smart decision making under pressure and small sided games. Our Rising Stars Program welcomes C, JV and Varsity players from around the state. Players will be broken up into ability groups to foster the best environment for learning.
LOCATION
Age Groups
High School: 9-12th Graders
Players will be split into ability groups for training.
Cost
Early Bird: $425 (Feb 3 - Feb 9) + transaction fees
Regular: $450 (Feb 10 - Mar 2) + transaction fees
Late: $475 (Mar 3 and later) + transaction fees
Practice Schedule
Tuesdays @ CA (Newton Turf) from 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Dates: April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, May 6
Make Up Date: May 13 (at an alternate location, if needed)
Newton Turf Field: 3711 S Teller Street, Lakewood, CO 80235
This address brings you to the entrance of the parking lot. YOU MUST TURN INTO PARKING LOT to access Newton Turf. This field is so new, that there is not an exact Google Maps address yet.
Playdays
Easter Bash: Saturday, April 19th in Boulder, CO (exact field location TBC) | 2pm-6pm
Summer Bash: Sunday, May 18th at Colorado Academy (Slater & Newton Turf Fields) | 3763 S Pierce Street, Lakewood CO 80235 | 2pm-6pm
Advanced Skills - NEW!
This year, we are offering our first ever, Advanced Skills program in the Spring 2025 Season! Advanced Skills is a series of five, 75 minute training sessions, where players will learn technical skills like: aerials, strokes, advanced shooting techniques, backhands, 3D elimination skills, etc. This program will offer a smaller player to coaching ratio so players can be guided through learning these new technical skills. This program is for intermediate through advanced players, ONLY!
Practice Location
Colorado Academy's NEW Newton Turf Field
*3711 S Teller Street, Lakewood, CO 80235
*This address brings you to the entrance of the parking lot. YOU MUST TURN INTO PARKING LOT to access Newton Turf. This field is so new, that there is not an exact Google Maps address yet.
Training Schedule
Monday Nights
Dates: April 7, 14, 21, 28, May 5
Make Up Date: May 12 (at an alternate field location, if needed)
4th-8th Grade: 5:30 PM - 6:45 PM
9th-12th Grade: 6:45 PM - 8:00 PM
Cost
Early Bird: $225 (Feb 3 - Feb 9) + transaction fees
Regular: $250 (Feb 10 - Mar 2) + transaction fees
Late: $275 (Mar 3 and later) + transaction fees
Season Resources
All players are required to have
- field hockey stick
- mouth guard
- shinguards / tall socks
- turf shoes
- water bottle
- CO Bears Reversible Pinnie (can use one from a previous season)
Our High School Rising Stars Program is open to C, JV, and Varsity Level field hockey players. The Rising Stars Program can be used as a pipeline to make it onto one of our Travel Teams, or as a way to improve a players' skills in the offseason. Once registration closes, players will be split up into ability groups based on skill levels. These groups are dynamic and can change based on a players' performance at practice. Players can also be invited up from the Rising Stars Program to play on one of our Travel Teams, at the discretion of the Colorado Bears Coaching Staff.
Advanced Skills Training is open to 4th-12th graders, with intermediate through advanced skill level, ONLY. If you are brand new to the sport, this program is not for you. If you have a solid understanding of fundamental skills, and have either done a few Bears clinics in the past and/or play at the JV or Varsity Level, this program may be for you.
No refunds will be given. Registrations are nonrefundable after receipt. No exceptions. The Colorado Bears do not pro-rate or offer makeups for missed dates