Colorado Bears Field Hockey Club

Middle School

Overview

Our Denver Site welcomes over 100 middle school players each year, offering opportunities to develop their skills throughout the Fall, Winter, and Spring seasons. Whether you're new to field hockey or looking to take your game to the next level, we have a program for you!

Fall Season: Players without a school team can join us in our competitive Interscholastic Middle School Program, where we compete against St. Mary's, Kent Denver, Colorado Academy, Graland, and the Boulder Bears. This program provides structured gameplay experience while fostering teamwork and skill development.

Winter & Spring Seasons: Our Rising Stars Program offers weekly skills sessions and Playdays, which are mini tournament style game days designed for players to apply their skills in a game setting against local competition and their peers. This program is perfect for those looking to refine their technique in a fun and supportive environment.

Advanced Skills Training - NEW! For the first time, we’re offering Advanced Skills Training during the Spring Season. These sessions provide hands-on technical training with smaller coach-to-player ratios, focusing on advanced techniques such as:

  • 3D skills
  • Backhands & aerials
  • Specialized shooting techniques

Looking for more competition? If you’re ready to take the next step, consider trying out for one of our Travel Teams, which offer the highest level competition, elite training, and the opportunity to travel around the country competing against other out of state club teams.

Interscholastic Middle School Fall 2025

This program is intended for athletes who do not have a field hockey team at their middle school. It focuses on building the fundamental skills of field hockey including passing & receiving, dribbling, first touch, press, outlet, shooting, defensive skills & game play.

Players practice 1-2 times per week and usually have 1 game per week throughout the season, plus a round robin scrimmage day and a Playday (a round robin tournament of 7v7 small sided game play).

Open to all skill levels, no experience required! Players will sign up for teams based on their grade and experience level. See below:

- Navy Bears Team: ALL 6th graders & 7th grade beginners
- Gold Bears Team: ALL 8th graders & 7th grade intermediate/ advanced players

LOCATION

  • Age Groups

    Navy Bears: ALL 6th grade players and 7th grade beginners
    Gold Bears: ALL 8th grade players and 7th grade intermediate/ advanced players

  • Cost

    Early Bird: $699 + transaction fees (until June 3rd)
    Regular: $750 + transaction fees (until July 31st)
    Late: $799 + transaction fees (until Aug 15th)

    *Cost includes the registration fee for the Fall Fest Playday and round robin Scrimmage day.

    *Siblings use Discount Code 'SISTERS' at checkout.

  • Practice Schedule

    Tuesdays @ CA (Newton Turf) from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM (with one additional practice on Thursday, September 4th)
    Dates: 9/2, 9/4, 9/9, 9/16, 9/23, 9/30, 10/7, 10/21
    Make Up Date: 10/28
    Newton Turf Field: 3711 S Teller Street, Lakewood, CO 80235 | Newton Turf Parking Map

    This address brings you to the entrance of the parking lot. Look for the black fence and red signs for Newton and Slater Field.

  • Playdays

    Fall Fest Playday: Sunday, October 26th @ Location TBD | ~9am-1pm

Advanced Skills - SPRING ONLY!

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.

    Newton Turf Parking Map

  • Spring 2025 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: 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM

    9th-12th Grade: 7:15 PM - 8:30 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

  • Outdoor Field Hockey Stick
  • Shin Guards
  • Navy & White Knee-High Socks (for over shin guards)
  • Mouth Guard - *mandatory - players will not be allowed to play without one
  • Cleats or Turf Shoes
  • Water Bottle

Players are responsible for buying a Colorado Bears pinnie, white and navy socks for games. If you do not already own a Colorado Bears pinnie, please purchase one at checkout and we'll bring it for you on the first practice day.

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