Winter Season

Winter Play is available for all K5 - U19 grade girls.

We're so excited to invite you to join us for Winter Indoor play

and to welcome you to the Pod, LIFT's exclusive indoor location!

(Scroll down for a photo, map, and more details about the Pod.)

LIFT has been very excited to get back to field hockey safely and responsibly.

Our continuing main concern will be to keep everyone safe and to comply as best we can with social distance guidelines and safety precautions. The safety and comfort of our girls, families, and coaches is our first priority.

Due to the global pandemic, we have new Rules and Guidelines and require all players

and families to agree to abide by them prior to signing up for and Winter Season play.

To ensure your spot in the Session of your choice, please register ASAP.

Once we reach capacity, we will close Registration.

Due to the different nature of this season, we will not be prorating or adjusting schedules to meet individuals' needs. We are working with coach availability, smaller (and therefore more) practices, updated timing and cleaning protocol, and we believe that ensuring everyone's safety has to be our main concern.

For indoor field hockey, we highly recommend indoor field hockey equipment starting with an indoor stick and left hand glove.

See Longstreth for more options or just ask us!

Each LIFT FH season includes field hockey practice, leadership training, competitive opportunities (where available), a LIFT shirt and a community volunteer activity.

Join LIFT Winter Season! See which of our whale mascots groups you can join:

Belugas: K5 - 2nd grade girls

Narwhals: 3rd grade - U14 girls

Blue Whales: U16 & U19 girls

Baby Belugas

K5 - 2nd grade girls

Belugas will practice twice a week focusing on skills, game concepts and scrimmages.

Check back soon for the Winter 2020-2021 Schedule!

All K5 - 2nd grade girls are welcome in our Baby Belugas Winter League regardless of field hockey experience. We welcome new, beginner, and experienced players and look forward to coaching each level of player to improve her individual level of play as well as grow with her teammates. Winter Season is all about the fun, fast indoor game with focus on game strategy as well as concentration on teamwork, small skills, and fitness in addition to field hockey game knowledge.

Nifty Narwhals

3rd grade through U14 girls

Players are eligible for U14 play if they are under 14 on January 1st, 2021.

Girls who will be 14 on January 1st are U16. See Blue Whales!

Winter Season for Narwhals will have 2 sessions:

Session One will be approximately 4 weeks starting

mid-November and going through mid December.

Session Two will be approximately 8 weeks starting

in January 2021 and going through mid-March.

Check back for Winter Season dates soon!

All 3rd grade through U14 girls are welcome in our Nifty Narwhals Winter League and Team Play regardless of field hockey experience. We welcome new, beginner, and experienced players and look forward to coaching each level of player to improve her individual level of play as well as grow with her teammates. Winter Season is all about the fun, fast indoor game with focus on game strategy as well as concentration on teamwork, small skills, and fitness in addition to field hockey game knowledge.

Blue Whales

U16 and U19* girls

Players are eligible for U16 play if they are under 16 on January 1st, 2021.

Players are eligible for U19 play if they are under 19 on January 1st, 2021.

Winter Season for Blue Whales will have 2 Sessions:

Session One: October 26th - January 10th.

(October 26-November 21; November 30-December 12; January 4-10)

Session One is open for U16 Team Play and U16&U19 League Play

Registration at this time.

Team play is for experienced players and practices 3 times per week:

U16: Mondays and Wednesdays 5:30-7:00 OR 7:30-9:00

AND Sundays 12:30-2:00 OR 2:30-4:00 - pending team evaluations

U19: Tuesdays and Thursdays 7:30-9:00 and Saturdays 2:30-4:00

Team players will travel to National Indoor Tournament Qualifiers

January 9th and 10th in PA provided we and our opponents stay safe.

Extra mandatory tournament fees will apply in addition to LIFT Winter fees.

We will not be travelling as a team; parents will be responsible for getting their daughters to NITQ site. LIFT will block and recommend accommodations.

Coaches will continue to evaluate this travel and its risk and will cancel if we feel it is the right decision.

League play is open to all U16 & U19 Players who wish to enhance their skill, learn new concepts, and improve their game play. League players will practice twice a week starting Saturday, October 31 and will not travel or compete in Session One.

Practices: Saturdays 12:30-2:00 and Thursdays 5:30-7:00.

Session Two: January 18th - March 13th.

Session Two will be similar to Session One with weekday and weekend practices, and possibly with options for practices 2 - 3 times per week. We do not yet have any competitive opportunities during this time frame but will continue to look to plan for them as that arise and as we all can stay safe!

All U16 and U19 girls are welcome in our Blue Whales Winter League and Team Play regardless of field hockey experience. We welcome new, beginner, and experienced players and look forward to coaching each level of player to improve her individual level of play as well as grow with her teammates. Winter Season is all about the fun, fast indoor game with focus on game strategy as well as concentration on teamwork, small skills, and fitness in addition to field hockey game knowledge.