The title is true... I spent my Thanksgiving in Phoenix!
Before you ask... No, I don't have family out there. What IS in Phoenix though was the 2010 National Field Hockey Festival. Every year over Thanksgiving Break, US Field Hockey hosts a tournament that allows people of all ages to play in this HUGE tournament. Last year the tournament was in Palm Springs, California (link to my blog post is here), but this year it moved to Phoenix, Arizona.
There are U16, U19, women's, and mixed (aka coed) brackets. Although Lauren and I didn't find a women's or mixed team to play on, we were fortunate enough to be able to coach our club team at the festival.
What's great about our club team and the tournament is that it gives the U16 and U19 girls to play on a team outside of their high school AND allows them to get looked at by college coaches. This tournament is the biggest recruiting tool that all 3 divisions of the NCAA use to look out for young talent.
The trip was wonderful. We got the opportunity to be around field hockey, coach our wonderful team, and got to do some other cool things as well. Our club team had girls from New Jersey and California on it, so it was really awesome to talk to them and hear about how things are on the West Coast!
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