When a Boy Wants to Play a 'Girls Sport'?

The boy wants to play field hockey. That’s the problem.
Matt Bozdech is 15. He has braces and brown hair. He likes video games. He’s a fairly typical teen boy, except for the field hockey thing. He started playing several years ago, moving from the ice version to the grass one, and kept at it, even though the sport is widely considered a girls game in the United States. READ THE FULL STORY FROM THE St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Hockey Animal, of the Field Hockey Type

Fact: Smiles Come Easily to Guys Who Know How to Have Fun

"What make of stick you play with is not as important as the fact that you are in the game."

Sandy Kinnee, CEO
Dita Field Hockey North America
official sponsor of Boys Development

Boys Who Play Field Hockey Tend To Grow Into Men Who Keep Playing The Sport

In an unscientific study, boys who play field hockey tend to grow into men who play
field hockey.

Boys who don't play field hockey, well, who knows what they will do later in life??

Sit on the couch and watch the big game?

Play or Watch.




Photo of Keeling Pilaro taken by Kyle  LaFerriere at Nation Invitational Tournament, Virginia Beach, 2014

Men Who Play Indoor Hockey Are Happier

The men and boys who are playing in the NIT in Virginia Beach, March 7 - 9, 2014

Let's pretend that this is the total number of men and boys who play our sport in the entire USA.
Those not in this photograph promise to be in the next photograph, or we hope they will be visible and counted.

Zoom in and look at the smiles.  Men and boys who play indoor hockey are happy.