We will all meet to begin our day at noon at our hotel in Amsterdam.

After we meet all athletes, families and EuroTour staff, we are off on a drive through the countryside in our motor coach to an open air, “living” museum. Here you’ll visit windmills, see wooden shoes being handmade and try Dutch pancakes. Today & tomorrow you acclimate to your new surroundings, bond with your teammates, get over jet lag and see the amazing sights of Holland.

There’s still much to see and do before the start of camp. This morning you’re off to Amsterdam where you visit a museum (we will announce this in the spring, after museum’s COVID summer protocols are more in place) and have time for a little shopping at the biggest and best hockey store in Amsterdam.

Tonight you’ll be escorted on a classic boat cruise along the narrow canals where you glide through the waterways in our private custom launch – see Amsterdam lit at night as a local would!

Now you are ready… it’s time to prepare for tomorrow.

Parents & families have the option of joining us today. We require all athletes to stay with the group to get to know their new teammates & EuroTour staff.

What you’ve been waiting for… Today you start your Elite Dutch Camp adventure.

After breakfast, say goodbye to your families, and a private bus will pick up our athletes and chaperones to head into camp.

We guarantee there has been nothing like this in your hockey career. This morning, you will be placed into 3 groups: your try-out group, your tournament team & your tent roommates. After we are settled, we start with an intensive training that is a try-out. The top international coaches evaluate the athletes to place them in an appropriate training group.

While all athletes at this camp are “Elite” – there are varying levels. You will see athletes at this camp who could beat most top DI collegiate seniors. The average European at this camp has skill levels 2-4 years above the average American’s.

The Dutch believe that sport should be fun, because the more you love something, the better you will do. Our American athletes rave about the coaching level and say it is the best coaching they have ever received.

At training, you rotate every 15 minutes to work with a different coach. You will have 2 tournament coaches who you will work with on a daily level.

At a 1-week Dutch camp, you get to know your coaches very well; not only are they coaching you on the field, but they are ensuring you have an amazing week on and off the field.

Each Elite camp will have 2 EuroTour chaperones. They are with you 24/7 for anything you need. Need another blanket? Not feeling well? Have a sore ankle? Just need someone to talk to about life? Want someone to take your picture? Our EuroTour chaperones are you moms away from home. They will be communicating with your parents if you need anything at all. In the rare case you need to go to the hospital, they will be the ones taking you and communicating with your family.

Our EuroTour chaperones will support your journey every day, because a 6-day intensive hockey camp, with new food, new people and lots of different cultures can sometimes be a lot!

We only hire chaperones who live in the USA, who we have worked with before. They are all former field hockey athletes who currently coach at the high school, club or college level.

The action is strong and fast.

You’ll join in daily tournaments, playing with, and against, over 100 other European athletes who hail from all over Europe. You’ll learn as much from them as you will from the top coaches.

Imagine what it will be like to play with, and against, your European peers. Co-ed games with players who have held a stick before the age of six.

On day 1 you will be placed in a tournament team. And you bet that on the last day, the two best teams will play against each other in front of the whole camp!

No program in the USA can deliver this level of action, ability and achievement.

When combined with top demonstrations by Olympic players along with one-on-one training by the best coaches in Europe, you not only experience phenomenal hockey, but find yourself in a life-changing environment.

Each day, experience 1-3 training sessions. Each session has a “theme”. You will rotate in 15 minute intervals to do a new drill and work with a new coach surrounding that theme. Amazing demos will be performed in the morning so you can see all those drills performed at the highest level.

Plus, there are special workshops to focus-in on specific technical or tactical skillsets.

Anytime there is a break throughout the day, you can choose to hop on any of the water-based astro turfs and work on your skills or play a pickup game with your new international teammates. It truly is hockey 24/7.

Today is your last full-day of top training with your Dutch coaches, tonight your last international game.

It’s the most amazing hockey you have experienced and now you are seeing your game in a new light. There’s more; tonight you say good-bye to your Dutch friends at your farewell dinner and dance.

Expect the best week of your life. Create lasting friendships with hockey players from around the globe and transform your game within a safe and fun environment.

A perfect ending to a great trip!

This morning you bid farewell to Europe when you depart Holland for home. It’s been a phenomenal week of training, competitive games, exceptional sightseeing and new friends.

Now it’s time to show your friends, competitors and prospective college coaches all you have learned.

Look at any DI College roster and you’re likely to find a few EuroTour alum. They gain a competitive advantage. They know the value gained from training in Europe.

You can too.