Indoor Travel Teams

Program Overview

Indoor Travel Team Tryouts take place Sunday August 25th, prior to the start of the winter season. Indoor travel teams must commit to a November through February/March schedule that involves weekly Saturday morning practice and several out of state indoor tournaments. Travel team tryouts are for U10-U19 age groups following the new USA age group guidelines as of grade in 2024-2025 school year:

U10: 2nd, 3rd & 4th Grade
U12: 5th & 6th Grade
U14: 7th & 8th Grade
U16: 9th & 10th Grade
U19: 11th & 12th Grade

Indoor Tryouts

WHEN: Sunday August 25, 2024
TIME:  U10s & U12s 9:00-11:00a; U14s 11:00a-1:00p; U16s 1:00-3:00p; U19s 3:00-500p
LOCATION: Canlan Sports Complex, 1950 US-45, Libertyville

Indoor Schedules

Training days and times will take place on Saturday mornings  for 90 minutes between 7:00a-12:00p at Canlan Sports Complex, Libertyville.  Exact practice times will be announced after tryouts once we know our number of teams. Tournaments will be updated as soon as confirmed. 

INDOOR TEAMTIME @ Canlan Sports Complex, LibertyvillePRACTICE DATES 2024-2025
U10's Nov 9, Nov 11, Nov 23, Dec 7, Dec 14, Dec 21, Jan 4, Jan 11, Jan 18, Feb 1, Feb 8, Feb 15
U12's Nov 9, Nov 11, Nov 23, Dec 7, Dec 14, Dec 21, Jan 4, Jan 11, Jan 18, Feb 1, Feb 8, Feb 15
U14's Nov 9, Nov 11, Nov 23, Dec 7, Dec 14, Dec 21, Jan 4, Jan 11, Jan 18, Feb 1, Feb 8
U16's Nov 9, Nov 11, Nov 23, Dec 7, Dec 14, Dec 21, Jan 4, Jan 11, Jan 18, Feb 1, Feb 8, Feb 15, Feb 22
U19's Nov 9, Nov 11, Nov 23, Dec 7, Dec 14, Dec 21, Jan 4, Jan 11, Jan 18, Feb 1, Feb 8, Feb 15

Equipment & Fees

Equipment for all Indoor Travel Team Players:

  • Indoor field hockey stick
  • left hand full finger glove (right hand suggested as well).
  • court shoes
  • corner mask

Fees:

There will be an additional registration fee for all athletes named to a Windy City Field Hockey Indoor Team. Registration is based off the indoor focused training sessions throughout the Winter and will be determined per age group. Additional fees will be determined for each tournament each team is attending throughout the indoor season.

Post indoor travel team tryouts each August, athletes will be invited to join a team. Windy City will create teams based on tryout numbers and will place players by ability and development.

All program fees are non-refundable, no exceptions.

2024-2025 Tournaments

Below is a tentative list of tournaments and dates for the different age groups. More will be posted once dates/events are announced. Tournaments are mandatory for all athletes if you accept a roster spot on an indoor team. All athletes will be responsible for all travel arrangements to tournaments and play days. Windy City FH will communicate when and if we will chaperone athletes for upcoming tournaments.

2024-2025 TOURNAMENT DATES (Tentative and will be updated as events are posted and scheduled)

TEAMTOURNAMENTLOCATIONDATESEXTRA DETAILS
U16'sNITQ - QualifiersTBDTBD more to come in Sept
U19's NITQ - QualifiersTBDTBDmore to come in Sept
All U10's & U12's National Indoor Tournament (NIT)Spooky Nook, Lancaster, PAFeb 21-23, 2025arrive anytime Th 2/20, depart after last game on 2/23
All U14'sNational Indoor TournamentSpooky Nook, Lancaster , PAFeb 14-18, 20253 day tournament either Fr-Sun or Sat-Mon, waves announced in late December
More details to come
U16's National Indoor TournamentSpooky Nook, Lancaster , PAFeb 28- March 2, 2025must qualify
U19's National Indoor TournamentRichmond Convention Center, Richmond, VAFeb 21-23, 2025must qualify

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