Perfecting The Basics: What Everyone Can Learn From Erin Matson

The University of North Carolina senior has led the team to a 71-4 overall record for the past four seasons. When Matson gets the ball you know magic is about to happen. She’s the Michael Jordan of field hockey. As a former college player and current high school coach, I love and appreciate great field hockey. So I love to watch Matson play. Watch her score this goal. WTF. Forget Michael Jordan. She’s the Kai Lenny of field hockey. At the height of COVID when everyone was quarantined, Matson released five short videos of simple drills for players to do at home. In each video she repeatedly stressed the importance of mastering basic skills first. Matson explained in an interview,‍ People make fun of her for practicing the fundamentals, but that’s a big part of Matson’s success. She focused on the unglamorous basic skills you learn from the first time you touch a stick and had the discipline and understanding to work on them every single day to become a world-wide name. There’s a lot to

The University of North Carolina senior has led the team to a 71-4 overall record for the past four seasons. When Matson gets the ball you know magic is about to happen. She’s the Michael Jordan of field hockey. As a former college player and current high school coach, I love and appreciate great field hockey. So I love to watch Matson play. Watch her score this goal. WTF. Forget Michael Jordan. She’s the Kai Lenny of field hockey. At the height of COVID when everyone was quarantined, Matson released five short videos of simple drills for players to do at home. In each video she repeatedly str