An Open Letter to EIMS Parents of 7th & 8th Grade Girls Who May Be Interested in Playing a Spring Sport

Hello EIMS Parents of 7th & 8th Grade Girls! My name is Trish Fischer and I am the varsity field hockey coach at Eastridge High School. I am also an assistant to Coach Linda Adams for the EIMS modified field hockey team.

I am reaching out to you today because our 2022 modified field hockey team still has a few openings left for the spring field hockey season. We would love for your daughter to consider joining our team! You can easily sign up at

www.familyID.com

Coach Adams and I are personally inviting your daughter (and you) to give the EIMS modified field hockey team a try this spring.

• After school practices start on Monday April 4.

• Our first scrimmage is on April 26

• Our last game is on June 1

• We practice at EHS and our home games are also played at EHS.

• Practices and games both take place on EHS stadium turf.

• Practices will end at 5pm at the high school. There is a 5:15 late bus for athletes OR parents should arrange pickup of athletes at the EHS stadium bus loop by 5:15.

• Game days run a bit later with player pick-up usually between 6-6:30pm. (some game times may be a bit later)

• We can provide any field hockey equipment your daughter needs!

• No experience necessary!!

• We will happily teach your daughter everything she needs to know to play the awesome sport of field hockey.

• You can easily sign up for EIMS modified field hockey at

  www.familyID.com

If your daughter chooses to give EIMS modified field hockey a try, she will be coached by one of the most successful coaches in EHS history.

Each spring I volunteer to assist our amazing Coach Adams with the modified field hockey team for two reasons:

1) It is helpful to both the players and the high school coaching staff that we get to know each other before the 7th and 8th graders get to the high school;

and 2) I greatly enjoy every day that I get to coach with (and learn from) our much-loved Coach Adams.

Coach Adams has been coaching Lancer Field Hockey for 50+ years! As EHS varsity field hockey coach 1969-2008, Coach Adams earned the distinction of being the winningest coach in EHS history (a record she still holds today!). Coach Adams is an expert in teaching the fundamentals of field hockey to girls of all ages and abilities… AND she makes it FUN! We are very fortunate to have someone of Coach Adams’ stature heading up our EIMS modified field hockey program!

REMEMBER: You can easily sign up for EIMS modified field hockey at

www.familyID.com

Lancer field hockey offers year-round FREE training & playing opportunities that families and players appreciate.

I could go on and on about all the programs we have put in place to create a happy field hockey team experience for our players and families. However, to communicate this information to you as quickly and easily as possible, I developed a single easy-to-scroll web page that provides an excellent overview of Lancer field hockey. Simply click on the button below to access photos, videos, player & parent testimonials, and much more that will quickly communicate to you what makes our Lancer field hockey programs different and greatly valued by both players and parents.

When you click on the button above, you can easily:

• Read what former Lancer field hockey players & parents have to say about our programs

• Learn more about our experienced coaching staff

When you click on the button above, you can also quickly see for yourself why:

• We are a fun team (you should DEFINITELY watch the video!)

• We are a prepared team (we provide year-round FREE playing & training opportunities)

• We are a team that gets noticed (see all of our post-season player honors)

• We are a future-focused team (we provide several weeks of FREE elementary field hockey programs each year)

• We are an innovative team (we create player opportunities and enable players to purchase their own equipment through two well-organized and successful annual fundraisers)

• We are a smart team (we have earned NYS Scholar Athlete Team recognition every year since 2013)

• We are a caring team (we have raised well over $5,000 for the Willow Domestic Violence Center since 2013)

You may also want to take a look at one of our EIMS modified field hockey team videos:

Thank you for taking the time to consider joining EIMS modified field hockey.

If you think your daughter might like to give field hockey a try, simply sign up at

www.familyID.com

Best Regards,

Coach Fischer

EHS Coach Varsity Field Hockey

EIMS Assistant Coach Modified Field Hockey

P.S. Last year we asked our EIMS modified field hockey players to summarize why they thought joining the field hockey team is a great option. Here is what they had to say:

TOP FIVE REASONS WHY EIMS MODIFIED FIELD HOCKEY IS A GREAT TEAM EXPERIENCE

List created by the 2021 EIMS Modified Field Hockey Players

1. NO CUTS!! Everyone who wants to play, gets to play.

2. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. Most kids on the team have never played field hockey (and many have never played any sport)

3. EQUIPMENT PROVIDED. No worries about having to go out and buy equipment. Coach Adams can provide everything you need to play.

4. IT IS EASY TO LEARN TO PLAY FIELD HOCKEY. Coach Adams makes it easy and fun to learn how to play!

5. THE LAST PRACTICE OF THE SEASON IS A “MAKE-YOUR-OWN ICE CREAM SUNDAE” DAY. This is a Coach Adams tradition. It is always a practice filled with laughter, fun games and LOTS of ice cream!!