Registration for the 2024-2025 season recreation season opens Oct 7! 

Did you know BAYS offers indoor field hockey for our 5th-12th grade athletes?  2024-2025 represents our 4th official season! 

Indoor Field Hockey Overview:   Indoor and outdoor field hockey are similar. The indoor game is faster and requires more control because it is played on a smaller, hard, flat court surface. Indoor improves player’s stick skills and field vision. 

A few indoor hockey details:

• Sidelines are replaced with sideboards (“boards”). There is no sideline out of bounds, unless the ball jumps the boards, and the ball rebounds quickly off the boards in play. 
• Six players are allowed on the court at one time – that’s five field players and one goalkeeper compared to the 11 in outdoor. Instead of the typical forward, midfield, defense, positions are divided into two categories: Attackers and Defenders. Although there are specific roles, everyone must play defense, just like outdoor.
• Players are not allowed to lift or hit the ball outside of the circle in indoor. Players are only allowed to push, pass, deflect, or dribble the ball. 

Practices: All practices are at Odenton Sports Center in Odenton, MD - HS will practice on Tuesdays and MS will practice on Fridays.  Each athlete should have the following at each practice: indoor stick, shinguards, mouthguard, water bottle, and BAYS reversible practice pinnie.  Goalies will be provided gear.

Uniforms:  Recreational players are not required to purchase a BAYS field hockey uniform.

Teams:  BAYS fields both middle school and high school teams.

Games:  BAYS competes in the Howard County Indoor FH league. Games are Sundays at Meadowbrook Athletic Complex at 5001 Meadowbrook Ln, Ellicott City, MD.  Each Sunday, teams will each compete in two 25 minute games.    

Registration is closed!

Programs are determined by grade level, not age.

• Sticklettes (Kindergarten through 2nd grade) $100
  
• Pee Wees (3rd and 4th grade) $125
  
• Middies (5th & 6th grade) $145
  
• Juniors (7th & 8th grade) $145

Buddy/coach requests:  Buddy and practice day requests for sticklettes and peewees are taken into consideration, but may not be possible to accommodate.  

Uniforms: 

• Sticklettes - DO NOT need a uniform. Coaches will hand out reversible pinnies before the first game.
  
• Pee Wees, Middies, and Juniors - Players must have a BAYS field hockey uniform, available for purchase at registration or through the Squadlocker store if you are a registered athlete assigned a jersey number.  A reversible practice pinnie is only provided if you were are a new athlete. All players are required to have black/white reversible Shin Guards, or black and white Shin Guard Socks (shin guard insert required with ankle protection).
  

Practices & Games:  Practice days and times are based on coaches and field availability. There are no set days of the week until you hear from your specific coach the first week of August.  Practices will begin around the first week in August. For Middies and Juniors, the first week of practice - Aug 6 & 7 - will be camp style, culminating in a tryout on August 8 for those who wish to be considered for the "A" team.  Games begin September 2024.

Sticklettes & Pee Wees: 

• Sticklettes play in small sided games on grass or turf fields throughout the county and are officiated by their own coaches to maximize coaching opportunities on the field. 6 v 6 (6 field players)
• Pee Wee games are throughout the county on small sided turf fields with the introduction of goalies and official umpires. 7 v 7 (6 field players & 1 goalie)
  

Middies & Juniors: play on turf fields with goalies.11 v 11 (10 field players & 1 goalkeeper)

Practice Fields: Broadneck Park Field A, Severn River MS & Broadneck High School Turf

Registration is CLOSED for the 2024 Spring Skills & Scrimmages Clinic!

Beginning June 2, BAYS will present the Spring Skills & Scrimmages Clinics. Each Sunday, registered athletes will work on improving their skills through a series of drill stations, engage in conditioning activities that they can carry through the summer, and participate in scrimmage-style competition.  In order to participate, each athlete must have a stick, mouthguard, shinguards, and a water bottle. 

Registration remains open until May 26 for all athletes - sticklettes through juniors.

BAYS is seeking volunteers to support this activity.  If you would like to support, please register as a coach!

Registration is closed.

BAYS is entering our third spring club field hockey season in 2024.  We offer teams at the U12 (birth years 2012-2014), U14 (birth years 2010-2011) and U16 (birth years 2008-2009) levels.  This spring we're opening registration for U19 (birth years 2005-2007) and will field a team at that level if we have enough interest.  Registration for each age level is $165.00.

Practices: One or two days per week to be announced before the beginning of the season.  Each athlete should have the following at each practice: outdoor stick, shinguards, mouthguard, water bottle, and BAYS reversible practice pinnie.  Goalies will be provided gear.

Uniforms:  All athletes are required to have a full BAYS uniform kit, which is $90.  New athletes will be issued a roster number by BAYS after registration.

Games:  BAYS will compete in the Greater Howard Club FH league.  We may also field teams at one additional tournament.