Private Lessons

Private lessons will be offered as single sessions & will be sent out around the 15th of the month prior to the upcoming sessions.  You can register for as many sessions as you would like.  Coaches and Program Heads have set hourly rates at the Attic, rates are set by coaches for all Private lessons at Bessant.

As we develop this programming, we will be adding more.

Anna Miller- $55/Hour

Anna Miller, a Pennsylvania native, has been playing field hockey since third grade. Playing through high school and college, Anna spent four years at Saint Joseph’s University, where she helped the team win three Atlantic 10 tournament titles and advance to the NCAA Elite 8, while also earning various individual accolades. For her fifth year, Anna continued playing at Old Dominion University, where she helped the team win the Big East tournament and advance to their first NCAA tournament appearance in over a decade. Now, as a current teacher, Anna serves as the head coach of the Randolph Middle School team while also coaching at the U16 elite level for Charlotte Ambush. With experience playing both forward and back, she brings a versatile skill set to help players develop in all areas of the field.

Contact Info:

Email: ac.miller131@gmail.com

Phone Number: 610-662-7775

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Casey Carrigan

Casey Carrigan has been coaching at Charlotte Ambush since she was in college at Queens University of Charlotte. Originally from PA she began playing at a very young age. Before going to Queens she played D1 field hockey at LIU Brooklyn before they shut the program down. She played midfield and defense. While playing in college she was awarded All- Conference awards. Casey is the business manager for Charlotte Ambush, program manger for Ambush Academy League and has been coaching U14 Elite for the past 5 years.

Private Lessons with Casey can focus on many different topics from beginner drills like stick skills, passing/receiving and hitting to more complex drills such as 3D skills, reverse hits, defensive foot work and field awareness. If you're interested in booking a session reach out to Casey at the info below!

Contact info: 

Email: casey@charlotteambush.com

Phone Number: 215-292-4587

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Joey Prestidge- $100/hr

Joey Prestidge has been working with Charlotte Ambush for six years. A UK native, he has played and coached hockey around the world, taking professional contracts in the UK, Australia and France, before putting down roots in NC after time spent coaching at Davidson, Queens and Indiana Universities. Joey is an England Hockey and USA Field Hockey Level Three coach, and brings to private lessons, a rich tapestry of experience playing and coaching at the elite level, with teams and colleagues across a wide selection of cultures, languages and sporting traditions. Joey is part of the club's U16/U19 leadership group and is Charlotte Latin School's Head Coach. He has shared the Ambush U19 Program Head position with Coach Krombolz for five years, and has privately coached a number of our Ambush athletes to Varsity, College and National Team representation. 

Private sessions can focus on a broad range of topics - from the essential techniques of ball transfer, mobile ball control, and finishing on cage; to more complicated techniques such as creating opportunity through 3D skills, overheads and reverse stick expertise. Please get in touch, and best of luck to all on their hockey journey.

Contact Info:

Email: joey.prestidge@hotmail.com

Phone: 980-230-4359

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Rachael Klohr-  $85/hour

Rachael Klohr, originally from PA, has been coaching field hockey for 19 years. She played collegiate field hockey at D3 Messiah University and made trips to the NCAA Final Four three years in a row. Her senior season she was awarded the NCAA D3 ALL Tournament Team as a defender. After graduating, she immediately started coaching at D1 Robert Morris University. She remained there for 2 years before taking a head coaching position at D3 Houghton College in upstate NY. She remained as the head coach at Houghton for 7 seasons. She started the field hockey program at Covenant Day School, and has been the Program Head/Varsity Head Coach since 2015. She has also been working with the u14s at Charlotte Ambush for the last 10 years. 

Contact Info:

Email: rklohr@covenantday.org 

Phone: 704.962.2102

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Sarah Heacock- $85/hour

Sarah Heacock has been coaching at Charlotte Ambush since she was in Highschool, and has been with the Elite program for 8 years. She is part of the U16/U19 leadership team. Sarah is the Varsity head coach and Program head at Weddington High School and she is also the Athletic Director at Charlotte Ambush.  Sarah Heacock attended App State and Queens where she played on the field hockey team. She played Forward and Mid and her specialty is hitting, receiving, dynamic receptions, and stick skills. She will work with any age athlete at any level. 

Contact info: 

Email: heacock@charlotteambush.com

Phone Number: 980-257-3462

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Sarah Swift- $85/hour

Sarah Swift comes from New York where she started playing field hockey at 5 years old and played through grade school and in college at SUNY New Paltz. Coach Swift started her coaching career with Cross River Combo FHC while still in college and went on to be an assistant coach at SUNY New Paltz (DIII) helping them to their best season in program history including a conference championship and NCAA Sweet 16 appearance and shared the NFHCA Region III Coaching Staff of the Year honors. Afterwards, Coach Swift moved down south to be the Assistant/GK coach at Wingate University (DII). She helped start the program at Wingate and coached the Bulldogs for 3 seasons, finishing her final season as the interim Head Coach, helping the 'Dogs to their best season yet and first conference championship appearance. Coach Swift started working with Charlotte Ambush in 2022 at the academy level and has worked with various groups within the club. Currently, she is the South Program Head, overseeing U14 Sailors and U16 Strikers as well as U14 and U16/19 Elite Prep Teams. Additionally, she works closely with the Ambush leadership groups and in Ambush recruitment services. For private lessons, contact her at 845-594-2987. 

Contact info: 

 Email: Sgswift3@gmail.com

Phone Number: 845-594-2987

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