Zag Karaoke & The Zag Hockey Difference
After 20 years in NCAA coaching at UVA, Iowa, & Princeton I returned to the company I founded nearly 20 years ago, Zag Sports. It was a great privilege to impact young women in profound ways as a coach while building a legacy of impacting thousands of athletes and teams through my passion at Zag. Over the last few years , my colleagues have often asked how Zag is different from all the others? First and foremost we are the largest and most experienced hockey tour provider in the country serving the world’s best teams in the USA and Abroad. The only OFFICIAL TEAM TOUR PARTNER OF USA FIELD HOCKEY AND THE NFHCA..EVER! The differences relative to others are vast; our proprietary unique tour formula (high level hockey, transformative Give Back, & impactful Zag Adventure & Culture) while being the only organization that is a majority female & hockey owned & operated. We are the only organization requiring mandatory service. We also have our best price and experience promise so teams can feel confidence that they are getting great value and transformative experiences. Beyond all that, it starts at our organizational DNA. Even with our name. Our name, Zag, is a daily reminder to “zag” when all others are zigging. It is waking up everyday with the goal to step out of our comfort zone in order to inspire a new trajectory and growth as people and as an organization. These ideals are stamped within our organizational DNA and our programs are designed to challenge our teams in the same way.
Our Zag Karaoke at the the NFHCA embodies just how we are different. We aim to take an average or typical social and create a transformative experience by empowering others to be their authentic selves and Zag. This is what we do with our team travel experiences. We don’t just do a canal cruise in Amsterdam. We do a stand up paddle boarding experience on those canals. We don’t just eat stroopwafels, we learn to make them. We don’t just watch tango in Argentina. We learn how to tango as a team. We don’t go to Italy and just eat the world’s best pizza. We learn to make it from pizza making pros. We don’t just have clinics with a random foreign coach. We have clinics with national team coaches from the world’s greatest hockey powers. We don’t just walk through the orphanage in South Africa. We bring supplies, engage, and give back in responsible and impactful ways. We don’t just listen to a tour guide talking about the way of life in Tokyo. We do homestay with a family and experience it firsthand. We don’t just do fundraising. We come in and do a team building around it and produce at Zag the Zonkey book for your team to sell. We don’t just travel to countries who are hockey powers. We create new programs in Bermuda, Costa Rica, Dominican, Grand Cayman, Portugal, Croatia, Portugal, and others working to develop the global hockey community. We takes the “normal” everyone else is doing and “Zagify” it. We bring it to life and create memorable and transformative experiences. Join us and Travel. Play. Give Back. Join us and karaoke at your next convention!
Yours in Hockey,
Melisa Meccage