HOCKEY PROGRAMS
Our Hockey program consists of four parts called 'Hockey Skills'...
Hockey Skills Program: Ages for the Hockey Skills Program is from ages 6-up.
Part 1 - Power Skating - Teaches how to maximize and strengthen your skating ability.
Part 2 - Puck Skills - Learning how to control the puck making it feel like a part of your stick.
Part 3 - Protection, Body & Checking - Designed for all ages and skill levels. We believe it is vital to train properly on how to check and how to protect yourself.
Part 4 - Program Fusion - "Game Situations" Taking what you learn on the ice - fused together with goalies to put into practice. Note: Fusion occurs at a one group school. For a two group school see "Typical Day".
PART ONE - POWER SKATING INCLUDES...
- Maximize your stride, forwards and backwards
- Explode in your stride
- Core balance techniques and edge control
- Accelerate power turns in your starts
- Crossovers and transition skates and generate speed
- Learn the latest agility techniques
- Quick feet drills
- Proper posture and balance
- Experience resistance training
- Guaranteed overall speed and power improvements
PART TWO - PUCK SKILLS INCLUDES...
- Stick-handle with confidence
- Maximize proper weight transfer drills to improve shot, speed and accuracy
- Improve your slap shot/snapshot/wrist shot and backhand
- Evasive moves to elude opponents
- Learn explosive moves and fakes to escape coverage
- Experience new acceleration drills with pucks
- Muscle your way to the net/power forward drills
- New techniques to improve foot speed and hand speed
- Drills to improve pin point passing and one-timers for shooting
- Game drills: deflections, screens and wrap-arounds
- European drills used to improve hand speed & puckhandling
- Scoring scenarios "Train Your Brain" to score with confidence
- And much more...
PART THREE - BODY PROTECTION & CHECKING INCLUDES... (takes place depending on age groups)
- Defensive measures to protect yourself from a body-check
- Learn cushioning techniques to receive a check properly
- Know how to respect your opponent in contact situations
- Experience leverage techniques to gain an advantage in checking
- Acquire how to give proper body-checks
- Learn how to pin and contain your opponent
- Use your body as an extension of your skills
PART FOUR - PROGRAM FUSION INCLUDES...
- How to score goals in a variety of situations
- How to defend "The House"
- Be challenged by real goalies of equal ability
- Game situation drills that mean something
- Learn new scoring techniques
- Know defensive responsibilities
- Practice break-aways, dekes, one timers and power moves on goalies
- How to get better results on a 2 on 1
- Shoot vs pass
- Drive to the net to increase goal production
- Shoot over 100 pucks per session
- Learn to "Train the Brain" in game situations to score more goals
- Develop defensive skills vital for advancement to the next level
