Power-Skating Instruction

Students participate in a daily program to maximize strength, speed, balance and agility.

Players strengthen their forward and backward strides and improve their stopping, turning, and crossover techniques. Drills help develop effective skating, with and without the puck.

All players and goalies skate with full equipment.

Hockey Instruction

Players spend one ice session daily concentrating on individual skills, including passing and shooting, hand placement and position, and the concept of soft hands.

Players learn the 1-2-3 method of passing and receiving the puck. Stickhandling drills emphasize decision making—when and when not to pass the puck—as well as effective moves.

An additional session emphasizes team skills, such as breakout patterns, neutral-zone techniques, offensive-zone alignments, checking systems, and playing position.

Players age 11 and above are taught the fundamentals of body checking.

Scrimmages

Scrimmages are conducted on Wednesday and Thursday; a game is played on Friday.

Followup

Parents are invited to meet with instructors following Friday's game for player evaluations.

PLEASE NOTE:  We at the Hockey Development Center intend for players to have fun and a positive experience—without putting anyone at risk of injury. On rare occasions, we find players cannot compete at the level of the group. For their safety, we may ask them to skate with a less-competitive group or return home.