The Summer Academy sessions will effectively give each player 8 hours of training prior to season start. The focus of the program will be skating, mobility and puck control.
Nic Martins will be leading the sessions. In an effort to maximize instruction while keeping in mind cost we have secured some high level instructors to join Nic on ice. These instructors play in the OHL, Tier 2 Jr A and Jr B leagues.
Each ice session will have:
- 4-5 secondary instructors
We will implement a “Passport” style skills development program. Each day there will be specific skills delivered at allocated times with age specific time slots. This will be more of an individual player attending specific sessions based on fulfilling the “Passport” rather than team specific time slots.
Players will be required to attend a specific amount of each type of skill session based on their age in order to fulfill the “Passport”. Players from different teams will be on ice together based on registrations for those sessions. The sessions will be grouped by ages rather than teams.
This will give the flexibility needed for families to attend sessions when best suited to their summer activities but getting the same amount of development over the Summer Program. Players will be able to attend multiple sessions in the same day in an effort to minimize travel and days at the rink during the summer break.
There will also be several “Goalie Specific” ice sessions split between age groups.
These sessions will have multiple goalies on ice as well as multiple instructors.
We are also trying to secure a location at the rink to facilitate an off ice shooting / stick handling station. This station will be used by players either post or pre-ice sessions to work on shooting and stick handling.
This gives the opportunity for further skills development while keeping costs in mind. At the same time, we realize that dropping off players just for an hour may be difficult so this extra station will give parents a bit more time to arrange the transportation.
This station will also be manned by one of our secondary instructors.
Focus items for on ice sessions;
- Explosive starts
- Forward stride
- Backward stride
- Edge control
- Skating with the puck
- Puck control