Elite Prospects for Club Level Juniors

The Elite Prospects program is for club-level players and focuses on improving the following main components of your game:

• Edges
• Puck skills and shooting
• Battle skills – how to get the puck and keep it under pressure.

Led by coach John “JFK” Kennedy Jr and National Team Coach Graham Hyde, this program is open to club-level players from any club. This clinic is a must if you want to step into the season safe, confident, and be a game-changer!

Term 3 Focus

• Individual skills like skating efficiency, puck possession, accurate passing, and shooting in stride – all designed to enhance player performance.
• Tactical skills, including angling (surfing), giving and receiving contact during puck battle situations, boxing out, overtaking the puck lane, and other techniques to improve 50/50 battle percentages.
• Team skills and tactics will also be integrated into every training session. Whether it’s line rushes, cycling the puck, defensive zone responsibilities, or breakouts, we’ll cover the entire length of the ice.

Groups

Players & Goalies 9U, 11U, 13U, 15U, & 18U.

Dates & times

9U, 11U, 13U: Tuesdays from 4.15 pm – 5.15 pm on 21, 28 July; 4, 11, 18, 25 August; 1, 8, 15, 22 September.
15U, 18U, Selective 13U*: Tuesdays from 5.15 pm – 6.15 pm on 21, 28 July; 4, 11, 18, 25 August; 1, 8, 15, 22 September..

*13U players have to be invited by the coaching staff to join this group.

What we’ll be covering

• Dynamic Edges: the core focus will be placed on understanding how to engage your edges, edge control, edge stability, and weight distribution.  Throughout these sessions, players will be pushed to the brink with fundamental power skating and dynamic skating maneuvers.
• Puck Skills & Shooting: Every player wants to be on the highlight reel, but what does it take to be able to receive a pass in stride and release the puck without overhandling it? In the puck skills and shooting sessions, we will break down fundamental hand placement, top-hand control, and puck manipulation on the blade. Players will be taught how to control the puck in traffic as well as open ice, how to keep the puck protected, and how to be a consistent offensive threat.In the shooting portion of the session we will break down the grip and power hand, the three zones of shooting, and how to release a shot with deception. Players will be able to get high repetitions under elite supervision to enhance neuro-muscular connection.
• Battle Skills (how to get the puck and keep it): No matter what the age, ice hockey is a contact sport. Players bump into each other every inch of the ice. How should you go into a battle situation? How do you effectively protect the puck once you have it? How do you protect yourself when engaging in a 1v1 situation? During the Battle Skills sessions, players will be taught how competing for the puck is a skill and how to do it in a safe and compliant manner effectively.
• Goalie Training: Establishing a strong foundation with footwork, edge stability, puck tracking, and upper body posture.  Each session will have an element of edge work, save selection, rebound control, cutting down angles, and puck control.  The goaltending position has many delicacies in skill development and unless these are broken down, practiced, reviewed, and repeated with high-quality repetitions, then strong habits will not be obtained.  Our goalie training curriculum fills the gap for any netminder who is truly looking to elevate their ability to be a game-changer.

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