Summer Hockey Skills Camps

All skills...all the time!

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Hockey skills camps are designed to increase skill, and build confidence.

Novice and Atom players will work on the fundamentals of the game and learn through doing the drills.

Peewee players will be given an introduction to body checking safely and effectively.

Bantam and Midget players will be taught concepts and provided with game situations allowing them to learn and “think” the game at the same time.

Camp Focus:

Power Skating
Shooting
Puck handling

Duration

The Novice Camp includes 1.5 hrs of ice time and 1 hour of off-ice training per day.

Atom, Peewee, Bantam and Midget Camps include 1.75 hours of ice time per day and 1 hour of off-ice training.

Off-Ice Program

Depending on the venue and the age group, the off-ice program ranges from road hockey to indoor shooting practice and a strength training circuit for the Peewees, Bantams and Midgets.

View our Off-Ice Program Page

Camp Video

Howie Meeker

“I think that until a boy becomes a proficient stickhandler he should use the highest possible lie and a blade with a straight edge on the bottom form the heel to the toe. Most youngsters are quite weak in the hands, arms and shoulders. These parts of the anatomy are not strong enough at their stage of development to provide the muscle power necessary to learn new skills in stickhandling. Using a high lie stick enables a player to bring the puck in closer to his feet where he can apply what strength he has to the business end of it. It also nearly forces the boy into the proper stickhandling and skating positions.

In my opinion a high lie stick is as tremendous advantage to boys in the age group with which we are concerned. Again, until the boy has mastered the basics of stickhandling and passing, I think he should use a straight or “center” blade, not one that is curved for left or right hand shooting. You should also stay away from blades with a curved or rockered bottom edges until the boy is old enough to determine if these special blades are of any advantage to him.”

Howie Meeker’s Hockey Basics Copyright, 1973 by Prentice-Hall of Canada Ltd.