On-Ice Power Skating

This hour of power skating, each day, will focus on teaching your athlete the fundamental movements of skating, and progress them into proper weight transfer, correct skating posture (forward & backward), and a better overall understanding of their edges.

Group A Power Skating Focus: Ankle Flexion, Base & Posture, Weight Transfer, Understanding Edges, Stride Mechanics and Force Production.

Group B Power Skating Focus: Ankle Flexion, Base & Posture, Weight Transfer, Single Leg stability and Edgework, Steel Pressure and Evasive Skating Maneuvers.

Skills Stations

JSHA believes in small area skill development, which can be directly applied to the game of hockey. These stations will range from fundamental skill development in passing, shooting, stickhandling, to small area keep away drills, puck possessions skills, angling, puck stealing, and how to create space and scoring chances. What will be taught will be dependent on each individual skill group’s collective age and skill level.

Group A Skills Stations: Fundamental Stick Skills, Passing Skills, and Shooting Skills. Small Area Keep Away, Small Area Games.

Group B Skills Stations: Advanced Stick Skills, Passing Skills, and Shooting Skills - Deceptive shooting and changing angles. Small Area Keep Away, Small Area Games, Angling and Puck Stealing Tactics. Position Specific (If numbers are equal between forwards and defensemen).

Classroom & Dryland

These classrooms will be used for guest speakers who are professionals in other fields - Mental Performance, Strength & Conditioning, or Nutrition. Or we will use video to show these athletes stickhandling and agility drills that they can use to develop at home. Dryland will be used to go over what was taught in the classroom.

Group A Classroom & Dryland: JSHA will show this group proper stickhandling technique and hand positioning through video examples. After these techniques are shown, we will run them through similar drills off the ice in dryland.

Group B Classroom & Dryland: JSHA will have guest speakers present to this group on topics such as mental performance, the importance of dryland training, and/or nutrition. If guest speakers cannot attend, we will use these classrooms to show proper stickhandling techniques, puck protection, and attacking the triangle - dryland and on-ice drills will complement these teaching and techniques.