2010 HSC Camp and Clinic Overviews
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Squirt & Peewee |
Patterson |
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Squirt & Peewee |
Kentwood |
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Peewee & Bantam |
Georgetown &
Kentwood |
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Cross Ice, Mite & Squirt |
Georgetown |
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Peewee & Bantam |
Walker |
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Squirt & Peewee |
Kentwood |
NOTE: Coach Baum is available to customize and run an individual team mini-camp at your arena or ours. Contact him for specific information.
Eligible Players
All Pee-Wee and Bantam age players
Locations
-Georgetown Township Ice Center
-Kentwood Ice Arena
Overview
This program is for every Pee Wee & Bantam
hockey player.
In fact, we highly
recommend at least two sessions, in successive summers, in order for
players to learn how to be safe as physical play and the speed of the
game increases. During the four hours of daily,
on-ice instruction, players will learn how to take and receive stick and body
checks and how to become stable on their skates in contact situations. This
camp will significantly improve every player’s confidence level and help
them enjoy the physical parts of the game as they move from Squirt to
Pee Wee and on to Bantam and High School level.
From a safety aspect alone … this 20 hour program cannot be matched in
Michigan!
Major Skills Emphasized
- How to
protect yourself when being checked, going into
the boards, glass, and / or net.
- Hip,
shoulder, and stick checking
- Skating
for balance and stability. (1 hr/day)
- On-ice
safety, fore-checking, and angling
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Eligible Players
All Squirt & Pee-Wee
age players
Locations
Kentwood Ice Arena
Overview
A
combination clinic for Squirt and Pee Wee players who are looking to advance
their puck skills while also focusing on improving their scoring touch. The
clinic will focus on increasing every players' puck
handling and protection skills, becoming more patient with the puck, proper
shot or deke selection, and how to become a more consistent goal scorer. In
addition, this ten hour on-ice program focuses attention on every detail of
shooting, using fakes, deflections, and rebounds to score goals.
Major Skills Emphasized
- Puck
handling in open ice and “in traffic”
- Puck
protection skills along the boards and in open ice
- Shooting
skills and shot selection
- Fakes,
deflections and rebounding skills
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Elite Skills Travel Camp (Travel Only)
Eligible Players
Pee Wee and Bantam age. Must have a minimum of 3-4 years
experience if you are a Pee-Wee; 4-5
years if you are a Bantam.
Locations
Walker Ice & Fitness Center
Overview
If you are a Pee Wee or Bantam travel hockey player and want to make
significant improvements in your game before next fall while having fun at the
same time, than this is the camp for you! A combination of high speed puck
control, passing, scoring and over-speed power skating will be covered along
with a scrimmage each day. This four hour per day camp will definitely help
every player discover their own personal “comfort zone” and how to excel during
high-paced games.
Major Skills
Emphasized
- All drills
practiced at optimum speeds
- High focus
on quick decision-making
- Camp will
concentrate on the mental as well as the physical skills necessary to play
at a high level of play
- Determining
each player’s personal “comfort zone” will be covered
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Eligible Players
Cross-Ice, Mite and Squirt age. Must be 6
years old or older and be able to dress themselves. One
or two years of experience is helpful.
Locations
Georgetown Ice Center
Overview
A “must-take” camp for players who need the basic skills of puck handling and
specific stick handling moves (dekes) in order to progress in this sport. This
is our primary foundation camp that will help players improve in these
skill areas in only one week. Detailed instruction is also provided on what to
do at home and during the hockey season in order to build skills in these
areas. Three and a half hours of daily on-ice instruction will be supported by
off-ice sessions that are designed to help players understand the technical
aspects of these skills while having loads of fun and making new friends. Daily
scrimmage sessions will end each day.
Parents will have the opportunity to meet with Coach Baum to gain valuable
information on how to help their young hockey player properly learn these FUN-damental skills.
Major Skills
Emphasized
- Puck
control: (Dribbling, carrying, & dekes)
- Skating
for increased speed & agility
- Play-making,
basic teamwork, and supporting the puck carrier
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Eligible Players
All Squirt & Pee-Wee age players
Locations
-Patterson Ice Center
Overview
The Defensive Skills Clinic will focus on individual
techniques necessary for both forwards and defensemen to play a more effective
role in helping their team prevent the opposition from scoring. It is no secret
that experienced coaches begin building their team around solid defensive play.
With this premise in mind, we have constructed a curriculum to help all skaters
improve and add new defensive skills to their game which will make them more
valuable to their team. Defensive responsibilities in all three zones, gap
control, playing 1 on 1’s, odd man rushes, angling, and defensive tactics will
be analyzed and practiced . The skating and passing techniques to support these
skills will also be developed. This is a great camp for those who want to
become a “complete” player.
Major
Skills Emphasized
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Learning how to
“think” defensive hockey
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How to minimize the
opposition’s chances to score
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Defensive
responsibilities in all three zones
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How to maintain “gap
control” in 1 on 1 and odd-man rushes
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Angling techniques –
controlling the movement of your opponent
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Eligible Players
All Squirt and Pee-Wee age players
Locations
-Kentwood
Overview
The game of hockey is built on skating balance, speed, and agility – BSA. Without
these three components in place FIRST, you can’t be a truly good hockey player.
Proper skating technique and form will be discussed and practiced with the goal
of making sure every player understands the specific techniques necessary to
improve their personal skating performance. Individual video analysis will be
used throughout the week to assist with this goal. We will concentrate on
developing stride length, return, upper body position, proper use of the stick
when skating, and how to skate for acceleration and mobility with the puck. All
eleven aspects of proper skating will be stressed while going both forward and
backward. Emphasis will also be placed on acceleration methods while changing
direction, proper stopping techniques, and how to stay on your skates when
bumping into other players or the boards. This is a wonderful clinic to attend
just before the hockey season begins. (This clinic is not intended for the
player brand new to hockey.)
Major Skills Emphasized
· How to stay on your feet when bumping into other players or the boards (balance)
· Understanding the top 10 foundational elements of the forward stride
· How to gain acceleration when turning corners
· Proper pivoting and stopping techniques
· Becoming more laterally mobile
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