SIA & Twist Hockey present our 2nd annual adult hockey camp

Join us Saturday September 24th and Sunday September 25th for a comprehensive on-ice adult hockey clinic that is designed to increase your hockey conditioning and skills, but also improve your hockey awareness and game tactics. Enter into the fall and winter seasons prepared like never before. The adult clinic will utilize innovative on-ice drills that blend speed, agility and quickness with hockey skills and tactics, transferring the results to game action and success. Our hockey conditioning specialists Scott Brown and Joe Eirvin will provide in-depth knowledge in the how tos and whys of hockey training. Driving your ability to improve over the course of the clinic and beyond. Topics covered; skating stride, starting, deceleration, changing gears, skating power, speed, agility, game flow, anticipation, vision, awareness, positioning, confined space play, communication, shooting, passing, stick handling, proper warm-up, and training recovery strategies.

Schedule7:45am-8:00am Chalk Talk (Saturday)8:00am-9:30am On Ice Session (Saturday)3:00pm-3:30pm Chalk Talk (Saturday)3:45pm-5:15pm On Ice Session (Saturday)8:50am-9:10am Dynamic Warm Techniques (Sunday in Parking lot, wear athletic shoes)9:30am-11:00am On Ice Session (Sunday)

2 Day Camp Cost

Pre pay by 9/13 $139.00

After 9/13 $149.00 

Prior to each skate we will hold an engaging “chalk talk” prepping the group on that session’s objectives and drills, also discussing concepts and game tactics. Aiming to decrease on-ice down time, keeping the sessions dynamic and explosive. 

The Mission of the SIA/Twist Adult Hockey Training Camp will be to provide an instructional experience that allows each student to improve his/her skills, knowledge of the game, and self-confidence through a “positive” learning experience.We accomplish our mission by focusing our efforts on providing the following: 

A DISCIPLINED, yet FUN LEARNING ENVIRONMENT that permits players the freedom to experiment with their talents and encourages students to push themselves beyond their current skill capacity.An EXPERIENCED, TRAINED and DEDICATED STAFF of instructors who take an active interest in the development of their students. 

INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION, which identifies student’s strengths and pinpoints weaknesses for improvement. 

Players are grouped by experience and skill level to ensure that each student is CHALLENGED at his/her COMPETITIVE LEVEL. 

INNOVATIVE DRILLS and teaching techniques that offer students the very latest training methods. 

A PROGRESSIVE CURRICULUM that focuses on the primary fundamentals that are so vital to the ongoing development of all players, including skating, puck handling, passing, shooting, playing without the puck and scoring. 

Twist Hockey Training 

Balance and Posture = Skating mechanics, low and long stride, edge control 

Deceleration and Acceleration = First step quickness, stopping ability, change of speed and direction 

Explosive Speed = Top-end speed, stride power 

Multi-Directional Movement Skills = Efficiency of the tight turn, pivot, x-over, stop and start 

Reactivity = offencive creativity and defensive reactivity 

Linked System Strength and Power = Strength on and off the puck 

Rotary Power = Shooting and pivoting power 

Anaerobic Energitics = Hockey specific conditioning 

Closed Kinetic Chain Core Strength = Strong on your skates 

Recovery & Regeneration = Flexibility, joint mobility, and decreased injury 

 

2 Day Camp Cost 

Pre pay by 9/13 $139.00 

After 9/13 $149.00 

Must have annual ISI card ~ $15

 

Schedule Updates

NEWS, News, news... Lord Stanley's Cup will making a short two hour visit here on Tuesday afternoon August 16th from 2:00pm-4:00pm. Please donate two cans of food, or a new toy item, or $2 cash donation to Helping Hands for your opportunity to have your picture taken with the Cup!

Recent changes to our schedule:

Sunday August 14th the Sherwood Figure Skating Club is hosting a Test Session from 8:00am till 9:30am. Preceding will be a 45 minute Freestyle Session
from 7:00am – 7:45am. Stick Time and Game Time will be held at their normally scheduled times.

The week of Monday August 22nd – Friday the 26th 9:30am Morning Public Session will be cancelled. The 8:15am Morning Freestyle Session will only be 50 minutes from 8:15am till 9:05.

The week of Monday August 22nd – Thursday the 25th Afternoon Public Session will begin at 2:45pm.

The Sherwood Figure Skating Club is presenting the USFS Sherwood Invitational being hosted here August 27th – 28th.

The Carousel Figure Skating Club is hosting a Test Session on Wednesday August 31st. On ice time 7:30am. A Freestyle Session will precede this event from 6:15am-7:15am. No Freestyle Session will be held that morning due to the Test Session.

All normal weekday morning Freestyle sessions will begin at 6:00am throughout the summer months.
6:00-7:00am, 7:00-8:00am, 8:15-9:15am (The exceptions are Tuesdays, see below)

Tuesday morning Stick Time will continue to be from 6:45am - 8:00am throughout the summer, followed by a one hour Freestyle session from 8:15am – 9:15am.

Please call (503) 625-5757 for more updates and questions.

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