Hockey Edmonton Specialty Skills Clinics For Coaches

Did you know that Donnan Hockey Campus Director Sean Beissel is working with Hockey Edmonton to run a series of specialty skills clinic exclusively for Edmonton-area coaches?

Here are the details:

Hockey Edmonton, in cooperation with the Hockey Alberta Regional Centre – Edmonton, is pleased to announce a series of specialty skills clinics exclusively for our coaches – with Initiation Coaches getting a first right of refusal!

This series of Instructional Clinics has been developed to offer coaches a practical session on teaching various skills and tactics. This proactive approach will also open the doors of communication and provide a non-threatening environment for coaches to further educate themselves on skill development while focusing on skills within drills. There are a total of 6 specific Instructional Stream Clinics available that include the following:

• Skating Level 1 & 2
• Skills Level 1 & 2
• Developing D-man Level 1
• Small Area Games

Hockey Canada has developed the Instructional Stream Clinic Program to act as a supplementary coaching education program. This program is an educational service to coaches in Alberta administered and delivered by Hockey Alberta trained Instructors. Coaches will get credit towards their Continuing Education requirements for Coach Certification.

Clinic Format
Each clinic will be delivered in two components:

• Classroom, and
• On-ice

Speciality Clinic Content

• Video presentation of the skills to be illustrated to the coaches.
• Group discussion of the skill set required for each skill execution.
• Coaches on-ice session for review of the drill selections.

Clinic Cost

There will be no fee for individual coaches for the 2014-15 season.

Dates and Registration Links

Dates and registration links for the courses we have confirmed to date are:

November 6, 2014 Skating Level 1

November 13, 2014 Skating Level 1

November 20, 2014 Skating Level 1

November 27, 2014 Skating Level 1

December 4, 2014 Small Area Games

December 11, 2014 Small Area Games

December 18, 2014 Small Area Games

January 8, 2015 Skating Level 1