Coach & Player Development

Club Development has several programs in place to promote and improve skill development and hockey fundamentals between players, parents and coaches.

Coaches Roundtable and Information Session - Club Development hosted their second Coaches Round Table of the season on Tuesday, January 12th, in the Confederation Arena meeting room. For this session, we brought in Bjorn Kinding to be our special guest speaker. Bjorn is considered to be one of the great hockey minds of modern times, and he presented his thoughts on effective lesson and practice planning. The session was very informative and beneficial to everyone who attended. Don Depoe was also at the session, and along with Bjorn, helped answer questions after the presentation.

If you were unable to attend either of the Coaches Round Tables this season, we would encourage you to come to our next session, whether you are an experienced coach or just starting out. The sessions are informative and give coaches a chance to both ask questions and offer advice. Dates of future sessions will be posted when they become available.

COACH & PLAYER DEVELOPMENT CLINICS

2009 - 2010 Player and Goalie Skill Development Sessions - Player and Goalie skill development have now concluded for the 2009 - 2010 hockey season. Confederation Hockey would like to thank all the players and goalies who attended the clinics, Geoff Lynch who ran the player sessions, and Gold in the Net who ran the goalie sessions. The next development sessions will be posted in the fall of 2010, so please watch this page for updates.

Development For Coaches - Dates for the fall 2010 programs have not been announced at this time. Please check back for updates.

Goalie Voucher Program: [for all goalies]
Voucher is good for a 1-hour one-on-one goalie session. The vouchers are only valid for GOLD IN THE NET. Anyone wanting a goalie voucher, please contact your coach.

Practice Assistance Program: [for individual teams, novice, atom only]
A professional instructor invited to a team practice, to provide skill development in one of the following areas, skating, puck-handling, shooting, passing. This will be a 'one time' only free session for each team. To book email the Club Development team. Please ensure you include the Coaches Name, Phone #, Email Address, Category, Tier, Arena, Date & Time of practice as well as the skill development requested. If your request is not confirmed, please call or email the Club Development Director.

Parents Wanting To Coach:
Confederation Hockey Club reimburses the cost of coaching education recommended and mandatory by E.M.H.A. to all parents of Confederation Hockey Club who are interested.

Safety Program {mandatory for at least one team official on the bench during games} and Speak Out [mandatory for all team officials]. Call the Club Development Director for more information. Schedules for upcoming Speak Out and Safety sessions can be found on the EMHA website - click here.

Initiation Program: [Mandatory for coaching at the pre-novice, novice levels] To book please call E.M.H.A. at 413-3498. Schedules - - click here.

Coach Level: [Recommended for novice, atom, peewee levels] Two day E.M.H.A. course. To book. please call E.M.H.A. at 413-3498. Schedules - - click here.

Referees
For more information, please contact Gary Greenough, the SWZ Referee Coordinator by email.

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