Aspen Junior Hockey Organization will be hosting their 2nd Annual AJH Spring Camp Monday, April 11th - Friday, May 13thunder executive director Harlan Pratt. Spring camp focuses on improving each player's skill set, much like our AJH summer skills and director skates this year. The spring camp will help players get ready for tryouts if they choose to look for Tier l/ll options while allowing players to continue to hone their skills over a consistent time frame as hockey is becoming faster and more skilled every year. The camp will include one high-tempo flow practice and one skill session per week like last spring. The high tempo flow practice will focus on game situations, which will help players make quicker and more decisive decisions in games. Skill sessions will improve each player's skating, edge work, shooting drills, passing, puck skills, and protection. The off-ice sessions will be age-specific to enhance players' agility, speed, and power; we plan to include another multi-functioning sport to help their athleticism grow. We believe players will improve more from consistent training, allowing them to progress physically and mentally each week. Players will be able to rest and recover between sessions, which will enable the players to push themselves out of their comfort zone and maximize their practices.
Spring Camp Information:
Location: Lewis Ice Arena
Dates: Monday, April 11th - Friday, May 13th
Groups: Pending numbers, group, and sizes may change 8-10U (2012-2014 birth year) – 12U (2011-2010 birth year) – 14 & older (2009-2004 birth years)
Camp Schedules: April 11th - May 13th (*Full camp schedule will be up after knowing other spring sports schedules)
On-Ice Schedule: *Subject to change
14 and up (2009-2004 birth years)
12U (2011-2010 birth year)
10U (2012-2014 birth year)
Off-Ice Schedule: *Subject to change
14 and up (2009-2004 Birth years)
12U (2011-2010 birth year)
10U (2012-2014 birth year)
Spring Camp Price: 8-18U Players: $450, Goalies: $300
Program Details: 1 Skill Session/Goalie Training Session, 1 High Tempo Flow Practice, and 90 minutes off-ice per week.
* 10 Hours on ice/7.5 Hours off-ice.
Individual Skills & Power Skating Day (1 per week)
· Drills to improve players overall puck skills
· Passing and Receiving passes
· Shooting and scoring drills
· Fakes and how to be more creative with in-game situations
· Puck protection
· Tight turns and escapes with the puck
· Stride work to increase power and recovery
· Forward and Backwards crossovers
· Improve players balance and weight transfer
· Improve explosive quick starts
· Tighter turns
· Over speed
High Tempo Flow and Game situation Day and or Position-Specific, Small Area Games, and Scrimmage
(1 per week)
· Game situation awareness
· Create more offensive chances off the rush
· Learn to play away the puck to create more offense
· Defensive skills (angling, stick position, and taking away space)
· 14U Contact specific (checking)
· Breakout option, reading the fore-check, creating speed on the transition in the neutral zone, and shooting from the point (Defenseman Skills)
· Cycling the puck from low to high, offensive zone tactics, and playing away from the puck.
· Small area games
· Full ice scrimmaging
Off-Ice Sessions
· Core Training
· Shooting Drills
· Stickhandling drills
· Sprints-improve form and speed
· Strength training- geared to improve speed and power
· Soccer, football, multisport functioning, etc.
AJH is proudly committed to continuing the growth of all our athletes. We look forward to providing every player with more opportunities to maximize their potential within themselves.
If you have any questions, please reach out to me or Jackie Ayers ([email protected]). Please click the google sign-up HERE to preregister your player. As we know, other sports will be beginning in the spring; AJH will do its best to offset those multisport athletes. The camp is open to non AJH members throughout the Roaring Fork Valley.
