Surrey Minor Hockey Association

Coach's Corner

Coach clinic post tasks

For those coaches who have taken a coach clinic this year, be sure to complete the clinic post tasks. These are to be signed by the Coach Coordinator  and completed by the end of March 2008. Please contact the Coach Coordinator at coachcoord@surreyminorhockey.com to get it signed and then fax it to BC Hockey at 1-250-652-4536.

Coaching Clinics

Hybrid IP and Coach Stream

October 27 - 28, 2007

Surrey Sport and Leisure Centre

8:00am - 5:00pm Saturday

8:00am - 1:00PM Sunday

Coach Stream

December 1 - 2, 2007

North Surrey Recreation Centre

8:00am - 5:00pm Saturday

8:00am - 1:00PM Sunday

Developmental 1

November 3 - 4, 2007

North Surrey Recreation Centre

8:00am - 5:00pm both days

Developmental 2

November 17 - 18, 2007

North Surrey Recreation Centre

8:00am - 5:00pm both days

For information or to register for these clinics, please contact the coaching coordinator, Craig Sherbaty, by email or 604-574-0405.

NOTE: For the above clinics, you are required to have helmet, gloves, stick and skates. These are required for the on ice portions of the clinics.

If you are a coach in Atom C to Midget C or Atom Rep, you are required to have the Coach Stream Level.

If you are a coach in Peewee to Juvenile Rep, you are required to have the Developmental 1.

If you are coaching IP, you require the initiation clinic ages 5 and 6.

* Hockey 4 coaches should attend the coach stream clinic this season.

Any questions about which course to attend, refer to BC Hockey's Course Option Recommendation document.

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Player Development Clinics

(2004-2005 Dates)

Body checking Principles

• Try to an angle on your opponent
• Checkers speed must be under control
• Knees are bent
• Keep eyes on the chest area of opponent
• The purpose of body checking is to block the progress of the puck carrier, not to knock him off his or put him though the boards
• Never skate with your head down
• Always check with your shoulder

Shoulder Check

• Keep skates shoulder width apart
• Keep knees bent with weight on the inside edges
• Keep head up at all times
• Make contact with shoulder and side of body into opponent's chest
• Always remember two steps or less before making contact

Hip Check

• Your opponent must be on course that he can't deviate from
• Watch body, not puck
• Keep knees bent
• Keep head and shoulders lowered
• Rotate hips into stomach area of opponent

Checking Along Boards

• Angle puck carrier towards boards
• Always keep two hands on stick, keep stick close to the ice
• Checker aims at hands of puck carrier just in front of body
• Keep skates moving, until opponent is pinned against the boards
• Keep body low, legs spread for balance

 

Last revised: May 03, 2008