Advanced Level Skills

Our Advanced Level Skills program is an exciting opportunity for additional skills development and ice time right here in Squamish.

Skates are run by local development coaches Jordan McCarl, Matt Samson, Mike Borrelli, Nicole Pederson, and Tim Knight.

Advanced Goalie Skills skates will be run by The Goalie Group and their staff in conjunction with SMHA's goalie ambassador and goalie coach Brad Burling.

Advanced Skills ice times provide an opportunity to work on different technical skills in more detail with our development coaches. These skates are programmed in advance and designed to progress over the course of the 7 skates that make up the session.

Sessions consist of one-hour ice times over the course of 7 weeks for 7 total ice times.

Each block of sessions costs $175 plus processing fees.

All sessions run from 8:15-9:15 am.

 

2023/2024 schedule:

 

Goaltender Development
2023
Dec 22
2024
Jan 8
Jan 19
Feb 5
Feb 23
Mar 15

 

U9 Development - Mondays 

Session 1 - 2023

Mondays – Sept 11, 18, 25, Oct 2, 16, 23, 30

Session 2 

Mondays – Nov 6, 13, 20, 27, Dec 4, 11. 18

Session 3 - 2024

Mondays – Jan 15, 22, 29, Feb 12, 26, Mar 4, 11

 

U11/U13 Development - Fridays

Session 1 - 2023

Fridays – Sept 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 27

Session 2 - 2023

Fridays – Nov 3, 10, 17, 24, Dec 1, 8, 15

Session 3 - 2024

Fridays – Jan 12, 26, Feb 2, 9, 16, Mar 1, 8

 

Week 1
U9 - balance, posture and glide, single leg glide, double leg glide
U11/U13 - posture and glide, single leg glide, glide turns
Week 2
U9 - T-pushes, slides & stops, changes of direction
U11/U13 - outside edge focused glide turns, outside edge only slides/stops
Week 3
U9 - slides & stops, changes of direction, outside edge balance & glide
U11/U13 - T-push to outside edge only slides/stops, outside edge glide turns with puck, crossovers with puck
Week 4
U9 - changes of direction, outside edge balance & glide, crossovers
U11/U13 - T-push to outside edge only slides/stops, outside edge glide turns with puck, crossovers with puck
Week 5
U9 - outside edge balance & glide, crossovers, crossovers with puck, attacking
U11/U13 - T-push to outside edge only slides/stops, single leg weight shifts, weight shifts with puck, attacking
Week 6
U9 - crossovers with puck, stops and changes of direction with puck
U11/U13 - T-push to outside edge only slides/stops, crossovers + weight shifts with puck, attacking
Week 7 - Games Day