Hockey Academy: Course Outline
Grades 7-9
The Chilliwack Hockey Academy is an athlete-centered program aimed at developing the whole athlete. Our goal is to enhance a player's confidence, individual playing skills, self-esteem and leadership while giving them opportunities in both academics and athletics beyond the regular classroom. Our role is to provide additional training for hockey players, male or female, beginners or advanced, competitive or recreational, who wish to improve on their hockey skills. These opportunities are supplementary to the physical and tactical aspects of hockey taught with their regular minor hockey club team. Students enrolled in the Academy will have regularly scheduled ice time within their timetable, September to June, while earning credit for Physical Education. In addition to on-ice sessions, students will be involved in dry-land training and classroom instruction.
Program Curriculum
Grades 7-9 (Skill Development 75% and Game/Zone development 25%)
- Focus is on individual skill development and academic achievement.
- Off-ice program focuses on Agility, Balance, Coordination combined with speed and strength training
- This is not an activity course where students are going to simply be scrimmaging or playing hockey games. The focus will be upon individual skills instruction and improvement.
- On and off-ice sessions will be intense and challenging
On-Ice/Off-Ice Component:
This component will be based largely on the national curriculum as set out by Hockey Canada. This will include aspects such as participation, attitude and work ethic. As well, students will produce baseline data at the start of the program for a number of skill sets they are required to develop throughout the year. This data will be collected and compared each term. As well, the Learning Outcomes for Physical Education will be used so that students can receive credit based on the provincial curriculum.
Classroom Component:
This component will also use the national curriculum as set out by Hockey Canada. As well, students may be required to complete project work and portfolios as monitored and developed by the classroom teacher. Guest speakers and special presentations will also be arranged for this time. We hope to provide students the opportunity to acquire their introductory coaching and refereeing levels, as well as introductory first aid. Other topics that may be covered in this component of the program:
- Dealing effectively with common sports injuries
- Mental training strategies that will help students perform to their best every day
- Leadership development
- Establishing personal body weight and body fat goals by understanding the relationship between diet, health and performance
- Sports nutrition
- Mental training, game preparation, communication skills, goal setting
Assessment and Evaluation
- Each student's hockey skills will be evaluated at the beginning of the program will include student's strengths and weaknesses in regards to hockey skills.
- Assessment and evaluation of student performance on and off the ice will occur throughout the year.
- Grades on four formal reports on student performance throughout the year.
- Marks for the course will be based on a daily effort, skill development & attendance mark which will be recorded during each of the sessions.
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Equipment Storage
Individual lockers for students' equipment will be provided at Prospera Centre. Parent/Guardians will be expected to drop off and pick up student equipment at Prospera as no storage for student equipment can, or will be, provided at the school.
Instructors
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