1/2 Day Pre-Season Conditioning Camps - August

1/2 Day Pre-Season Conditioning Camp 2025 -  August 25-28

(30 spaces available per session + 2 goalies)

Komoka Wellness Centre

Age Groups  

AM session - Ages 8 - 12 (2013 - 2017)

PM session  - Ages 10 - 14 (2011 - 2015)

Daily Schedule 

Morning Session 

9:00 - 10:30 am - Off-ice training

10:30 - 11:00 am - Classroom lesson

11:15 - 12:15 pm - On–ice training

Afternoon Session

12:45 - 2:15 pm - Off-ice training 

2:15 - 2:45 pm - Classroom lesson

3:15 - 4:15 pm - On-ice training

All campers are expected to have the basic skills necessary to engage in hockey drills involving skating, passing and shooting. 

½ Day 1 Week Camp Highlights 

• 4 hours of on-ice hockey instruction.

Sessions will focus on key skills that will help players skating (quick starts, transitioning, picking up and maintaining speed…), position specific skills, making and receiving passes, puck control, shooting, puck protection, communication on the ice and much more. Players will begin with small group skill stations followed by fun challenging drills incorporating a variety of skills in game situations.

• 6 hours of off-ice conditioning.

Sessions will focus on the fitness components that are key to the sport of hockey (agility, speed, strength, coordination/balance and power).  Off-ice drills will also incorporate stickhandling and shooting training.  Players will use equipment and training methods that they can use at home to continue their conditioning throughout the season.

• 2 hours of Athlete - Hockey Based classroom instruction.

Classroom sessions will help players manage the stress of the season and teach players strategies, tips and tricks to make themselves more comfortable and ready to perform at their highest level. Topics will include…

“Tips and Tricks to impressing Coaches and Evaluators”, “Coping with Stress and Anxiety”,

“Nutrition and Hydration for Athletic Performance”, “Communication - Talk While You Play”

“Importance of Leadership, Teamwork and Personal Character during Tryouts and Beyond”

“Hockey Fundamentals - Keeping it Simple”

“Time Management - School, Family and Personal Health - Where does hockey fit in?”

• Professional and experienced instructors/teachers with over 30 Years of experience working with kids, providing a safe and fun environment that focuses on hard work, goal setting, teamwork and leadership.

Our instructors have extensive experience with tryouts in hockey and other sports.  They have: facilitated tryouts for various minor hockey organizations, run on-ice drills, coordinated tryout sessions, overseen evaluators and have been actively involved in evaluating players in a variety of levels and age groups. They strive to be positive role models and friends so that the campers will trust them and feel comfortable to talk to them.  They will provide campers with a safe and fun environment in which they can strive as young athletes to compete and develop.  They will motivate them to achieve their best on and off the ice/field/court and promote a long lasting love of sport.