Power Hour with Svend will focus on Power Skating for players in U9-U15 age groups. There are two sessions, one for U9-U11 and one for U13-U15.

(UPDATE Dec 1/22: Registration for this session is no longer open to 2016 born U7 players)

Cost per session is $25 (non-refundable) and registration is first-come first-serve basis with a maximum number of 22 players per session.

Historically these sessions fill up rapidly so please don't delay registration if you feel this training is appropriate for your child.

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Registration: CLOSED - all sessions FULL

Session Date: Friday, December 9, 2022

Arena: Frank McCool

Time:    U9-U11 at 5:45-6:45 PM            U13-U15 at 7:00-8:00 PM

Session run by: Svend Wiele

Svend grew up in Germany and represented his Country at U16's, U17's, U18's, and U20's. His career continued as a Pro player in Germany before moving to Canada in 2003. He has been passionately working on power skating and overall skill development for 16 years within Alberta and BC as well as Europe. Svend's specialty is specific skills coaching including power skating, shooting, body checking etc.

U9-U11 Session Description: On each player’s skate blade are two edges – an inside and outside edge.   Using each edge is important in the development of a player and their ability to change directions whether it be via stops and starts or tight turns.  Typically, a player becomes more comfortable with their inside edge because their center of gravity runs through their body and they feel more stable.  Development of the outside edge can be more difficult for players as they must lean on the outside of their skate blade in order for it to carve into the ice surface.  This means the player must lean into a turn, their center of gravity is not through their body and they must overcome the sensation of falling.  Once a player has a feel for their outside edge, their skating development accelerates.

This session is tailored to players having difficulty:

• Stopping in both directions facing the same way
• Stopping with their toes pointing forward
• Turning in each direction
• Turning while using both their inside edge and outside edge (ie, does your child’s knees come together and almost touch when they are turning?  If so, they’re using their inside edge on both blades to turn which we will work to fix)
• Conducting cross-overs

U13-U15 Session Description: In this session, players will be asked to generate power and explosiveness out of a stop and start, to generate speed and accelerate with half cross-overs, to be able to pivot from forward to backward and accelerate via cross-overs.  Within the clinic, we will discuss weight transfer through the body and within the feet when skating forward and backward and when conducting cross-overs forward and backward.