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Invicta Hockey Institute

Training

Technology Teaching

Our world is evolving through technology daily, enhancing everything we do.  When it comes to sports, technology can never replace the hard work it takes to be an elite player, but it can make that work more efficient.  Through individual Technology Training, the Invicta Hockey Institute is bringing a new model to the hockey world. Players will get the benefit of having an instructor show them instantly through video what needs to be corrected. In addition, video analysis will be conducted off ice, in a classroom setting, to analyze and break down a player’s skillset, creating a truly unique approach to training!

Get the training your player needs without having to leave your school!

Invicta first and foremost is a hockey institute – In recent years, hockey specific academies have begun popping up all over the city. This has lead parents to believe they need to uproot their children from their current association, school and friends to get the training they need. This is no longer the case.

We provide players with the opportunity to train and develop all the necessary skills to become a successful player. The unique difference is that we offer all this without forcing players to have to leave their current school, for considerably less cost. These “hockey schools” typically range from $14,000 - $30,000 a year!

We will focus on developing your player while allowing them to stay with their friends at school and on their respective winter teams. Other hockey academies force players to leave their current schools in order to accommodate the training schedules during the day. Their schooling is then either done through very small classroom sizes or online classes. With Invicta, you can have the best of both worlds!

Age specific training: '09, ‘08,‘07,’06,’05, & '04 birthdays
Monday – Thursday
3-4 pm Invicta Independent Development Ice: Does not mean unattended, ice is still supervised by Invicta staff. Players will have the opportunity to work on skills independently, with a parent, or private coach. *Parents will be required to wear the proper equipment – skates, gloves, stick and helmet*
4-5:20 pm Skills training with instructor
Sept – May, No major holidays scheduled

Ongoing Video Analysis: video will be used to instruct players both in real time on ice as well as individual off ice video reviews 
Additional Services
Access to 1st Athlete Training Complex: features turf workouts, world class weight room equipment, shooting/stickhandling areas/skating treadmills
Game Video Analysis: Instructors can attend player’s games and do video analysis
Private Instruction: During independent ice time, players can request a coach to work on a skill of their choosing.

Individual Skill Training

The comprehensive curriculum allows for the necessary focus to be placed on the development of each individual skill .
Through elite level instruction, video analysis and quality repetition, each player will be given the tools to work towards mastering the following core hockey skills:

Passing
Passing/receiving techniques, routes and positioning for optimal passing success

Shooting
Identifying correct stick choice and specifications for individual player’s tendencies, instruction in all shot types and situations

Stickhandling
Starting with setup positions, will incorporate the teaching of a wide variety of fakes and dekes, as well as Heads Up Hockey instruction

Powerskating
Mechanics and points of emphasis for forward/backward stride, edgework, power turns and crossovers

Puck Protection
Utilizing body position and puckhandling techniques to protect puck from an opponent

Checking
Using the checking progression to teach the various different types of safe and effective body contact

Game Situation
Challenges players to execute the various skillsets they are developing in small area gameplay