Running An Inline Camp/Clinic

[kevinsmithAZ]

Hey guys,

A few of my high school teammates/coaches are planning on putting together a holiday camp/clinic at our local rink. The kids will be around 8-15 years old, from house league players to AA/AAA travel kids (at the younger age levels)

I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for what we should do, tips, or anything that could help us make this run smoothly.

Thanks,

[rhhof]

Whenever I run my clinics I start with the basics and have two plans to see how the group responds...one would be more basics and the other would be drills that you could skate, pass and shoot or more advanced stuff, but I always focus on progression...get one thing down and then build on it - if you have an even amount of players you can play a game incorparating your skills or have a race - for the younger kids, they have shorter attention spans, so every 5 minutes you need to remind of something that might happen after the drill, like a game, to keep them into it

Here are my basics:

The first few minutes would be skating (forward skating, transistions and turns and maybe backwards if they are beginners)

Next, basic stick handling into skating with the puck around either their own gloves or cones and then passing drills, just stick handle before you make the passes

Next would be stick handling into shooting (wrister and snap shots then slappers)

Then see if you can put it all together with drills near the net - two lines about 5-8 feet apart for shorter passes and close enough so that you know they cant miss the net unless they were TJ PLAUGHER....

Ill make the trip down if you need help...I love road trips

Hope this helps - Good Luck

[kevinsmithAZ]

Whenever I run my clinics I start with the basics and have two plans to see how the group responds...one would be more basics and the other would be drills that you could skate, pass and shoot or more advanced stuff, but I always focus on progression...get one thing down and then build on it - if you have an even amount of players you can play a game incorparating your skills or have a race - for the younger kids, they have shorter attention spans, so every 5 minutes you need to remind of something that might happen after the drill, like a game, to keep them into it

Here are my basics:

The first few minutes would be skating (forward skating, transistions and turns and maybe backwards if they are beginners)

Next, basic stick handling into skating with the puck around either their own gloves or cones and then passing drills, just stick handle before you make the passes

Next would be stick handling into shooting (wrister and snap shots then slappers)

Then see if you can put it all together with drills near the net - two lines about 5-8 feet apart for shorter passes and close enough so that you know they cant miss the net unless they were TJ PLAUGHER....

Ill make the trip down if you need help...I love road trips

Hope this helps - Good Luck

Thanks a ton! I'll let you know what we've got (player/coach ratio) when we figure more out.

[alex]

I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for what we should do

Have me run it! haha

[kevinsmithAZ]

Have me run it! haha

Haha I just texted you, didn't wanna post anything like what I said on here.

But if you still want to it's all you!

[alex]

Haha I just texted you, didn't wanna post anything like what I said on here.

But if you still want to it's all you!

Ha yeah. Just tell me when the information is all set. I'd probably do it but I'm not going to come in and run it if you've already got coaches involved or other people capable of running it. If you need help I could but if someone else wants to do it, go for it.

[kevinsmithAZ]

alright sounds good.

Guys, any ideas that would draw kids in? Still trying to think of what could really make kids want to be part of something like this.

[STEMM]

You want to draw the kids in, here's an idea... Former NHL player Perry Turnbull runs a Camp in St. Louis, and one thing that draws the kids in is the Nice Big Trophys he gives away at the end of the camp.

[kevinsmithAZ]

You want to draw the kids in, here's an idea... Former NHL player Perry Turnbull runs a Camp in St. Louis, and one thing that draws the kids in is the Nice Big Trophys he gives away at the end of the camp.

Great idea, just give me the former NHLer who has money to spend and we can do it.

We're a high school program, we don't get funding and we're trying to raise money to defray costs for our season.

[STEMM]

...he uses the money from his camp fee to buy the trophys

[STEMM]

...and you should mention it's a fundraiser BEFORE you ask for ideas !

[CUDangled]

Good luck with the camp, but just a warning that having 8-15 year old kids from house to AAA is going to be tough. while you are teaching one kid to stickhandle, the older kids are going to get REAL bored.

Split up the age groups/talent into smaller groups.

[kevinsmithAZ]

Good luck with the camp, but just a warning that having 8-15 year old kids from house to AAA is going to be tough. while you are teaching one kid to stickhandle, the older kids are going to get REAL bored.

Split up the age groups/talent into smaller groups.

Yeah I know, thanks. I think that we will do that depending on the turnout, I'm afraid we won't have enough kids to divide it up but we actually should be okay.

[powershotone]

The camps that my kids attended that were the most beneficial, were handled in this way...a 2-3 day camp..during school breaks........

morning session.. (8-11).....beginners.....worked on basics....skating, passing, shooting. slapshots and when to use them..invite goales for the last hour...then..last 15 minutes......let them scrimmage....

(12-2) then a 1-2 hour goalie only session.......working on techniques, positioning...... have a couple goalies stay for ..afternoon session. Goalies need assistance.......without good netminders, we dont have teams that can compete, there is a great lack of clinics for goaltending.

(2-5) Afternoon session....advanced players.... working on passing, stick handling, set plays....breakouts.....defensive moves, and of course....skating...then let them scrimmage...

Parents want to see value, kids want to have fun......2-3 hours at a time is easy enough to keep their attention

The last day, the last hour......make teams and have an official makeshift game, with refs to let them showcase their new found skills.......