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Camp Description

Day Camp (June 15-18, 2009)
This camp will focus on teaching younger campers hockey fundamentals, including skating, shooting, and passing. Ice time will also include games and scrimmages. Each camper will receive one and one half hours of instructional ice time per day.

Skills Development: Session 1 - 3 (June 21-25, June 28 - July 2 & July 5-9)
The Skills Development sessions are focused around giving campers a strong base of fundamental/individual skills. They are designed to improve a player's fundametnal skills and prepare them for the next time they take the ice. There will be a combination of on-ice and off-ice sessions to help players acquire drills to continue development throughout the year.

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Goaltender Program:
This program is designed to push goaltenders to reach their athletic potential. All Skills Development sessions include specific goaltender training led by collegiate goaltender coaches and current University of Notre Dame goaltenders. * Goaltenders receive an additional 3 hours of specific on ice goalie instruction during the camp. Goaltenders will have specific goalie activities during the AM Dryland activity.

Equipment:
All campers will need to bring their own hockey equipment, including items as skates, hockey stick, helmet, pads, etc. Upon arrival for registration, campers will be assigned a locker room where they will store their hockey equipment for the week along with the camp jersey they will be issued at check-in. Please only bring the camper's hockey equipment into registration as all other items can be driven to the residence hall.

Schedule:
During registration, all campers will be given their group assignment as the campers will be divided amongst three groups based on age, skill level, and position. The exact schedule for each group varies slightly throughout the day as the groups will rotate through the sample daily schedule shown below. Additionally, their group assignment will determine when their final game will be played on Thursday in addition to their departure time.

Sample Daily Schedule

Skills Development: Sessions 1 - 3
Day 1
Noon - 1:00pm Check-in at Gate 4 of the Joyce Center
Orientation Activities & Afternoon Session
5:00pm Dinner
6:30 - 8:30pm Evening Session/Instruction
9:00pm Dorms
10:30pm Lights Out
Days 2, 3 & 4
7:00am Wake-Up/Breakfast
8:00am On Ice- Power Skating & Skills
10:00am Dryland - Ball Hockey Skills
11:00am Video
Session
11:45am Lunch
1:00pm On Ice- Skill Progression & Development
2:30pm Dryland - Off Ice Shooting
3:30pm Pool
5:00pm Dinner
6:30pm On Ice- Controlled Scrimmages
8:00pm Strength & Fitness
8:45pm Sports Court Recreation
9:30pm Back to Dorm and Snack

Day 5
7:00am Wake-Up/Breakfast
8:00am Morning Sessions
11:30am Lunch
1:00pm Afternoon Session/Final Game
*Departure dependant on your group assignment
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Day Camp
Each camper will receive one on ice session in the morning. The instruction will be skill oriented with the emphasis on skating, passing, receiving, shooting and small area competitive games. The time of the camp will be sent to you 2 weeks before Day Camp begins The times will be determined by age and in some situations ability levels. Campers will be placed in one of three groups which will determine their camp schedule as each hockey camper will receive one and one-half (1 1/2) hours of instructional ice time per day. The camp will run from 8am to 1pm, Monday through Thursday with a new group starting approximately every 90 minutes.