Why attend Blyth Academy Advanced Day Training Program?
2025/2026 Schedule TBA.. (But here is a general overview of what to expect)
Monday
1:30-2:30pm OverSpeed & Puck Skills
Weight transfers are an area to our game we work on daily in our program. Getting our playing comfortable with our inside and outside edges while transferring our weight from faking inside and cutting outside. Working on single leg edge work while transferring our weight from inside to outside or vice versa. Quick cutting movement’s on our inside and outside edges to get the most affective movements to help buy time and space while skating up the ice and in different areas of each zone. Teaching our athletics when you would use these movements and getting them comfortable on their edges while skating at full speed while being deceptive so the defender will not know what direction they are going.
Over speed training- working on crossovers up the ice, changing our angles and teaching our athletes to use as much of the ice as possible while keeping their feet moving and constantly changing directions to be able to get the defender to bite while you are cutting either inside or outside on the ice and watching the defensemen’s feet and knowing when you have the defender beat.
2:30-3:30pm: Small Area Games & Scrimmage
Players will work on compete drills in small areas to force quick decisions and playmaking under stress.
Full ice scrimmage to allow for use of the puck skills learnt in the hour prior
Tuesday (1 hour on ice, 1 hour in Gym)
1:30-2:30pm Gym
2:30-3:30pm Goalie Development with John Jeffries
Goalies will work on movements, positioning, tracking and compete drills
2:30-3:30pm Wall Work & Shooting
Collecting pucks off the wall
Protection and attacks off the wall
Technical shooting- breaking down the players shot and working with each player to add power and proper technique Working on how we can eliminate time with the puck on our stick and create a quicker release. Changing angles with our stick and weight transfer’s to add deception to our shot Shooting in stride, working on shooting off our stride leg as well as our inside leg to add more power to our shot and working on coming in from different angles and keeping our feet moving.
Wednesday (2 hours on ice)
1:30-2:30pm: Power skating
Balance and Posture are key components to proper edge work and stride efficiency. We will be focusing on the upper to maximize power from edges, transitions and fast feet. Weight transfers, mechanics, upper body movements, hip shifts, etc.
2:30-3:30pm: Small Area Games & Scrimmage
Players will work on compete drills in small areas with emphasis on quick feet and good stride efficiency in a game situation.
Thursday (1 hour gym, 1 hour on ice)
1:30-2:30pm Gym
2:30-3:30pm: Position Specific
Centre men working on face offs and proper down low positioning and offensive attack strategies.
How to generate more effective offense and working on when you have the defender beat in small area space and shooting the puck through defenders and create more scoring chances.
Left and Right Wingers working on picking the puck up off the boards, different attack angles and how to create more time and space with the puck.
Defense working on offensive zone walking the blue line. How to get pucks through on the net walking the line and deception with the puck on the blue line. Defensemen will also be working on D-Zone coverage. Working on gap control and how to eliminate time and space on 1on1’s and proper foot-work while defending.
Friday (2 hours on the ice)
1:30-3:30pm: Compete Day & Small Area Games
Confined space stickhandling
Breaking down stickhandling moves to use in game situations Working on proper hand positioning while stickhandling and maximizing their reach and rotation while carrying the puck Puck protection in different areas of the ice Translating those skills into 1v1, 2v1 and 3v2 drills (competition, tactics and offensive strategies) Solving challenges that occur in a game