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Cyclone Hockey is a unique AAA
training program concentrating on
overall skill development. The focus
of our program is to develop the
Elite Level Hockey Player. The key
components needed for superior
hockey performance are enhanced
physical strength and power,
explosive skating speed and agility,
body control and puck handling
ability. We structure highly
demanding and challenging practices
designed to elevate performance.
Each of our teams will have
approximately 110 plus practice
hours and play in two or three
tournaments. Our primary focus is
the development of performance
skills not team concepts, games or
scrimmages. Research studies
conducted indicate that athletes
average 15 to 18 minutes of playing
time and nearly one minute of puck
possession during a 60 minute game.
While games and scrimmages are
valuable components of learning,
they do not provide the opportunity
to perform thousands of skating and
stick handling repetitions needed
for skill development.
Learning is a long term process that
requires thousands of constructive
repetitions to develop muscle
memory. Muscle memory is the
phenomenon of fine and gross
skeletal muscle activity that
becomes automatic with practice.
When a practice or skill is properly
repeated and executed through
reinforced movements, thousands of
physiological adaptations within the
cellular structure of the muscle
occur. These changes produce a
neuromuscular response that creates
an increased communication between
the brain and muscle. It is
necessary for hockey players to have
the ability to make quick decisions
skillfully executed at top speed.
Elite hockey players are able to
respond quickly as a result of
muscle memory which no longer
requires active thought about
movement effectively freeing up
brain capacity for
other processes.
Fine and gross motor development is
a continual process. To develop
advanced skating ability, inside and
outside edge command, skating skills
are practiced in segments. Each
segment is repeated for thousands of
repetitions gradually increasing
speed until the skill can be
performed as a whole and executed
proficiently while at top speed. The
ultimate goal is to perform these
skills at top speed with and without
the puck. The skills are then
practiced in game situations while
progressively adding pressure to
create heightened rink awareness,
recognition and hockey intelligence.
The only effective manner of
developing flawless mechanics is to
properly repeat movement thousands
of times. More practice time and
repetition creates more
opportunities for instructing. More
instruction equals greater learning
opportunities. Enhanced learning and
knowledge translates to superior
performance results.
In today’s highly competitive
athletic environment, the prevalent
coaching philosophy is to push the
athlete toward greatness. We
disagree with this philosophy. Our
coaching staff is committed to
providing proper analysis, feedback
and reinforcement to each athlete.
The responsibility of the coach is
to design a highly disciplined program
with a foundation based on
developmental goals that are
increasingly challenging and
demanding. The responsibility of the
athlete is to come to each practice
prepared to perform each drill with
100 percent effort and focus. By
sharing in this responsibility and
holding the athlete to a high level
of accountability, greatness is
drawn from the athlete and
translates into continual and
unlimited improvement. |
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