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RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - Roobacca - 02-20-2023
Normally the hockey school is one of Potential Spam's favorite scams to pull. Collect dues from willing parents and then dip out before they wise up. However Potential has gotten quite fond of Kelowna over the years, and the kids have melted his cold dead heart enough to actually follow through on the school this time. Because Ice time is expensive the school will be held in a parking lot that has been flooded and frozen. Spam did this late at night so store owners wouldn't notice. Here he would teach the basics of skating focusing on speed and agility. Kids learned a lot about avoiding hits as cars would occasionally come sliding through out of control on the ice. This is one of the few times Spam did not collect dues as the smiling faces of his students were almost priceless and he took out several insurance claims that are about to pay off due to the damage all the sliding vehicles have caused to the surrounding area.
RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - JMacNCheese - 02-20-2023
Quote:PLAYER PROMPT - Backstory prompt! Since we're talking about hockey schools, did your player every go to one? How did your player learn the game?
Written Task: Tell me a bit about how your player got started in the game. Where did they hear of it? Who did they learn it from? Did they know that they wanted to be in the SHL right away, or was a long road to finding hockey? Were they a natural or did it take a lot of practice? (150+ words)
Growing up in Finland as a kid you must decide which sport you want to get into. The biggest sports are ice hockey, variations of skiing, or football(soccer) and it is at the young age one wants to pick and devote themselves too. No of course there is a ton of other sports, but they are not as popular as those three. Living in Helsinki and seeing how great hockey is there and the players that have come before, really intrigued Bnana NWaffles to proceed down that path. Attending his very first game had him hooked and he wanted to be there in the lights with the greatest players from not only Helsinki, but all of Finland! I would say they did not know they wanted to be in the SHL, as Finland is all they knew at the time but as he got older, he was introduced and knowing that is where all the best players play, he wanted to work hard to play in the SHL one day. NWaffles is a natural for sure but devotes everything to the game and takes a lot of practice.
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RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - AW13 - 02-20-2023
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RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - bbjygm - 02-20-2023
Hodor's not the greatest public speaker, so he'll likely have to do the program in tandem with a team mate who can translate. Key points of the program will include:
- public speaking lessons
- how to get a friend to bullshit translating for you
- how to grow to be 7 feet tall
- proper workout routine if you want to be a hockey player
- how to swallow your sadness when your coach is yelling at you
- what kind of nicknames will stick with you for your entire career and how to avoid situations that will likely create one
- proper techniques to mouth insults at spectators so you can understood when not heard
- how to skate in all different directions while handling the puck
- how to keep your cool and not embarass yourself when contract renewals are coming up
- how to come up with a kids hockey program the night before without appearing to be running out of ideas
RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - Loosh - 02-20-2023
Creative Prompt
For a program at a hockey school, I would develop a program that focuses on positioning and teamplay above all else. While training those critical skills, we would of course still focus on the basics, like skating, passing, and shooting. With regard to the basics, we would have a distinct focus on training them in context of specific positioning & teamplay based concepts. This might include one-time passing, footwork that enables you to survey the ice & create opportunities, and shooting with the goal of creating follow-up opportunities
for your team. I believe this camp would enable young hockey players to step their "hockey IQ" up to the next level, strictly because they are being taught mechanics in relation to looking for the next play. It should help primarily with vision and decision making which is in contrast to most training camps, which are generally focused on mechanic changes.
RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - G2019 - 02-20-2023
My hockey clinic is as much about the mental side of the game as it is the physical. Kids need to know that it is a trained skill to be able to overcome 'the yips', to be at your best when the rest of the team isn't gelling, to stand above the rest and remain confident and strong. I also want this to be about something bigger than hockey. How to treat other people...how to value yourself. Kids need to know they are more than goals, assists, and saves...that how they perform on the ice doesn't define them. It's also very important for kids not to put all of their eggs in that one basket...that if being a professional athlete doesn't work out, they have other skills and accomplishments to lean on in order to survive. My clinic will focus on the whole person, not just a stick-handling robot, and I think that will truly make it one of a kind.
RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - Myspace - 02-20-2023
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178Patricija's hockey school would focus almost entirely on speed, balance, and offensive positioning. The goal would be to train the kids on techniques that they can take with them as their body develops in order to become better physical hockey players. While Patricija would definitely subsidize some of the cost, there would definitely be a fee involved in order to make sure the kids attending were those that were interested in pursuing hockey further. The afternoon session would consist of both personal drills in small groups with demonstrations from Ozerova as well as challenges among the students in large races and other events in order to generate some competition. The goal would be to have both a fun event and something that for future generations of players could become a training camp that young prospects would really look forward to attending to level up their skills. Patricija loves giving back to the community and this would be just another way for her to do that. It would definitely be a little bit on the hardcore side of things.
RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - Symmetrik - 02-20-2023
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RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - MCP_ - 02-20-2023
Quote:Written Task: What kind of fun and exciting activities do you plan for your hockey school? What skills and lessons do you want the kids to take home with them? How do you structure the whole experience? What does it cost, if anything? Is this a hardcore hockey skills experience, or something that's just meant to be a fun opportunity to meet an SHL player? (150+ words)
The experience would start at the practice rink. At around 30 minutes past when it was supposed to start, Jølñgüštrâädæviñçh DuBølk rushes onto the ice, as he woke up around 35 minutes prior and rushed through 15 lanes of traffic. He starts out by clarifying that there will be no refunds for the lost time. At that point, he starts the camp by making the participants skate laps (mostly so he could catch his breath). From there, he teaches the kids how to make safe hits (the kids needed to learn somehow). From there, he realizes that he had nothing else prepared, and proceeds to bring the kids on a multi-hour tour of the best spots in Las Vegas (that is age-appropriate, of course). Restaurants, buffets, candy stores: nothing was off limits. While there were waves of parents that were questioning how that was relevant to hockey skills, the kids had a fun time.
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RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - JNH - 02-20-2023
This hockey school is going to keep it light hearted because that’s the best way to ensure kids actually fall in love with the game and want to come back. The hard ass schools are only good for letting parents feel like their kid might let them live vicariously through them for a couple years.
The program will consist of 3 hours per day of on-ice skills instruction. The last hour of that time will focus on more fun games (such as scrimmages and one-on-one competitions) that are fun but still mimic game scenarios. The other parts of the day will have guest speakers to talk to the kids about both hockey and personal matters, games such as baseball and mini golf, and some team building exercises. Kids are still kids at the end of the day and while they’ll learn on the ice, we still want them to have a childhood and grow as individuals. That’s the goal of this camp and this plan would go a bit towards ensuring that.
RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - Scrufdaddy - 02-20-2023
CREATIVE PROMPT
When kids think about hockey, they think about one thing. Scoring goals, crunching their opponents, and that math homework they skipped. At the Slip McScruff Hockey School for Kids Who Don't Hockey So Well, SMSHSfKWDHSW for short, we've got three main programming blocks that we shuffle kids through. They start at one station and rotate every 50 minutes until they have done all three.
The first block is scoring goals. We just let the kids loose with YouTube up on the big screen showing dope goals and then we teach them how to do it. We have two professional unpaid TikTok interns who film the kids and post to our feed with whatever caption is "giving" at the moment. If they think they will become internet famous, they will work their butts off to get somewhat coordinated on the ice.
The second block is crunching their opponents. We load the kids up with padding and have them slam into each other. It's important to teach kids how to safely take a hit and protect their body. So I am personally out there laying them out on their butts with my years of checking experience. In one segment, there is also a "hot potato" where you can only hit the kid with the puck, which I guess is a rule in the game of hockey.
The third block is that math homework they skipped. We have tutors on site to help them with their homework! For some reason, we find that kids who have checking lessons right before homework block perform poorly on their assignments. We are still looking into this phenomenon.
RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - Drokeep - 02-20-2023
My player is actually the first in his town to play in the SHL but that has always been his dream. In fact now he dreams to make the game of hockey bigger in his hometown and even bring a team some day. He then proceeded to get involved in the German youth league, where he played for the Füssen Leopards. There he quickly rose the ranks and got invited to a bunch of overseas camps which led to his stellar development and his SMJHL start. In the prospect game he scored a hattrick which landed him the attention from the Colorado Raptors and the rest is history. He is now the starting right defenceman for the Philadelphia Forge. He continues practicing incredibily hard and returns to his home on the offseason to teach the younger teams and put together clinica for the new generations of hockey that will end up in the SHL some day
RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - Runningman434 - 02-20-2023
The Sean Davies Hockey Academy is as cheap as he can make it. He has the money, and wants to use it to help support the next generation of hockey players from Britain. To keep numbers down, the camp is pretty competitive, turning off all but the most intense players. The camp will focus primarily on hockey tactics and positioning/awareness on the ice. That's how Davies got his start, so it gives his on twist on it. While there are a lot of X's and O's out there, Davies also does his best to make it fun, regularly holding Jeopardy style quizzes on tactics while running small sided drills to keep kids on their toes. Davies also makes sure the last day of the camp is a competition day, with a bunch of skill competitions and games. Winners are awarded with some camp merch. All in all, Davies hopes to help boost the quality of Britian hockey with his camp, and make their IIHF team a powerhouse in the future.
RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - Randominoe - 02-20-2023
Vrána grew up in one of the metropolitan cities in Czechia known as Plzeň and discovered hockey when one of his childhood friends asked him if he was related to NHL superstar Jakub Vrána, to which he responded no. When he returned home that day, he looked Jakub up on youtube and started watching all of his greatest highlights in his short NHL career, and instantly fell in love with the game. Instead of following Jakub's path into the NHL, Petr chose a different route by setting his sights on the SHL and SMJHL. It was absolutely a new challenge for Petr as he had mostly played basketball and soccer up until this point in his life. Luckily, his parents were strong supporters of Petr's new passion for this winter sport and enrolled him in David Pastrňák's yearly hockey camp several times over the next few years. This is where Petr honed his game and modeled his playstyle after this second NHL player who was dedicating his time to elevate the sport of hockey in Czechia.
RE: S69 PT #4: Hockey School - Wearingabear - 02-20-2023
Igor Victory of the Philadelphia Forge in the simulation hockey league has been tapped to be a ln instructor and a creative force.behind the Philly Hockey Accelerated Teachings, PHAT for short. PHAT trains the best hockey players from across Philly and the surrounding suburbs. the PHAT Camp works as a collective of trainers and SHLers who come by to help out with the kids. Over the 2 week PHAT camp the skaters will train across all areas of their game. With a general team training sessions to.specialized skills coaches who will train with players on a one to one basis. The PHAT camp has a variable attendance fee.
The camp starts on Monday at 8 am. From there the camp carries on until 1130, at which time the players break off, and get changed and ready for lunch. After lunch the team breaks off into video studies to help focus on a few SHL players who were playing at the top of their game.