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The Montera Hockey Academy is a one-of-a-kind experience for the elite hockey player.
Hockey Development Program
Developed exclusively for Montera Sports by the team at the Peak Centre for Human Performance, the Hockey Development Program focuses on maximizing on-ice skill development and off-ice conditioning.
This program runs from May-August, with July and August consisting of 5 days a week in Ottawa. Our intent is to ensure that the time between the current “end-of-season” and the next “beginning of season” is strategically used to improve a player’s start in the next campaign. This could be the start of your Junior draft year, or your first Junior training camp. No Montera Prospect will ever report to camp unprepared.
Non-Hockey Components
In addition to the Hockey Development Program, the Montera Hockey Academy has key non-hockey components. One day of each week is reserved for Community Service and Recreation. The morning might be spent working with the Soup Kitchen. The afternoon could be golf lessons and a round of golf at a Private Golf Club. The evening will see us having a “team” dinner at a top-end restaurant.
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) training will be provided to encourage discipline and self-confidence.
Mandatory part-time summer employment will be provided so that each athlete can understand what it is like to balance work with the love of sport. The money earned here can be used to help parents cover the cost of the program.
All of these activities are intended to help young athletes develop into well-rounded and responsible adults. Hopefully they will see how fortunate they are to be blessed with enough hockey talent to be presented with multiple options in life.
2010 Selection Process
In 2010, the Montera Hockey Academy will only be available for males born in 1994 or 1995. Selective pieces of the Hockey Development Program will be available on an individualized basis for Montera Prospects of other birth years.
We intend to be very selective and only invite players who show extremely good character and work ethic, in addition to hockey talent. The curriculum will be extensive and involve “hard work”. Non-compliance with any of the rules regarding dress, punctuality, or conduct will result in expulsion from the Academy. We are only interested in athletes who are prepared to do whatever it takes to get to the next level.
Only 20 athletes will be invited to attend the Montera Hockey Academy in the summer of 2010.
Our scouts are following a number of players in Eastern Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada. We will introduce ourselves to the parents of players that we are following and explain our process. In December, invitations will be sent out.
Our intent is to keep the cost of the Academy as low as possible, while not jeopardizing a player’s NCAA eligibility.
Montera Hockey Academy for Elite Players includes:
40 Hours of Ice TimeMay and June – 1 hour per week
July – 4 hours per week (Exclusive Peak Academy Program)
August – 16 hours over 2 weeks (Exclusive Peak Academy Program)
May and June – Personalized Peak Academy Program
30 Hours of Off-Ice ConditioningJuly and August – Exclusive Team Workouts with Personalized Peak Academy Programs (5 per week)
27 Hours of Golf6 Group Rounds of golf at Private Courses
3 Exclusive Group Lessons from Kevin Haime, former “CPGA Teacher of the Year”
Unlimited Weekend Access to Kevin Haime Golf Centre
12 Exclusive Group Training Sessions at Established MMA Centre
18 Hours of Community Service3 Hours of Community Service per week, helping those less fortunate
48 Hours of Paid Summer Employment8 hours per week of part-time employment
12 Hours of Team DinnersWednesday evening dinners at Frattelli, where visiting NHL teams dine!
6 Weeks of Room and BoardOut-of-town players are billeted at fellow participants’ homes
4 Phase Montera Academy Curriculum – Summer 2010
Each Week is progressive and includes review of previous week’s teachings. On ice speed and agility testing will be done in the first session and repeated at the end of the program so that athletes can see how much they have improved.
Technical Powerskating Development Phase –Done Weekly
**Includes Pre-Session Testing and Post- Session Testing**
Session 1 - Forward Stride Enhancement
Session 2 - Backward Stride Enhancement
Session 3 - Multiple Direction Starting/ Deceleration/Stopping
Session 4 - Lateral Movement – Multidirectional/ Fwd/Bwd
Session 5 - Transitions, Turns/Pivots, Changes of Direction
Session 6 - Edge Manipulation, Key Balance Structural Training
Session 7 - Agility, Evasive Movements, Structural Reinforcement
Session 8 – Wrap-Up/ Reinforcement, Circuit Work.
Individual Puck Skill and Tactics Development Phase – Done Weekly
Session 1 - Stationary Technical Puckskill Development, Hand speed and Accuracy
Session 2 - Technical Reinforcement, Reach expansion, Evasiveness Drilling
Session 3 - Shooting/Scoring, Technical Corrective, Power Development, Shot Selection
Session 4 - Passing Development, Technical Corrective, Pass Selection/ Identification
Session 5 - Puck Protection, Tactical Training, Individual Possession Skills
Session 6 - Small area puck skill development and Tactic drilling
Session 7 - Dynamic use of Puck Control Skills, Skating and Agility Drilling
Session 8 – Wrap-up/ Reinforcement, Circuit Work
On Ice Speed, Acceleration and Agility Development Phase – Done Weekly
In a typical hockey shift a player will experience 3-4 bursts of hard skating that last 2-3 seconds at a time. Players with the ability to reach top speed in a short period of time have a definite advantage over their opponents. Using cutting edge training techniques like over-speed training, post activation potentiation, assisted and resisted sprinting and anaerobic alactic conditioning this session is designed to improve first step quickness, acceleration, top end speed and speed endurance. By employing equipment typically used in dryland sessions, speed chutes, hurdles etc., on the ice we are able to continually change up the stimulus the athlete receives and ensure their continued progress.
Sessions 1 to 8 – Station work to enforce principles above using 6 area breakdown:
1. Resistance Conditioning
2. Agility
3. Skilled Agility
4. Acceleration/Energy System Training
5. Multitask Drilling
6. Hockey Combat/Battles
Game Situation Training / Position Specific Development Phase – Done Weekly
Session 1 –1vs1 Training, Multiple Situations, Offense and Defense Specific
Session 2 -Odd man Situation Training/Corrective, Offense and Defense Specific
Session 3 -Position Specific Drilling, Face-offs, Net front Coverage, 1 Time Shooting etc
Session 4 -Offensive Thinking Development, Topics Include: Support, Combat Skills etc
Session 5- Defensive Positioning, Topics Include: Body/Stick Position, Gapping etc
Session 6 - Power Play Concepts and Skill Development
Session 7 - Penalty Killing skills and Tactics
Session 8 – Wrap-up/ Reinforcement
Typical Week
