From All Seasons To All Stars

To All Area Hockey Coaches, Parents and Skaters

The Indiana World Skating Academy (IWSA) is pleased to present the Spring/Summer 2010 IWSA All Seasons Youth Hockey School.  In response to overwhelming demand from area coaches, skaters and parents, a custom curriculum has been developed to meet the needs of area hockey skaters and coaches who wish to advance their skating knowledge and skills into a competitive advantage year round.

Remaining sessions for the current block of 8 classes are April 21st  and 28th 2010.  From April 28th until July 6th, we will be holding semi-private (group) lessons for any player wishing to improve their existing skills and develop a competitive edge for the 2010 fall season.  Players will be paired according to ability in groups of 2-4 students.  The semi-private lessons will consist of a 30 min. lesson with one of our two hockey pros at the rink. Call Rocky Trottier for more information and scheduling (710-5988). The semi-private lessons will focus heavily on technical excellence and execution of stick and puck, edge and power skills and will also integrate 'real world' hockey drills into the instruction time. 

   Starting July 7, 2010, the regular All Seasons Hockey School will resume on Wednesday evenings.   Beginner thru advanced hockey skating and edge skills will be taught on Wednesday evenings for all levels (ages 4–18).   The focus of the 2010 IWSA Hockey School is to develop skating and stick-and-puck technical excellence in five key areas; velocity, power, quickness, agility and control.  This year, we are pleased to announce that Rocky Trottier has  joined our school’s coaching team.  Rocky is a former NHL player who possesses strong skating and stick-and-puck skills.  He has extensive hockey teaching experience and will be working with our students to assure their stick-and-puck skills evolve and compliment their improvements in skating. 

Each 8 week block of classes is priced at $110.00 Class time is from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Wednesday evenings.  Skaters will receive a minimum of 1 hour of instruction with any remaining non-lesson time being for practice. Players may join the school during the 8 week session – school fee will be pro-rated accordingly. At the end of the 8 week session, the students will be formally tested for both their stick and puck skills and skating/power skills. Hockey levels range from level I thru level XII.  Once a student masters a particular level, they received a badge and certificate to note their accomplishment.

Special Notes:

Team hockey coaches can arrange for custom skating instruction for their entire hockey team by contacting Pam Robinson at 237-5565 or Gail King at 317-770-9613 (gail.king1@comcast.net).

Goalie training is available:  Contact Rocky Trottier at Rockytrottier@att.net

Note:  Mini Mites or new hockey players can learn hockey basic skating during our traditional Monday evening (5:30 – 6:00 PM) or Saturday morning (10:15 AM – 10:45 AM) Learn To Skate Program. Contact Pam Robinson at 237-5565 for details.

The break-out of teaching sessions will be as follows:

Wednesday:  6:00 PM – 7:15 PM

6:00 PM – 6:15 PM  (endurance training)

6:15 PM – 6:35 PM  (small group lessons) skating

6:35 PM – 6:55 PM (small group lessons)  stick-and-puck

6:55 PM – 7:15 PM (small group lesson) edge control

7:15PM – 7:15 PM (full ice group drills)

Minimum Class Registration Requirements:

Skaters must be able to skate forward across the entire width of the ice without a stick and without falling while demonstrating a basic ability to shift their body weight from the right foot to the left foot. Skaters must be able to stop using a snow plow, T stop or hockey stop.  Finally, skaters must be able to skate backwards 12 feet using any recognized method (e.g., swizzles, hustle or C-cuts) .

The hockey skating curriculum will be taught by IWSA and PSA certified instructor:

Gail King, R.N., B.A. M.B.A

R- FS, R-MIF, R-Group

Hockey Certified I, II and Power Skating

Former Student of Freddie Atkins, PT trainer of the Buffalo Sabres and Toronto Maple Leafs and Richard Callaghan, Olympic coach of Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski

Former Adult Indiana State and North American Skating Champion

Cell:  (317) 341-2079

Home: (317) 770-9613

Gail.King1@comcast.net

and

Rocky Trottier

NHL New Jersey Devils:  (1982-1986)

Director, TNT Hockey:  (1992-current)

Hockey Instructor: (1986-current)

RockyTrottier@ATT.Net

WWW.TNTHockey.Net

Cell:  (317) 710-5988

Guest Coach:

Serguei Zaitsev

IWSA Skating Program Director

PSA Master Rated

USFS National Technical Specialist

Master of Sport International Class Rated by Russian Federation

Cell: (317) 507-5441

SVZaitsev@msn.com

Copyright © Gail King/IWSA Sept. 2008