WHAT IS SKILL DEVELOPMENT?
As an athlete progresses through his/her career, countless unique experiences are implanted upon this goalie’s mind. Through these experiences, a goalie begins to build an approach. This approach combines these experiences with core fundamentals and the individual’s distinct strengths and limitations.
During a RINK Training Centre experience, athletes will seek to hone, refine and repackage this distinct approach. A combination of technical enhancements and physiological guidance (where necessary) will, in turn, drive one’s psychological game forward. Technical, physiological, psychological training – a hallmark of our training facility.
Train Like A Pro
Our reputation has grown due to the exceptional knowledge of the goaltending position and the ability to consistently convey that knowledge to coaches and goalies. RINK Goalie Development offers year round world-class goalie training at the RINK Training Centre and gives goaltenders the resources to become the best they can be.
Our Approach
Each goaltender has a unique approach to the position while encompassing a vast array of technical, physiological and psychological inputs, each goaltender assembles a distinct bundle of performance assets. Our emphasis is to work within the confines of each client’s approach…regardless of “style”. While there are fundamentals that must be instilled in any approach, and at all levels of play, our team at RINK Goalie Development believes in working within the context of the specific athlete’s game.
The Experience
A RINK Goalie Development experience, athletes will seek to hone, refine and repackage this distinct approach. A combination of technical enhancements and physiological guidance (where necessary) will, in turn, drive one’s psychological game forward. That’s right, performance gains require a multi-faceted approach – technical, physiological, psychological – which is a hallmark of RINK Goalie Development and a sure-fire method of fast tracking your game.
Our Introductory Programs welcomes players to the game of hockey. Players will gain an understanding of their edges on their skates, their flats, how to stop, how to control the puck, how to pass the puck.
Our Development Program is built upon the execution of basic goalie techniques and to provide goalies with an understanding of adjustments they can make to enhance their individual games. These sessions are heavily focused on keeping the foundation they have built from the introduction stage while also introducing the understanding which movements to make in different situations.
Our Advanced Programs are built upon the execution of basic goalie techniques and to provide goalies with an understanding of adjustments they can make to enhance their individual games. These sessions are heavily focused on keeping the foundation they have built from the introduction stage while also introducing the understanding which movements to make in different situations.
Our High-Performance Programs focus on the refinement of advanced goalie techniques by continued reinforcement of previously learned topics while adding in more game like situations. The synchronized continued development of the fundamentals and functional intelligence will allow goalies to more effectively read, react and execute the proper technique in game situations.
Our Elite Programs are customized to advance and align skills necessary for effective execution of position specific demands in a game situation. Programming focuses on mastering control of all goalie specific movements, specific work on post integration while they get continued development in their puck handling abilities.
Our Prospect Programs are designed to further advance the physical and mental aspects of each individual player based on position, level and hockey specific demands, through on and off ice training and performance workshops.