SPRING PROGRAMS
April 7th - June 29th, 2025
Master the Art of Skills to Game Transfer
Spring is the season for hockey fanatics—the kids who live for the game, from shooting pucks in the driveway to being first on the ice at practice. RINK Spring Programs offer customized skill development programs at every age and skill level and focus on teaching responsible skills that translate to a game. Be part of the community trusted by thousands of hockey families and see why RINK continues to transform young players year after year. This spring, take the opportunity to develop, have fun, and make the most of your off-season with RINK.
RINK Training Centre Winnipeg, MB.
Small Area Power Skating
Application Only - Must Have Played AA/A1-A/Gold
The Small Area Power Skating program is designed to challenge each skaters capabilities with our lowest player to coach ratio (4:1) on RINK's specialized 120ftx60ft training sheet. This program concentrates on skating in small areas while being explosive out of tight turns, maintaining your speed, and maximizing your blade engagement. Players will focus on creating comfort on their outside edge, overall edge awareness, and techniques for starts. Additionally, players will work on disassociating their upper and lower body. This program is meant to challenge elite skaters outside their comfort zone.
EDGE Power Skating
The Most Complete Power Skating Program
EDGE Power Skating aims to support and build upon the foundation of any player’s success in the game. The on-ice component starts by teaching players proper skating technique and progresses to applying the technique in top speed game simulated drills. This program features an off-ice dryland session with the professionals at Testify Performance.
Skating & Skills
Power Skating | Shooting & Scoring | Puck Control
This program encompasses the best of what the RINK has to offer in a single program. Regardless of mastery level, Skating & Skills incorporates aspects of Power Skating, Shooting & Scoring, and Puck Control programs, giving players a taste of everything we specialize in.
Skills to Game
From Your Session to Your Highlight Reel
The Skills to Game program is specifically tailored to focus on individual skills which are common in today's game, followed by the opportunity to showcase these skills in game like situations. Each session in this program will start with 25 min. of development, focusing on the technique of certain skills. The next 25 min. will consist of a tactical session, where athletes can use these skills in game situations.
Shooting & Scoring
Unlock Your Scoring Potential, One Shot at a Time.
The Shooting & Scoring Program is designed to provide skaters with fundamental knowledge of proper shooting mechanics. Offered in two 6-week blocks, this program builds on the basics, working puck preparation in motion. Skaters will be introduced to the snapshot technique focusing on the ‘Push/Pull” synchronization. This program also features a 30-min off-ice skills session that will introduce or review the shooting focus for the week.
3 on 3
Play Fast, Learn Faster.
3 on 3 hockey is a fast-paced, high-scoring, high-skilled variant of the traditional game of hockey. Played on our customed-sized training sheet (120ft x 60ft), it is played with three skaters and goalie per team on the ice, and forces players to think and react faster than normal game like scenarios. For players & goalies that play U9 to U15.
Goalie Fundamentals
Set A Strong Foundation to Your Game
The Goaltending Fundamentals program is geared towards goaltenders in their first year or two in the position who want to master the foundation of their game. This includes the essential skating movements of being a goalie, understanding depth & angles, save making, and puck tracking. Become more confident in your goaltending game.
Game Situations
Elevate Your Game
In this program goaltenders will run through a number of game situation & skill building drills. The curriculum will challenge goalies with game situation drills on a number of different scoring chance areas such as plays of the rush, side to side passing plays, breakaways, plays from behind the net, and dealing with screens. The program will also place a strong emphasis on essential skills like skating and tracking & reacting to the puck. Goaltending is a technical position, so it is crucial to have a reminder that making saves is the bottom line of the position.