Heartland Hockey Camps
E-Mail: Steve@heartlandhockey.com
STANDARD SKILL CAMPS: A one week camp offering 40 hours of ice time ! This program is designed for players of all skill levels. The Standard Skill Camp is committed to setting a high standard for the personal growth of each student attending camp. HIGH ACHIEVEMENT CAMPS: A two week camp offering 90 hours of ice time ! This program is designed for players who have their goals set on developing their hockey skills to the maximum. Students attending this camp must be prepared physically and mentally for high intensity training. This program is recommended for players dedicated to hockey excellence. The Goalie Camp will be direct by Ray Reckseidler, Nat White & Terry Dunbar. Ray has been coaching at Heartland for 10 years and he has over 31 years of experience operating goalie camps throughout North America. This will be Nat's 11th year at Heartland, he was the goalie coach of the Milwaukee Admirals and has also coached at the college level for Marian College and St. Mary's College. Terry has been at Heartland Hockey Camp for 7 years and he has played at Marian College, the Knoxville Icebears and the Florida Everblades. The Girls/Women Camp is entering the 22nd year at Heartland. The camp is designed strictly for girls and women of all ages and skill groups. All campers will be grouped accordingly during on-ice training sessions. The Girls/Women Camp will follow the same schedule as the boys. Heartland Hockey Camp will be offering accelerated programs to both Mites & Squirts, the week of June 27 - July 3, 2010. These new programs are the Heartland Mite AAA Camp & the Heartland Squirt AAA Camp. Head coaches for these two programs will be Steve Jensen & Jake Brenk. Both Steve & Jake have extensive experience as coaches at Heartland Hockey Camp and have played professionally in both North America and Europe. To qualify for these two new programs, you either must have prior AAA experience as a mite or squirt or receive a written/verbal invitation from Coach Steve or Coach Jake. All players attending this camp must be proficient at both forward & backward crossovers, with & without the puck and must be able to read the play well, while controlling the puck & find the open man, must be able to pass the puck accurately to an open teammate & must understand positional play very well. Our Select Camps are designed to provide opportunities for players who have a very strong desire to reach a higher level of competition and skill development. The Select Camps are reserved for intermediate to advanced level players only ! We are seeking players that are coachable, and display a positive attitude. In addition, we hope to attract dedicated athletes that are cooperative, attentive and disciplined. The criteria above, alone with a minimum of 3 years of playing experience and a letter of recommendation from someone within your organization. The training format will consist of high speed European flow drills, development of a quick transition game, top level offensive and defensive strategies, utilization of gap control and much, much more ! This program is for travel players with average to above average basic hockey skills. This program in not available for beginners. Mom and dads are invited to bring their skates, as we invite you to join our staff and your son/daughter in all of the camp activities. It is a great way to enjoy a father/son or mother/daughter get away. We pioneered this program at the mite level 21 years ago, due to the over-whelming response we are now offering the same option to parents of players of all ages. Please understand that this is an optional program. It is not a requirement that moms and dads attend our camp with mites, squirts, or pee-wees. Mites, squirts and peewees that have a desire to attend camp without a mom/dad are encouraged to do so. For moms/dads wishing to attend camp with their son/daughter, you may do so for a fee of $850.00. This fee covers your meals, lodging, recreational activities, off ice and on ice training sessions. For parents not wishing to participate in the on-ice activities, your fee will be $750.00. Parents staying off-site wishing to skate and eat meals, the cost will be $650.00. The Heartland Adult Camp is offered to players 18 years of age and older. Players of all skill levels are welcome into our program. We offer three skill groups to choose from; Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. Each group is limited to 32 skaters and two goalies. All adult campers will have the option of up to 8 hours of ice time each day ! Each group will receive a 1.5 hours training session in the morning and two hours of training in the afternoon. There will also be optional ice time available for private lessons, clinics, skill development and scrimmages, every evening, from 6:00 pm to 12:00 am. There will also be an optional one hour power shooting session each day. Optional recreational activities include swimming, water skiing, boating, fishing, golf, tennis and roller hockey. On ice training sessions will emphasize improving individual hockey skills including skating, passing, shooting, stick handling, etc. We will also focus on team play, as all campers will be taught effective offensive attacks, successful defensive strategies and learn from critiqued, video-taped team scrimmages. To learn more about the Heartland Adult Camp, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/heartlandhockey_alumni |