Clinics
CPYHA Clinic Descriptions
A Taste of Hockey
This clinic is designed for those players who aren’t exactly sure if they want to play or not. They’re curious, and just need a little "taste of hockey” to see if they like it. We think they’ll love it once they start! This clinic will simply introduces the game, with an emphasis on having fun, with basic skating and hockey skills added in. This clinic is open to both boys and girls in the CPYHA boundaries only.
Mite/Girls 8U
This clinic is for Mites and Girls 8U age players. Our instructors will emphasize skating skills and technique, puck control and shooting. This clinic will help the players prepare for both evaluations and the upcoming Mite and 8U seasons.
Squirt
This clinic is for all Squirts. The emphasis of this clinic is on continued development of basic hockey skills including skating, puck control, and shooting. Introduction to situational play, including 1 on 1, 2 on 1’s, etc…Basic puck protection drills will be introduced with some 1-1 challenges.
PeeWee
This clinic is for all PeeWee’s . The emphasis of this clinic is on more advanced development of hockey skills including skating, puck control, and shooting in a high tempo “overspeed” environment. Players will be introduced to basic body checking during the PeeWee clinic. Puck protection drills will emphasize the importance of using your body. 1-1 battles will be introduced.
Bantam
The emphasis of this clinic is on the development and reinforcement of advanced hockey skills, including skating, puck control, “read and react,” shooting and shot selection in a high tempo overspeed environment. A number of puck protection drills will take place in this camp. 1-1 battles out of the corner and in front of the net will fully prepare these players for tryouts.
Girls 10U/12U/14U
This clinic is for all girls 10U – 14U age players. Our instructors will emphasize skating skills and technique, puck control and shooting. This clinic will help the players prepare for both evaluations and the upcoming seasons.
Boys High School (2 sessions)
The emphasis of this clinic is on the development and reinforcement of advanced hockey skills, including skating, puck control, “read and react,” shooting and shot selection in a high tempo overspeed environment.
Girls High School
The emphasis of this clinic is on the development and reinforcement of advanced hockey skills, including skating, puck control, “read and react,” shooting and shot selection in a high tempo overspeed environment.
Goalie**
ProHybrid Training
Designed for all goalies from beginner through High School, both boys and girls. The emphasis of this clinic is basic through advanced goalie training and techniques. Goaltenders who sign up for this clinic can also attend the appropriate age level clinic (Mite/U8, Squirt, PeeWee, Bantam and Girls Clinic) as a goalie. This will also include the 3 vs. 3 sessions for the youth goalies. This clinic will have a 3:1 goalie to instructor ratio.
3 vs. 3
This will be an introduction to the fast paced fun environment of 3 on 3 small area hockey games. All these games will be cross ice with teams of approximately 9 players and a couple goalies on each team. New teams will be picked each night. The horn will blow every minute ensuring for a fast paced game with equal playing time for all participants. Each team will have 1 coach to keep things organized and moving. There are no whistles and all penalties result in a penalty shot. Coaches call penalties. This is very exciting and fun format of hockey. Game scores will be kept just to keep things competitive.
