North American Hockey Academy

June 22-24, 2012
July 19-22, 2012

Long Weekend, High-Performance Camps focusing on Position Specific Development
for the Motivated Player looking to maximize her Potential

A camp that focuses on:

• Position specific skill (offense and defense) development
• Understanding the nuances of offense and defense
• Learning the steps to progress to play the college game
• Position play with and without the puck

• About the Camp Format

These camps are short, intense camps aimed to convey a lot of information, give players many reps at position specific skills and concepts so they can make key changes to their position in the long weekend camps. The June 22-24 camp is a Friday-Sunday format and the July 19-22 runs from Thursday-Sunday.

• Who is this Camp For?

This camp is for players 13 years old and up who seek a highly competitive camp focusing on becoming a better player and understanding how to play their position better. Younger players must be in the top levels in skill, skating, strength and game sense in their age group in order to get the most out of the camp. 

• Why Choose NAHA Camps?

This camp is all about teaching the most important and usually least taught skill of all, 'Thinking the Game.' We have brought together coaches that all believe 'You can teach hockey sense.'
Core Philosophy: We believe in order to experience success and true learning, players must also make mistakes. In our camp environment, we are committed to helping players learn and make long term changes.
On-ice Position Specific Skill Development: As we seek to add new tools to each player’s tool box, we teach proper execution then application of the skills in overspeed environments, getting players out of their comfort zones. Players will gain experience and repetitions on the nuances of their position.
Off-ice sessions: Players will meet with the coaching staff to review video on their postion. Clips of NHL, Women's National and College Teams, elite High School Teams will be used to show the fundamental concepts of the game for their position, and the progression as players move to higher levels.
Training Program: Players will receive information about state-of-the-art hockey-specific training to help them with their off season training. Consulting with USA Hockey and NHL team strength coaches and exercise physiologists, the NAHA program is at the cutting edge of training for hockey. Players leave with an understanding of what they need to do, and when they need to do it.

On-ice ‘Thinking the Game’ Program: We are committed to teaching through small games/activities that incorporate concepts of movement, transition, puck possession, support and playing the Team Game to develop Game Sense. We place an emphasis on player decisions, solving problems and being creative within game situations.

The development of Game Sense is a combination of recognizing the cues the game presents and using tactics and strategy to solve the games problems. In our video sessions we will give players great looks at the concepts and key elements to help them better understand how to play their position. Players exposed to our type of instruction can bring their new understanding and increased skill performance directly into game, while learning it in an atmosphere that balances the development of the athlete with lots of fun!

Each on-ice session is based on our daily point-of-emphasis and combines a series of skill development exercises, brings those skills into combination play in small groups then applies the skills and concepts in tactical game play.

• Off- Ice Program:

- "Opportunities in Hockey" Seminar conducted by Camp Staff
- Off ice Skills Development Program as used in the NAHA residential winter program
- NAHA Training Sessions: Strength & Conditioning for the Female Hockey player. Sport specific off ice ice training sessions.

 If you are 13 years and older, and looking for a challenging on ice experience, growing your game and developing as a player, this camp is for you. Daily on ice practices focus on position specific instruction, and fun evening activities round out the camp experience. If you have any questions, email us at: link