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FOR THE OVER 50 HOCKEY PLAYER
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EMAIL: Jim@AgelessHockey.com
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Kim Muir Summer Skating Camp – Adults
Wednesday nights: 1.5 hours per session, 6 weeks
8:00 PM to 9:30 PM (No Skate 7/3)
I’ve never had skating or hockey lessons.

***June 19, 2019 (WEEK 1 of 6)***
24 students: 13 men, 11 women (18-32 yr). Six of us are from the Over-60 League:
1/3 stick-handling and shooting with Kim’s instructors.
2/3 skating with Kim Muir and the instructors.

Stickhandling Drills

1. Between cones, pucks, toe drag
2. Toe of our skate blade toe on a puck. Holding onto the boards. Bend right leg (knee touching the boards), with left stake toe on a puck. Stretch left leg as far as you can behind you and bring it back next to your right skate. Need to keep the puck on the toe of the left skate. Now to the same on the other skate.
– This drill was to increase the length of your stride.
3. Blade skate toe on a puck, holding an instructor’s stick. He is skating backwards the width of the ice (85’). You must keep taking a stride (back and returning forward) while keeping the puck under your skate blade toe. Then do it on the other skate.
4. Everyone was told to get a puck. Then skate between the blue lines while stickhandling. One instructor flipped his stick over (holding it near the blade). He then tried to get the puck off our sticks with the knob of his stick. Once you lose the puck, you are now on the instructor’s team. So, you flip your stick over and try to get the puck away from a player with the knob of your stick. After a few minutes there are more players trying to get the puck away from the other students.

Skating Drills

Kim would show the skating drill technique. Then she would pick 3 instructors that would do the full drill.
– Three or Four lines of Players. Then we did the drills at the same time.
Forward skating only
1. Feet at a right angle (V angle).
2. Lifting front knee high, then pushing forward.
3. Skating with back leg in the air (parallel to the ice), like a figure skater.

NOTE: Each drill started from the goal line. Blue line, center red line, other blue line. Then we came back doing the same drill.

Kim or one of the 6 instructors would skate next to us during a drill. If we did it wrong, they would stop you and have you do it again.

***June 26, 2019 (WEEK 2 of 6)***

Skating Drills

1. Backwards crossovers: Low and wide stance (on the inside edges). Then cross foot in front of the other.
2. Forward crossovers: trying to keep back skate flat on the ice for faster turns.
3. Mohawk: Dropped one of our gloves. Open hips and keep the back of skates close to each other. Push on one skate and glide on the other.

Stickhandling and Shooting Drills

1. Stickhandled between six pucks in a straight line. Backwards, then skating forward. At the end of each drill we would shoot into the net.
2. Two cones: One at the top of each face off circle (between the blue line and goal line). Skated with the puck towards one cone, then cut back (faked) to the other cone, faked again, then shot at the net.
3. Same as first class: Everyone was told to get a puck. Then skate between the blue lines while stickhandling. One instructor flipped his stick over (holding it near the blade). He then tried to get the puck off our sticks with the knob of his stick. Once you lose the puck, you flip your stick over and try to get the puck away from a player with the knob of your stick.
4. Slap Shots: I haven’t done a slap shot in 20 years (not allowed in our DIH or Over 60 League).
5. Monkey in the middle: Lined up around the center ice circle. Instructor got in the middle. We passed the puck to another player, but couldn’t pass it to the players next to us. When the instructor stopped your pass, you went in the middle.

***July 10, 2019 (WEEK 3 of 6)***

Skating Drills

1. Skating forward on one skate, with the back leg dragging the side of the skate boot.
2. Mohawk again around cones at blue line, center red line and other blue line.
3. Forward and Backward Crossovers: Front knee up towards chest, turn with the other skate behind the other, keeping it a foot about the ice (in the air).
4. Skate forward, hard stop to left, then crossover right, then backwards crossover.

Stickhandling and Shooting Drills

1. Monkey in the middle again.
2. Skate around a cone, next player in line passes you the puck. Skate halfway around the cone again, then shoot. Do the other side, so you’re shooting on your backhand.
3. A player on each side of a cone about 10 feet apart. One passes you the puck on your forehand and you pass it back on your forehand side. Next pass you receive is on the other side of the cone, to your backhand side. You pass it back on your backhand. After 4 times, shoot.
3a. The same drill, but when you receive the pass, stickhandle it side to side before passing it back.

My Thoughts at the half way point of this camp (included in the podcast)

***July 17, 2019 (WEEK 4 of 6)***

Skating Drills

1. Many of the same drills were done, but this time while carrying the puck.
2. Doing backwards crossovers with a puck.
3. NO PUCK: Skating forward as fast as we felt comfortable doing: alternating crossovers for the length of the ice.
4. WITH PUCK: Standing WIDE stance, stick on the puck by your side, then crossing one foot in front of the other. Once the foot has crossed, then move your stick and puck to the side you crossed to.
5. Instructor holding the back of your jersey. You dragged them from the goal line to the first blue line. Then from the blue line, back to the goal line.

Stickhandling and Passing Drills

1. Center ice circle. Like monkey in the middle. Two players across the circle from each other. One player in the middle. Doing a saucer pass to each other (puck in the air) and the player in the middle tries to stop it with his stick.
2. Skate counterclockwise around the right face off circle near the goal. Instructor passes you a puck, you pass it back to him, then you shoot.
2a. Do the same drill skating backwards
3. Go to the left face off circle and do these same drills skating clockwise.
4. Same as we did the previous week. Passing and receiving around one cone, from our forehand and backhand.
5. Instructor throws a puck overhand, so it’s bouncing. You need to stop the puck with your stick or skate, then pass it to a player about 10’ away. Five pucks before rotating players.

***July 24, 2019 (WEEK 5 of 6)***

Skating Drills

1. More of the same drills, while carrying the puck.
2. Backwards Crossovers without the puck.
3. Mohawk’s: Alternating turning in circles at the blue line, center red line and next blue line.
I’m surprised at how many Mohawk drills we’re doing. These are supposed to be helping increase our flexibility, which is tough at my age.
4. Skate forward, pass the puck to the instructor, hard stop at the blue line, turn backwards, then do a backwards crossover while the instructor passes the puck back to you. Then pass the puck back to the instructor. He passes it to you and you go to the center red line. Do the same drill on the other side. Then again at the next blue line.

Stickhandling and Shooting Drills

1. Players in two lines about 30’ from the net. Take turns shooting at the net, trying to hit a post (R, L and Crossbar). The line that hit all posts first was the winner.
2. Fifteen lined up pucks on the center red line. Stickhandled around them.
3. Left side: Three cones in a straight line between the goal line and blue line.
Right side: Three cones in a straight line between the goal line and blue line.
Players raced going around the cones, then to a puck 15’ in front of the net, then shoot into the net.

***July 31, 2019 (WEEK 6 of 6)***

Skating Drills

1. More of the same drills, while carrying the puck.
2. Backwards crossovers with a puck.
3. Skating forward with the puck. Alternating crossovers the length of the ice.
4. Skating forward and the instructor is skating a few feet away from you. We did crossovers and passed the puck on our forehand to the instructor. He passed the puck back to us. We did this for the length of the ice.
– Coming back was the same, except this time we passed on our backhand.

Scrimmage

– Two instructors on each line all the time.
– Kim had full equipment on.
– Both goalies were excellent.
– This was fun.

Penalty Shot

I shot twice on one goalie and once on the other.

Watering Hole

Across the parking lot from the ice arena is a softball complex and a bar. We went to the bar for drinks and food.

WHAT I THOUGHT OF THIS CAMP (more in the podcast)

BAD

– Stopping
– Shooting
– I’m still not good at backwards crossovers

GOOD

– 6 weeks: once class per week was great
– Kim and the instructors were great.
– This class got me in better condition.
– It makes me feel good that I completed this training at my age.

TIPS: if you ever go to a class like this
1. Be in shape.
2. I think this would be tough for beginner skaters/players.

LISTENER EMAIL

Wes
Got called by James T to play goalie. His first win as a goalie in 25 years. CONGRATULATIONS Wes!

8 of Wes’ favorite hockey Books

Nightmare on 33rd Street: A Long Season with the NY Rangers

Hockey Night Fever – about hockey in the 70’s

The Greatest Game: The Montreal Canadiens, the Red Army, and the Night That Saved Hockey

Playing With Fire by Theo Fleury

Thin Ice: A Season in Hell with the NY Rangers – About the Rangers of the late 70’s.

The Battle of Alberta – about the Oilers/Flames rivalry of the 80’s and 90’s.

The Rebel League: The Short and Unruly Life of the World Hockey Association

The Russian Five: A Story of Espionage, Defection, Bribery and Courage
Sergei Federov, Slava Fetisov, Slava Kozlov, Igor Larionov and Vladimir Konstantinov

Wes had more emails that I’ll cover in future podcasts.

Joe
Joe wanted to know if I ask the goalie before the game (playing D) how he wants me to handle 2 on 1 and other situations. NO, I haven’t, but that’s a great idea.
Joe is going to an Adult Skills Camp with the Seattle Thunderbirds: Major junior teams in the WHL (Western Hockey League).

Joe had more info in this email that I’ll cover in the next podcast.

TIPS

Kim Muir
I asked Kim a couple questions
1. What should I do when I’m sore?
– If you’re sore after playing hockey, DON’T sit around for days to recover.
Kim said to keep moving to break up the lactic acid in your muscles. Do low intensity activity: Stretch, walk, bike, etc.
Also get plenty of sleep and drink water.
2. I’m still not skating well backwards. What should I do?
– Keep practicing on the ice.
– Off the ice: Go up and down stairs crossing your feet in front and behind each other on each step. Hold onto the hand rail.

UPDATE ON JIM

I’m in the OHL this Fall.

Perani’s Hockey World annual Warehouse Clearance Sale was amazing.
I got two new sticks.

THANKS AGAIN FOR LISTENING!

Please let me know if you have attended an adult camp or any other class.
Email me at Jim@AgelessHockey.com

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