Ice Land Announces the Return of the VGT Clinics

Andy Skop is returning this Spring/Summer  with his VGT Clinics.....Variable Goals Training!!!!!!

Meeting every Wednesday.....starting May 7th - Aug. 27, 2008

Video will be held at 5:30pm - 6:30pm

On Ice will be held at 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Price:  

$255 - 17 sessions

$25 walk on fee

On-Line Registration is available

Registration & Payment may be completed in advance at Ice Land or you can register the day of the Clinic

Full Equipment is required and there will be space for only 35 skaters so sign up early!!!!

Goalies are welcome & encouraged to join free of charge

If you have any questions please call our office-609-588-6672 x10 Monday-Friday 9am-7pm Saturday & Sunday 9am-5pm

Space is Limited to 35 players.....Please register in person at our Reception Desk prior to the beginning of the Clinics to ensure a space for your child, or you can register the day of the Clinic, don't delay.

VGT SESSIONS
VARIABLE GOALS TRAINING MODEL

A new method of teaching individual skills and puck-handling excellence

We call this training method Variable Goals Training(VGT). This type of training is used to focus on the development of individual skills and it is very different from typical team training practices.
In Variable Goals Training we place multiple hockey goals in different positions within small areas of the ice in a way that challenges players to work on technique while giving them the options and the freedom to make creative decisions. The goals act like imaginary opponents that the player has to beat. By putting the goals in different positions we can train one on one situation, breakouts, cycling, play behind the offensive goal line and even point play for defensemen. By reducing the space and distance between the goals and or by placing the goals close to the boards, we deliberately put time and space pressure on the players. You will see the drills put a heavy emphasis on the development of agility skating and forward and backward skating with the puck with special emphasis on pivoting, forehand and backhand spins, cutbacks, escape moves and above all, lateral movement with the puck.
In traditional drills the coach tells the player exactly what to do, where to skate, and when to make a pass. In our VGT training we always try to give the players skating, deking, or passing options to make them develop their own decision-making and judgment.
We usually start VGT practice sessions by watching the VGT video, for at least 30 minutes, and then we proceed to the on ice session with some agility skating drills without the puck to teach the fundamental skating patterns. Next we skate the same patterns with pucks and fekes. The third level of progression is to add teammates or opposing players to provide an interactive element to the play. You will notice that very often the VGT drills have players skating from different directions in such a way that they are forced to share the same space and time so as to force the players to adjust their speed while keeping their head up choosing the open lane. In these conditions, players develop their mental awareness and split-vision while handling the puck.
Finally, the best reason for VGT is that the players love the opportunity to compete, to be creative, and to improve their individual skill. Players watch each others technique and they quickly adopts what works and incorporate it into their own game. The drills provide an environment where players will stretch beyond their comfort zone. The drills are short in duration, high intensity that is very game-like.