Thursday, December 18, 2008

Will you be ready when hockey season kicks into high gear?

Eight hours of top-notch hockey skating, agility, stickhandling, shooting and hockey training are being offered over two sessions at Lawrence Academy, during Christmas Break, December 30 and January 2.

This is more than a hockey clinic. It is HOCKEY TRAINING. You improve your skills and your game through quality repetition at high tempo, using uncommon techniques and an educational training model.No doubt, hard work is the equalizer. Our clinics are difficult and meant for accomplished skaters, but they are also fun and rewarding.Good skaters from mites through midgets will be in attendance.

Don't miss out on this great opportunity for hockey training right here in Groton, MA.

Visit www.strongdynamics.com for more details on how to register. Don't wait! Just a few spots remaining.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Strong Dynamics Christmas Hockey Clinic at Lawrence Academy, Groton, MA

ELITE HOCKEY CLINICS
Lawrence Academy, Groton, MA

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 (4 Hours)
Friday, January 2, 2009 (4 Hours)

Tuesday, December 30, 4 hour clinic: $160/skater. Smaller group, advanced program, less than 20 skaters. 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM

Friday, January 2, 2009, 4 hour clinic: $120/skater maximum 25 skaters 1:00-5:30 PM

Skaters who attend both Clinics: $250


Here's a way for your to wrap confidence and skill up in a holiday paper and give it as a gift to your child. This is a gift that will keep on giving for years ahead.

Give your child 4 or 8 hours of elite hockey training featuring Chris Cowans over Christmas vacation on 12/30/08 and 01/02/09 at beautiful Lawrence Academy in Groton, MA.

You can attend session 1 on 12/30 for $160 or session 2 on 01/02 for $120, or do both sessions for $250.

Chris Cowans has already worked with many elite skaters from the Groton area. He visited us this summer in our Edge program with Richard Gallant. He coached for several weeks with the Strong Dynamics program on Sunday nights in the summer in Tyngsboro. He is head coach of one of the Middlesex Islanders AAA teams. Two of his sons play AAA hockey. He has worked with the Russian Dr. Smushkin who teaches in Tyngsboro in the summer and internationally.

Chris' style is influenced by European techniques which focus on agility and athleticism. He has an uncommon, effective teaching method. He is an educator and a trainer. He helps develop the student's capacity to learn through imitation and verbal instruction such that the student's learning does not stop at the end of the clinic. Skaters are able to remember and incorporate the knowledge as their own and practice it on their own, again and again, long after the clinic is finished.

One of our peewee skaters at our recent Thanksgiving clinic said, "I got better after the first drill."

You will notice that Chris is quiet on the ice and has a gift for helping skaters focus on learning. I think of him as the "hockey whisperer" and a figure skating instructor for hockey players. Skaters learn how to use their edges, shift quickly from inside to outside edge on one foot, jump, land with command of their edges, carry the puck with confidence while skating through turns, as well as other complicated hockey skating maneuvers.

Students who benefit most from Chris' clinics are intelligent and committed players who already have fundamental skating skills: inside and outside edges, stopping, c-cuts and crossovers. Chris will help your skater get to the next level by expanding on basic skating skills to enhance your skater's play in the game of hockey, teaching concepts such as personal space on the ice, protecting the puck, power, speed, fakes, evasive maneuvers, ambidexterity... all of the nuances of being a hockey player that we recognize as athleticism, talent, skill and hockey intelligence.

We hope to see you at one or both sessions! Don't delay. Our last clinic sold out in just a few days!

Strong Dynamics Elite Christmas Clinic Featuring Chris Cowans
Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM
Friday, January 2, 2009, 1:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Lawrence Academy, Groton, MA 01450

Player Name:____________________________________________
Parents' Names:_________________________________________
Address:________________________________________________
City: ______________________________State:_____Zip:_______
Home Phone:________________
Cell Phone:_________________________________
Birth Date: ___________________
Hockey Level: _____________
Email address___________________________________________

Agreement & Waiver
I acknowledge there is risk of injury for my child when participating in any hockey program. I understand and accept this risk. I hereby understand and agree that Strong Dynamics Hockey (SDH), Joyce Strong, SDH staff, hired consultants, volunteers and the facilities used to conduct hockey clinics shall in no way be held responsible or liable for any injury suffered by or inflicted by the above student while attending sessions of SDH. I waive and release Joyce Strong and SDH to act for me in any emergency requiring medical attention. I will be responsible for any medical or other charges in connection with his or her attendance at SDH Clinics. I attest the applicant is in good health and is able to participate in the physical activity of this rigorous hockey program. SDH is not responsible for lost or stolen property.

Medical Insurance:________________________________________
Policy #__________________________________
Signature:
(Parent/Guardian):_________________________________________________________
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Strong Dynamics Hockey
PO Box 50
Groton, MA 01450

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Contact Joyce Strong, joycestrong@charter.net

Save $5 on your Semiprivate Lesson with Coach Joyce at the PHD Center @ Skate 3 in Tyngboro through 01/11/09.

Semiprivate Hockey Skating Lessons are available by appointment with Coach Joyce Strong at the PHD Center at Skate 3, Tyngsboro (Small ice surface on 2nd floor). Everyone, youth and adults, will benefit from these highly specialized training sessions where you will correct deficiences and improve consistency in skating, stickhandling and shooting.

Sessions are offered by appointment to a maximum of 4 skaters/50 minutes, $25/skater. $5 off with this coupon through 01/11/09.

Contact Joyce Strong, joycestrong@charter.net

Offer Expires: January 11, 2009