OMHA Development Sessions


 

OMHA DEVELOPMENT BOOKING INSTRUCTIONS

Booking Procedure:

• To book a development session, the Head Coach or Manager will need to send an email
to an APPROVED VENDOR.

• The Email Subject line needs to be formatted as follows:
Division - Tier - Team Name - Booking

• Example:
Peewee U13 - T1 - Oilers - Booking

• For U7 and U9 teams that will be sharing one instructor, please include both teams’
information.

• Example
Novice U9 - B - Oilers and Flames - Booking

• Please include in your Emails Body:
Your requested Skill Development Group, Date, Time and Location of the on-ice practice. If it is
a request to book Built Strong Athletics for an off-ice session, then please include the
requested date and time that will work for your team, and we will do our best to accommodate.
Lastly, please include your contact information. (Email and Phone)

• Once availability has been confirmed, The APPROVED VENDOR will CC the information to
The VP of Player Development. Please reach out to Vendor’s further, for details regarding
your aforementioned session, tailored to what you’d specifically like to work on. Please
communicate skill session’s with your team ahead of time. This provides context to OMHA’s
members on Development information.
General Information

• OMHA provides 4 Team sessions at no additional cost, To fully utilize these sessions, Please
follow the booking procedure.This ensures every team has equal access to provided
Development Vendors. Sessions booked outside this procedure is the responsibility of each
Team to cover those costs. In addition to your 4 sessions covered by OMHA, we encourage
you to utilize our development group as much as possible within your team budgets.

• For U9/ U11 Half Ice Practice - You are more than welcome to have a group come out for the
full hour or split with the team you are sharing practice.

• For TimBits (U7) - It is recommended to share with another team on 2/3 ice for 60 minutes.
Please ensure there are enough coaches to support this format.

• If you have already reached out to a development group directly to book a session, please
follow the above process today to ensure booking is secured. All bookings will be handled
through the association.
 
 

Cross Ice Hockey

10 Indisputable Statistics Proving Cross Ice is Better Than Full Ice for Young Players: 

  1. 6x more shots on goal/player
  2. 5x more passes received/player
  3. 2x more puck battles/player
  4. 2x more puck touches/player
  5. 2x more pass attempts/player
  6. 2x more shot attempts/player
  7. 2x more change of direction pivots
  8. 1.75 shots/minute vs 0.45 shots/minute playing full ice
  9. Turns out the actual stats of the U8 game resemble those of an NHL game.

Video Link to: NHL Analytics Tracking of 8U Hockey Players

NHL Analytics Tracking of 8U Hockey Players

Video Link - Hockey from a child's view:

A Child View

Click Below Image to go to Hockey Canada "DRILL HUB"

Drill Hub

 Hockey Canada Drill Hub 

 

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TheDrillBook.com
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