Power Skating 101

 Welcome to Power Skating 101

Skating is today's game and to be at the top, to move up to the next level, to become a more confident complete player, skating technique must be developed and perfected.  With over 30 years experience in skating/skills instruction, having a back ground in figure skating PS101 can meet your player, team or organizational needs.

PS101 is committed to providing only the best instruction to the young players of today. Sessions are high paced and skills oriented with a focus on proper skating technique working on edging and balance keys to not only skating but passing and shooting. PS101 recognizes errors and knows how to correct providing expert instruction with a proven track record that will take your player(s), team(s) or organizations to a higher skill level. PS101 also offers specific mini camps and sessions to keep players at the top of their games, working on high pace skills drills, preparing them for upcoming tryouts or beginning of seasons. 

This is also the home of Northern Prospects  PS101 teams and soon to come in 2022 Junior Development League. PS101 teams offer a complete package - the fun and compete of meaningful hockey games,  great coaching and instruction, extra skill development sessions and the newly added off ice core training, your one stop program for your hockey players development.

PS101 is also offers skating and skill development of Ringette Players. Much like hockey ringette is a game where skating is a very large part of it and the need to help develope skating technique is often overlooked. PS101 has worked with the players and teams of the Newmarket Ringette Association where players continue to improve and teams have moved on to win championships. 

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Proper Instruction is the Difference

What PS101 Teaches

Skating is today’s game and proper skating technique is of the utmost importance to learn and further enhance. PS 101 brings this expertise instruction to all its sessions and camps. Its focus is to not just run drills, but to observe, instruct and correct.

PS101 believes a strong foundation of the basic fundamentals of proper skating technique needs to be established before adding pucks especially at a younger age. Balance, posture, body position, stick position, edging, back and front strides, front and back cross cuts, pivoting need to be developed at an early age and enhanced as the student grows.

To be a strong technical skater a player must not only improve the technical fundamentals of skating but also ones strength. PS101 has specific drills designed to test the endurance levels of each student as well as strengthen them. Timed drills will document each individual for both speed and endurance while documenting improved skating technique. PS101 also through its relationship with The Institute of Sport Performance and Wellness of Barrie has expert instruction in a controlled and fully insured environment to work on core building and strengthening during the season and during off season.

As proper skating technique is established it is important to maintain proper posture and stick position with pucks when performing edge work, turning, pivoting, forward and backward skating. Shooting and passing also form part of our sessions to further ensure technique is maintained with the puck further enhancing the development of the player.

PS101 helps improve each and every student which helps with self esteem and confidence, important factors in developing into a well rounded person and player. It is important to me that my clients enjoy the process, learn something from every session and improve at every session while still having fun.

Skills Developement are enhanced and thrive with proper skating technique. Most all drills used at PS 101 camps and sessions not only work on the skills of shooting and passing but also do so while repeating the basic fundamentals of edging, balance, body and stick position.

I welcome any and all person(s) to retain my services and learn to skate the proper way while enjoying great conditioning and strengthening drills. You want to get to the next level then PS101 has proven they can take you there

My goal is to improve every student from the first session