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Camp Attended: Power Skating and Puck Control "Mini" Camp on June 16-18th, 2010 for 7-11 year olds in Surrey, BC
Overall - Great coach, organizationally challenged
(All ratings go from 1 = worst to 5 = best)
Quality of Coach - 4
Quality of Assistant coaches - 4
Coach to Student ratio - 5
Quality of Drills - 4
Game day or scrimmage - 0 (none)
Age vs. Skill & flexibility - 3
Organization - 2
Off-ice session - 2
Jersey - 2
Website - 2
Value for money - 3 (early registration discounts available)
Would we go back? Yes, if the timing was right.
This was the first camp we attended in Canada in June of 2010, mainly because it was in June and fit into our travel schedule. Had some challenges signing up as the info posted on the webpage did not exactly match the info from the pdf downloads. The website itself is not great and doesn't give quite as much info as one would hope (lots of info on the coach which is good, but no videos or testimonials/reviews from parents whose kids have attended in the past, and all camp info is contained on PDFs that you have to download). Then once I'd registered the e-mails listed my son as being in the 11-14 year old mini-shooting camp, not the 7-11 year old Power skating & Puck Control camp. Finally got that sorted out, however when we arrived at the rink in Surrey 1 hour before the session (as requested in the documentation) there was no one there to meet us. Luckily there was another father & son and I confirmed that we were in the right place. Finally Coach Enio showed up. We got signed up, and he had Jerseys for the kids. Unfortunately the jersey was way too big for my son, as apparently he was still registered in the 11-14 year old camp, but my son made do.
Onto the ice and things quickly picked up steam. The drills were excellent, and with a very low coach to student ratio, each kid got great individual instruction. Coach Enio has spent a lot of time in Europe, and this shows as the focus really was on skating and stickhandling. He used the triangles very well to teach puckhandling and had the kids doing some drills I'd never seen before that seemed very effective. Overall the organization and use of time was excellent with very little downtime or waiting in line.
For the Power skating session, this was held by a specialist speed skating instructor, and there was an off-ice session as well.
In terms of the off-ice sessions, it was mostly videos and lectures with a lot of good information that connected directly to what they were teaching on the ice, but some of the motivational aspects were a bit hokey, and probably better suited to an older audience, as some of the younger kids were rolling their eyes. They would be better off doing a bit more conditioning, and less lecturing.
Back on the ice and more great drills. I was a bit worried about how my son would do, as he was one of the youngest kids on the ice, however he did fine. There was a fair range in abilities and ages, however the high coach to student ratio meant that this was OK.
All in all, my son had fun, the coach was good, but the lack of organization knocks their score down.
Please note: The review posted here is for informational purposes only and is not designed to promote any specific camp. The information posted is specifically for the camp that my son attended and that I viewed. Your experience may be different. Also, please be aware that some camps may change their format over time and make improvements, or have other issues come up. I am not responsible for any differences in what is posted here and what you may experience.
Camp Attended: Power Skating and Puck Control "Mini" Camp on June 16-18th, 2010 for 7-11 year olds in Surrey, BC
Overall - Great coach, organizationally challenged
(All ratings go from 1 = worst to 5 = best)
Quality of Coach - 4
Quality of Assistant coaches - 4
Coach to Student ratio - 5
Quality of Drills - 4
Game day or scrimmage - 0 (none)
Age vs. Skill & flexibility - 3
Organization - 2
Off-ice session - 2
Jersey - 2
Website - 2
Value for money - 3 (early registration discounts available)
Would we go back? Yes, if the timing was right.
This was the first camp we attended in Canada in June of 2010, mainly because it was in June and fit into our travel schedule. Had some challenges signing up as the info posted on the webpage did not exactly match the info from the pdf downloads. The website itself is not great and doesn't give quite as much info as one would hope (lots of info on the coach which is good, but no videos or testimonials/reviews from parents whose kids have attended in the past, and all camp info is contained on PDFs that you have to download). Then once I'd registered the e-mails listed my son as being in the 11-14 year old mini-shooting camp, not the 7-11 year old Power skating & Puck Control camp. Finally got that sorted out, however when we arrived at the rink in Surrey 1 hour before the session (as requested in the documentation) there was no one there to meet us. Luckily there was another father & son and I confirmed that we were in the right place. Finally Coach Enio showed up. We got signed up, and he had Jerseys for the kids. Unfortunately the jersey was way too big for my son, as apparently he was still registered in the 11-14 year old camp, but my son made do.
Onto the ice and things quickly picked up steam. The drills were excellent, and with a very low coach to student ratio, each kid got great individual instruction. Coach Enio has spent a lot of time in Europe, and this shows as the focus really was on skating and stickhandling. He used the triangles very well to teach puckhandling and had the kids doing some drills I'd never seen before that seemed very effective. Overall the organization and use of time was excellent with very little downtime or waiting in line.
For the Power skating session, this was held by a specialist speed skating instructor, and there was an off-ice session as well.
In terms of the off-ice sessions, it was mostly videos and lectures with a lot of good information that connected directly to what they were teaching on the ice, but some of the motivational aspects were a bit hokey, and probably better suited to an older audience, as some of the younger kids were rolling their eyes. They would be better off doing a bit more conditioning, and less lecturing.
Back on the ice and more great drills. I was a bit worried about how my son would do, as he was one of the youngest kids on the ice, however he did fine. There was a fair range in abilities and ages, however the high coach to student ratio meant that this was OK.
All in all, my son had fun, the coach was good, but the lack of organization knocks their score down.
Please note: The review posted here is for informational purposes only and is not designed to promote any specific camp. The information posted is specifically for the camp that my son attended and that I viewed. Your experience may be different. Also, please be aware that some camps may change their format over time and make improvements, or have other issues come up. I am not responsible for any differences in what is posted here and what you may experience.
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