Running a good MAP/FHIT Hour
- Before session, check attendance a few hours in advance
- If there are waitlisters, follow the waitlist procedure on spring projects
- Once attendance is checked, create a plan
- Base your plan for the session on what the “Theme of the week” is
- Arrive to the rink 30 minutes before the sessions starts
- Touch base with skater staff to see what they are working on for the practice
- This will help you understand specifics to look for and work on
- Figure out what side you will start the session on
- Have iPad and MEGA attire
- Utilize any props you may need for the session based on theme
- Touch base with skater staff to see what they are working on for the practice
- Once on the ice, get your area of the ice set up for the first 20 mins
- Peg nets
- Set up props, etc
- Call goalies in
- Greet the goalies (Ask questions about their day)
- Get to know the kids
- Talk about what you are working on and specific details you want them to focus on
- Greet the goalies (Ask questions about their day)
- First 5-7 min warm the goalies up with specific skating drills that correlate to the “theme”
- Use iPad to film the goalies so you can show them some tendencies you see
- Communicate/demonstrate with the goalies to lock down the technique
- Once the goalies are warmed up progress into your drills with shots
- Use iPad to film again
- Don’t waste too much time showing the goalies
- Show a few details
- Communicate/demonstrate with the goalies to help lock down the details of the drill
- Use iPad to film again
- When the players staff needs the goalies for drills split the goalies up to both ends of the ice or where the player staff needs them
- During this 20 mins of the session make sure to film the goalies taking live shots from players
- Show the goalies the film of what you recorded while they were in the net
- Communicate with the goalies on things you saw during the shooting drills
- During this 20 mins of the session make sure to film the goalies taking live shots from players
- When the players are meeting with player staff bring the goalies to talk about things you saw so the whole group can learn
- The last 20 min of the session is small area game time
- During this time you can film the goalies but not expected
- Circulate throughout the different areas of where the games are being played to observe the goalies
- Once the small area game is complete talk with goalies about specific details you saw they should focus on during the next game
- Also, make sure to communicate on how they should switch nets
- When session is complete, bring the goalies in one last time before they step off the ice
- Talk about the things you worked on
- Details to improve on
- Any questions they may have
- After you get off the ice, make sure to check in the goalies who were at the session in the attendance box on GEM’s
- Look at our GEM’s document to see how to access your account
- Also, leave feedback in each of the goalies accounts from what you worked on during the session
- Be detailed since a lot of the feedback goes to the parents