Battle & Checking Camp
2024 Pre-Tryout Battle & Checking Camp
Location: Ice Castle Arena
– Tuesday, April 2, 2024
– Wednesday, April 3, 2024
– Thursday, April 4, 2024
– Friday, April 5, 2024
7:50 – 8:50 PM [Bantam & Midget | 2011 & older]
Price: $215
**Please note: Due to scheduling constraints, jerseys will not be provided. Please have your son/daughter wear their preferred jersey.
Knowing and utilizing tactful body positioning and proper checking technique allows players to maintain puck possession, disrupt that of their opponent, and, most importantly, compete safely. The Quest Hockey Battle & Checking Camp is designed to teach players proper angling and checking techniques, how to safely and properly give, take, and avoid stick and body checks, strategies to win battles along the boards, and to confidently possess the puck in tight areas.
Progressive drills and competitive small-area games will target and reinforce specific strategies and techniques. Players will be given plenty of opportunities to use, and gain confidence in, their angling and checking skills. After this week-long learning experience, players will more confidently initiate and receive body contact, possess and take away the puck, and battle along the boards.
Bantam/Midget [’10 & older]
– Proper angling
– Stick checks
– Protecting the puck & puck possession
– Escaping with, and controlling, the puck along the boards
– Proper defensive position
– Establishing body position
– Establishing body contact
– Handling the puck in tight areas
– Proper checking technique
– Safely giving and receiving checks along the boards and in open ice
– Evading checks and body contact
VIDEO: Battle for the puck in the corner
VIDEO: Battle for the cone
VIDEO: Lift the stick drill
