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MARTIAN CUP CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK SCHEDULE

Everyone,

 

Monday night Mites:

8/8 - Monday- Martian cup 6:30 - 9:10 pm

8/11- Thursday - make up session from July 4th - 7 to 9 pm on South rink.

 

Tuesday night Pee Wee/ Bantams:

8/9 - Tuesday - Martian Cup - 6:30 - 9:10 pm

 

Tuesday night Squirts and Mites:

8/9 - No skills

8/16 - Tuesday - Martian Cup - 6:30 - 9:10 pm

 

Wednesday night Squirts:

8/10 - Wednesday - Martian Cup - 6:30 - 9:10 pm

 

Thursday Night Squirts and Pee Wee:

8/11 - Thursday - Martian Cup - 5:30 - 8:10 pm

 

Wednesday Night Goalies:

8/10 -goalie session at 7 pm

8/17 - last goalie session at 7 pm

A separate email will be sent regarding goalies and Martian cup week

 

 

It is very important that you notify us if you will not be able to attend.

This is our version of the Stanley Cup Tournament! It is an opportunity for all of the Players to feel like the Bruins players did on their journey to become the Stanley Cup Champions of 2011.

It is all about the experience of feeling like an NHL player for a night!

REGISTRATION FOR SUMMER OF 2011 UPDATE 6/14/2011

Mites  MONDAY NIGHTS - FILLED

Mites and Squirts Tuesday - FILLED

Squirts - WEDNESDAY NIGHTS FILLED

PW/Bantam - TUESDAY SESSION FILLED

Pee Wee/Squirt Thursday - WAIT LISTED

Goalies - Sold out

HS JV - 2 spots

HS Varsity - 2 spots

Checking - 1 spot

Defense - 1spot

Pee Wee - Bantam session has Re-open this afternoon

We have shuffled things around and will have 5 slots open for the Thursday night session. Thanks!

New Mite and Squirt session added for Tuesday nights ( 6/21 - 8/16)Filled and now excepting a waiting list!

 We are pleased to announce that we have added a new Squirt and Mite  combined session which will be offered on Tuesday nights from 7 pm to 9 pm on the South Rink at Phillips Academy in Andover, MA.

We will separate the players by talent level for our skills and our 3 v3 scrimmages. We will look to make adjustments to the other squirt sessions based on the talent level of the players. We want to make sure we are not holding back  players or have any players that feel over their head. This program is about learning, competing, and having fun!

This session will fill fast based on our waiting list for both the current mite and squirt sessions. It is a first come first serve basis for registration.

If youhave any questions please email info@martiansportsskills.com

There will not be any skills duri ng the week of 8/8. This session will have their Martian cup tournament the week of 8/15.

 

SUMMER 2011 PROGRAMS ANNOUNCED FOR YOUTH, HIGH SCHOOL, AND GOALIES

Martian Sports Skills in entering our 13th Summer of providing quality instruction for boys and girls at the youth and High School age level. Our programs are designed to give each player an opportunity to improve their game thru our program that incorporates skills and cross ice into a single night of fun each week.

Our High school program has been designed to be affordable but bring in some of the top notch instructors from the College and Prep school rankings.

Below is a description of all of our programs for the summer of 2011. if you are interested please use our online registration link located on the left hand menu of the home page.

STARTS THE WEEK OF JUNE 20TH AND FINISHISHING THE WEEK OF AUGUST 8TH

If you have any questions please email info@martiansportsskills.com

Thank you for choosing Martian Sports Skills for the Summer of 2011.

John Pellerin - Director

SUMMER 2011 SKILLS PROGRAMS

 

 

                    NEW SKILLS PROGRAMFORMAT (GIRLS &BOYS)

Skills and Cross Ice Combined program for the SUMMER of 2011!!

MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY

STARTING THE WEEK OF JUNE 20TH AND FINISHISHING THE WEEK OF AUGUST 8TH

120 minutes weekly sessions, 8 weeks, PHILLIPS ACADEMY

COST $240

 

Martian Sports Skills will continue with our new format to our successful skills program for the SUMMER of 2011! We will expand this combination of our successful skills format and the success of the development of our Cross Ice game format to 120 minutes each week for the summer of 2011. Each player will receive 60 minutes of skills instruction weekly and a 60 minute XICE GAME EACH WEEK.

 

Mike O’Neil and Paul Sacco will once again return to run our successful 8 WEEK, WEEKLY program for mite, squirt, and pee wee/ bantam players. Each of these programs will meet once a week for 8 weeks for 120 minutes. The program is designed around the following weekly lessons:

Week 1: Discovering your edges    

Week 2: The importance of balance  

Week 3: Stopping and starting                        

Week 4: Crossovers / quick acceleration        

Week 5: Backward skating and transition 

 

Week 6: Shooting and Stick handling    

Week 7: Battle Skills and Body position/checking  

Week 8: MARTIAN CUP TOURNAMNET

 

All of our weekly lessons are weekly skills are reviewed each week with the purpose of building a foundation for the young players to build on throughout the entire program.

 

ALL SESSIONS – 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM        COST IS $240 PER SESSION PER PLAYER

EACH PLAYER WILL RECEIVE A TOTAL OF 16 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION

 

MITES -  MONDAY NIGHTS

PW/ BTM - TUESDAY NIGHTS

SQUIRTS - WEDNESDAY NIGHTS

ALL SESSIONS LIMITED AND SPACE IS PROVIDED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS

 

 

 MIDDLE SCHOOL DEFENCEMEN SKILLS (7wk, weekly 1 hour sessions) THURSDAY NIGHTS

 Chris Dymant, Boston Bruins, will once again head up our defensive and checking skills programs. Chris will be joined by Ryan Soderquist (Head coach Bently College), Mark Dennehy (Head coach Merrimac College)
. This program is designed on improving the skills of a defenseman by concentrating on skating, angling, position, and checking. This camp is very popular and sells out quickly.

COST PER PLAYER = $155 PER PLAYER

GRADES 6- 7 & 8 – 8:10 PM

 

 MIDDLE SCHOOL CHECKING SKILLS – (7wk, weekly 1 hour sessions) THURSDAY NIGHTS

Martian Sports Skills will offer a weekly checking skills program. We introduce the proper method of checking both with the body and with the stick. We will teach the proper techniques and positioning of a player in all aspects of the game. This program will be limited to 30 players. Players must be in their Pee Wee and Bantam years. We will separate the players by birth years to ensure safety.

COST PER PLAYER = $155 PER PLAYER

GRADES 6- 7 – 8 @ 7:00 PM

 

 

MARTIAN CUP TOURNAMENT 2011

Martian Sports Skills is pleased to announce that our 13th annual tournament will cap off our summer skills programs. This tournament is the highlight of all of our participants as they play for the right to carry the cup around the ice like their hero’s of the NHL. The winners will also have their name etched on the cup for future players to admire. The tournament will take place the week of August 8th 2011.  

 

 

 

       

 

                 

 

 

 

 

SUMMER 2011 HIGH SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAM

 

MARTIAN SPORTS SKILLS WILL ONCE AGAIN OFFER THIS COMPLETE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR  HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY PLAYERS ENTERING IN THE 9TH GRADE TO THE 12TH GRADE. The program is split into 2 sessions, Varsity skills and JV/incoming Freshman skills.

ON ICE INSTRUCTION

THIS PROGRAM COMBINES 23+ HOURS ON ICE INSTRUCTION BY COMBINING THE SERVICES OF VARIOUS HOCKEY EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELD. THIS PROGRAM WIL PROVIDE DIFFERENT PROFFESIONAL HOCKEY INSTRUCTORS EACH WEEK, THIS PROGRAM WILL TEACH THE PLAYERS THE IMPORTANCE OF SKILL WORK AND HOW TO IMPROVE PLAY IN ALL ZONES ON THE ICE. OUR INSTRUCTION WILL BE ADVANCED AND VERY HIGH TEMPO TOUCHING BASE ON COVERAGE, TRANSITION, NEUTRAL, OFFENSIVE, AND DEFENSIVE ZONE PLAY AS WELL AS ADVANCED SKILL WORK. WE WELCOME THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTORS THAT HAVE COMMITTED TO OUR  JV/ FRESHMAN PROGRAM FOR 2011:

                PETER WARD – AST. PERSONEL DIRECTOR OF USA       HOCKEY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

                DAVE RIES – HEAD COACH AT THE BROOKS SCHOOL

                TURCOTTE STICKHANDLING - #1 STICKHANDLING                 SCHOOL IN THE USA

                MARK DENNEHYHEAD COACH MERRIMACK COLLEGE AND STAFF

                SABASTIAN LAPLANTE – COACH NORTHEASTERN

                PAUL SACCO – USHL, EUROPEAN ELITE SCOUT, CO DIRECTOR MARTIAN SPORTS SKILLS

                BILL BLACKWELL – MASSACHUSETTS COACH OF THE YEAR MASCO HIGH SCHOOL

                RYAN SODERQUIST – HEAD COACH BENTLEY COLLEGE

PAUL PEARL – HEAD COACH HOLY CROSS

BRIAN RILEY – HEAD COACH ARMY     

     THE ON ICE PROGRAM WILL BEGIN THE WEEK OF JUNE 20 AND WILL CONCLUDE ON  FRIDAY AUGUST 12TH, 2010

 

ON ICE SESSIONS- TUESDAY AND THURSDAYS

TUESDAY - 5:30 - 6:50 PM

THURSDAY - 5:30 PM - 6:50 PM

 

COST PER PLAYER =

ICE ONLY - $499

ICE AND OFF ICE TRAINING - please call

OFF ICE TRAINING ONLY - please call

WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT 28 PLAYERS  FOR THE SUMMER OF 2010

 

VARSITY PLAYER SHOWCASE SKILLS

 Mark Dennehy -Head coach Merrimack College

&

Ryan Soderquist - Head Coach Bentley College

TUESDAY NIGHTS @ Merriack College

JUNE 21TH - AUGUST 3RD

8-10 PM

60 MINUTES OF SKILLS

30 MINUTES OF BATTLE DRILLS

30 MINUTES OF SCRIMMAGE

MAX 28 PLAYERS

COST = $399 PER PLAYER

ALL GOALIES PLEASE EMAIL

info@martiansportsskills.com


please email info@martiansportsskills.com

if interested

 

 

 

 

GOALIE SKILLS SUMMER 2011 NEW LOCATION!

 

MARTIAN SPORTS SKILLS AND STOP IT GOALTENDING

TO OFFER 8-WEEK GOALTENDING INSTRUCTION

FOR THE SUMMER OF 2011

MARTIAN SPORTS SKILLS AND BRIAN DACORD’S STOP IT GOALTENDING WILL COMBINE EFFORTS TO OFFER OUR POPULAR ONCE A WEEK GOALTENDING SKILLS. OUR PROGRAM

PROVIDES A STRUCTURED PROGRAM BASED ON EARLY GOALIE FUNDAMENTALS. WE WILL PROVIDE INSTRUCTION TO YOUNG GOALIES THAT ARE TRUE BEGINERS AS WELL AS GOALTENDERS WITH ADVANCED SKILLS. GOALIES WILL BE TRAINED ON A 3-1 RATION AND DIVIDED BY SKILL AND AGE.

OUR PROGRAM IS DESIGNED AROUND

GOALIES WHO WANT INSTRUCTION FROM A PROFESSIONAL STAFF WEEKLY THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. THIS FORMAT ALLOWS YOUR GOALTENDER TO SHARPEN HIS OR HER SKILLS OVER A LONG PERIOD AND THROUGH REPITITION, RETAIN THE MECHANICS NECESSARY TO BE SUCCESFUL IN THE NET. ..

ALL GOALIES WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR XICE GAMES AND MARTIAN CUP TOURNAMENT.

WEDNESDAY NIGHTS

MERRIMACK COLLEGE 7:00-8:10 PM

COST - $290 PER GOALIE

(24 GOALIE MAX)

June 22rd to AUGUST 17th

 WEEK OF August 9th(Martian Cup Tournament) NO GOALIE SKILLS

all are asked to participate!

ABOUT STOP IT GOALTENDING

Stop it Goaltending (formerly Superskills Goaltending) has had tremendous success in developing goaltenders of all levels and ability. Over the past six years alone Superskills has helped develop 20 NHL draft picks and we have over 50 goalies that have gone onto play major college hockey. We are proud of the success of these goaltenders but we are equally as proud of the instruction that we give the youth hockey goalie so that they can maximize their abilities and get the most enjoyment possible from the position and sport.

WHY CHOOSE US!

Goalies that come train with Martian Sports Skills will enjoy success because Stop It Goaltending ability to be on the cutting edge of goaltending techniques. We have developed a system in which to teach goaltending which is second to none and we do it in an environment where the goalies are challenged yet have fun at the same time. Another tremendous advantage of training at Stop it Goaltending is our staff trains elite goalies from across North America and even European goalies and working with so many talented goalies allows us to stay on top of any goaltending developments that occur throughout the world.