Intro

The Off-Season Development program (OSD) is an integrated technical skill development progression lasting the course of twelve weeks from April to June. The primary goal of this program is Skill Acquisition, meaning it is designed to facilitate long-term potentiation (i.e., motor learning) of technical details and body mechanics. This is achieved by high quality and high volume of repetitions.

Description

EGC bolsters a 2-to-1 goaltending to instructor ratio for all on-ice technical sessions, ensuring that every student receives ample time in-net to develop and ameliorate their skills. The OSD program consists of 1hr of on-ice development per week, totalling 12hrs over the 12 weeks, as well as 12 online seminars.

The program focuses on specific areas of the game, and has the following weekly structure:

Week 1-12

15 min (pre-ice analytic)
1 hr (technical ice-time)
1hr (online classroom)

Off the ice, the OSD program offers a physical journal which goalies will use to extend their development beyond the on-ice program. Each goalie has access to the concepts and drills that are covered on-ice and are expected to review them. In addition, athletes have access to their training video clips and are guided to self-assess to develop their self-awareness and increase their knowledge acquisition from each session. The program also involves web-delivered seminars and conversations for theory-based discussions, and to develop a strong sense of camaraderie within our community.