Join Washington Little Caps and Loudoun Knights Coaches to jump start the summer camp season with our fundamentals mini-camp. The sessions will provide an overview of the basic skills and fundamental habits all hockey players need:
Great habits make great hockey players. Join Ion Hockey Director Doug Plocki and his staff of current junior and college hockey players to learn the individual habits and team tactics of the modern game. Each day will explore a different game situation: breakouts, line rush, in-zone offense, neutral zone play, and defensive zone coverage. Players will learn the fundamental habits necessary to excel in each situation, with and without the puck. Players with these core concepts embedded in their game can play in any system, or better yet, won’t need a system to have success.
Breakouts Line rush In-zone offense Neutral zone play Defensive zone coverage
New and developing players have the opportunity to experience a real hockey camp at the Ion Rookie Camp! This camp focuses on all basic habits and fundamental skills- skating, shooting, passing, scoring, movement without the puck, and more! Our experienced travel players will also participate as assistant coaches! Come skate with the Little Caps and the Loudoun Knights players and coaches!
Camp Schedule
Group 1 Ages 5 – 8
8:15am 8:50am 10 am 11 am 11:45am 12:20pm 1:45pm
2:30pm
Dynamic Warmup On-Ice Off-Ice Lunch/Break Classroom On-Ice Games/Athletic Training Depart
Join Washington Little Capitals Instructors and Ion Skills Coaches for an intense and engaging experience on and off the ice! This program will focus on shooting, scoring, puck protection, power skating, battles, and more! Off-ice sessions include video and agility training. Each player will receive video analysis of skating stride and puck skills, and a report card analyzing their skills at the end of the camp. Open to all players!
Camp Schedule
Group 1 Ages 8 - 10
8:15am 8:50am 10 am 11 am 11:45am 12:20pm 1:45pm
2:30pm
Dynamic Warmup On-Ice Off-Ice Lunch/Break Classroom On-Ice Games/Athletic Training Depart
Technique. Power. Speed. Join professional skating and skills coach Doug Shepherd for this carefully designed hockey skating program focused on proper skating technique, power, and speed. Components include stride length development, push angle and recovery, inside and outside edge control, overall quickness, and transition skating. Players will experience the value of and effectiveness of overspeed and resistance training. Program also includes individual puck skills focusing on speed and creativity with the puck. Players will enjoy two intense on-ice sessions and one off-ice training session each day. Open to all players!
Doug Shepherd is a professional hockey skating and development coach. A graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and former Assistant Captain of the RPI Men’s Hockey Team, Doug enjoyed a productive career at both the NCAA Div. I and Minor Professional level. Doug is currently a certified NHLPA Player Agent with Achieve Sports Management. He has worked as a skating coach with Adam McQuaid (Boston Bruins), Dion Phaneuf (Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs) and Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins). Doug has helped several players from Northern Virginia reach the junior and college hockey ranks.
Join Washington Little Capitals Instructors and Ion Skills Coaches for an intense and engaging experience on and off the ice! This program will focus on shooting, scoring, puck protection, power skating, battles, and more! Off-ice sessions include video and agility training. Each player will receive video analysis of skating stride and puck skills, and a report card analyzing their skills at the end of the camp. Open to all players!
Join NHL Star Tyler Kennedy as he walks you through an elite training regimen featuring power skating, puck skills, and scoring techniques. These intense training sessions include 2 hours of on-ice and a 45-minute off-ice training session each day, and our players get to train with an NHL player! This camp is open to all players.
It’s time to knock the rust off and get ready for the season! Join Little Caps and Loudoun Knights Coaches for an immersive experience to prepare for training camp and the season to come. Puck skills, scoring techniques, battles, creativity, quickness, and more- it’s time to prepare mentally and physically for the 2022-23 Season.
Join Little Caps and Loudoun Knights Coaches for a week-long battle for puck supremacy! This camp will cover all aspects of proper body contact and the critical ability to win puck battles: body position, angling, puck protection, creating loose pucks, footwork and stickwork in tight areas, and playing in front of the net. This camp will also teach players what contact is NOT permissible under current USA Hockey rules. Players will enjoy two on-ice and two off-ice sessions each day. Please note full gear may be required for off-ice sessions for additional contact instruction and training. This camp is open to all players.
