The RHA High Performance Program offers an advanced designed player development system focused on elite performance. Available throughout the Toronto District and Peel Region, this program aims to offer student-athletes a flexible school schedule, accommodating their training and educational needs.
Build on professional hockey experience, at its core, it integrates physical, technical, and mental training to improve players skills set , physical readiness, and hockey IQ tailored to each athlete’s stage of growth. The program focuses skills acquisition and its application in intense game situations to boost players’ confidence and effectiveness on the ice. This approach maximize an athlete’s potential and prepares them for high-level competition.
39
Weeks
Monday-Thursday
120
Hours of on-ice development
160
Hours of dryland development
20
Hours of game
analysis
About HP Program.
Forming Complete Player Skill Set.
Interconnected aspects of hockey player development system.
The RHA HP Program is designed to prepare athletes for elite competition, balancing four critical performance factors. By concentrating on enhancing their physical prowess, technical skills, strategic understanding, and mental toughness, we aim to provide athletes with a competitive advantage. This comprehensive approach combines on-ice training, off-ice conditioning, SkillsLad technique polishing , and Hockey IQ development, culminating in a complete player skill set directly applicable to the game. This integrated training model helps athletes develop well-rounded skills, ensuring they excel at high levels.
Program Advantages
Player Selection:
Only AAA-level players are chosen to maintain a highly competitive environment focused on advanced development.
Experienced Coaches:
Our coaches are ex-professionals providing game-tested strategies and valuable insights.
Small Group Sizes:
Optimal coach-to-player ratio ensures personalized coaching, high-tempo drills, and frequent repetitions.
Targeted Correction:
Coaches give specific, actionable feedback for skill mastery and tactical improvement.
Progress Tracking:
Consistent evaluations guide tailored adjustments in training for peak player performance.
Adaptive Training:
The program dynamically adjusts to reinforce each player’s strengths and target improvement areas, ensuring holistic development.
On-ice Development.
Progressive Skill Integration Formula. Improve your Skills and Understanding of the Game.
Stage 1. Increase on-ice capabilities. Enriching Technical Skill Set.
Power Skating
Stickhandling
Shooting & Scoring
By teaching and practicing technical elements, we prepare players for the high demands of modern hockey, creating a solid foundation for their further development. By expanding and refining their range of technical skills, players can enhance their performance, adaptability, and effectiveness in various game situations, ultimately leading to improved overall play. The movements and skills mastered at this stage are seamlessly integrated into subsequent stages of program, forming a continuous and progressively complex process of enhancing mastery throughout the course.
Stage 2. Implementing Technical Skills in Gameplay Contexts.
Puck Protection
Creating Options
Deception Moves
In the second stage, continuing the efforts started in phase 1, players learn to apply the technical elements they’ve mastered in game-like conditions, focusing on their practical use. This level’s drills are designed to simulate real game situations that athletes encounter during matches. Training is conducted against obstacles, simulate opponents. This approach allows for an increased number of pressure-free repetitions, enabling athletes to refine their abilities, enhance their confidence, and sharpen their techniques.
Stage 3. Increase Your Impact on the Game.
Body Checking
Gain Possession
Under Pressure
Dessision Making
Puck Retrieval
Open Ice
Corners
Along the Board
In this advanced stage of the training program, the focus shifts towards enhancing decision-making skills, with an emphasis on the nuances of 1-on-1 situations, gaining, and maintaining possession. The key objective is to develop a player’s ability to stay calm and make the correct decisions under pressure enhancing players’ ability to impact the game by winning individual battles and set plays effectively.
Off Ice Training.
Skills Multiplier.
Hockey-Specific Athleticism Training. Become Faster on the Ice.
The off-ice program targets developing Hockey Stance, Stride Mechanics, and weight transfer, focusing on specific movement techniques and patterns crucial for enhancing performance and preventing injuries. The Hockey-Specific Athleticism Training component is designed to strengthen key attributes necessary for hockey. This includes building lower body strength for effective skating, upper body strength for shooting, improving core stability, and enhancing agility, speed, endurance, and flexibility for overall on-ice maneuverability and injury prevention.
Advanced Puck Control & Deceptions.
Focus on improving all types on puck control movent in combination with proper hockey stance, stride mechanics weight transfer and upper body fakes to develop. RHA Coaches will guide players with most efficient techniques to form right habits. All the movement will be trained in motion to maximise on-ice transferability.
Improve Shooting Mechanics Training
Focusing on improving shooting mechanics for various shots under RHA specialist guidance. It covers techniques for wrist shots, snap shots, slap shots, backhand shots, and quick releases. Additionally, it integrates elements that enhance the ability to shoot effectively in game situations, such as creating shooting lanes. This comprehensive approach aims to significantly improve shooting skills in practical, game-like contexts.
Coaches
Get PRO Hockey Experience
Alexandr Ivanov (Head Coach) Maksim Topol (Head Coach)
Alex Ivanov is high performance hockey skills development specialist for professional athletes in Toronto. As an expert in the discipline of «Professional and Olympic Athletic Hockey Skill Development» Alex bring 12 years of Pro Hockey experience from the top leagues in Europe and Russia and integrate it in RHA Hockey Skills Development System in order to help players to achieve peak performance. Alex has trained many athletes into the NHL, AHL, OHL NCAA, KHL.
Recently retired professional hockey player. Born and played his career in Russia with 10 years of professional hockey experience and over 260 games Pro. His professional hockey career began in the MHL and extended to the VHL and KHL.
Program Schedule Options
Arrival at the Arena.
8.00 AM
On-Ice Practice
8.30 – 9.30 AM
Off-Ice Practice
10.00 – 11.00 AM
SkillsLab Skills Development or Game Review
11.00 – 11.45 AM
Arrival at the Arena.
1.00 PM
On-Ice Practice
1.30 – 2.30 PM
Off-Ice Practice
2.30 – 3.30 PM
SkillsLab Skills Development or Game Review
3.30 – 4.00 PM
Arena
Canlan Ice Sports York
RHA HP Program will take place at Canlan Ice Sports York
Toronto, Canada
Address
989 Murray Ross Pkwy, North York, ON M3J 3M4
