First Day At the Beginner Development Program

iTrain Hockey hosted it's first phase of 4-6 year old player training at the Beginner Development Program this Sunday.

Head skills coach, Sean Walker gave the young players a lesson on stability, balance and stance. "The components we worked on the first day really gave a strong base for the rest of the phase as now the players have improved their overall balance." Walker said.

The Beginner Development Program runs each Sunday at Earnscliffe Arena from 4-5pm. Check out the link to the program page here.

Bauer Brand Launch at Pro Hockey Life

Prepare for takeoff, the official Bauer brand launch and VIP night is happening April 8th at Pro Hockey Life Vaughan Mills. The event is hosted by TSN's Jay Onrait from 6-9pm with unique chances to win tickets, Bauer merchandise and iTH gift certificates.

Check out an exclusive inside look at the Bauer Vapor X:60 skates here.

Covering All the Angles

iTH is quickly redefining what it means to be a stopping threat every time you hit the ice now with the new iTH GOAL training for it's goaltenders.

Goaltending training has evolved into a completely new and revoluntionized way of challenging the shooter and iTH offers the training that will put you over the top with the opening of it's Team Training for team goalies and Private Lessons for the peformance-focused tenders ready to excel to the next level.

Check out the new iTH GOAL page and let us know what you think.

Nike Bauer Adult Stick Demo Recap

The iTH Adult Development Nike Bauer Hockey Stick Demo certainly didn't disappoint last night, as the players were put through shooting, passing and stick handling drills to maximize the stick demo over the hour. The Bauer reps gave thorough teachings on the top model Vapor XXXX and ONE95 sticks with an education on the stick's kickpoints, and how they help deliver accurate and powerful shots.

All of the men and women came away with a great experience taking full advantage of trying out both of the sticks throughout the session.

iTH and Bauer will be working together again soon so keep checking back to make sure you don't miss out on the next great experience.

Wanted to point out to everyone to make sure to check out the Nike Bauer Stick Comparison Section on nikebauer.com

iTH Continues Their Weekly Training

Sean Walker has made sure players have been developing their skating and stick handling since the first week of January when the Supreme Skating and Dynamic Stick Handling programs began. Both programs have been going for 4 weeks now with players improving in their transitional skating, stride, stick handling, deking and so much more. Walker and iTH make sure all programs are enjoyable, challenging and constructive for the greatest improvement.

The second set of Dynamic Stick Handling will begin February 17th while the Supreme Skating program starts off on Friday February 20th for another 6 weeks. Registrations are open with only a few spots left as many players have signed up for two rounds of training to extend to the rest of their season.

iTH Christmas Camp Video

Congrats are in order for all those that participated in this year's iTH Christmas Camp. The camp ran smoothly every day with great feedback from the players and parents.

"(The iTH Christmas Camp) was a great experience for the kids to get real instruction and reinforcement as well in a positive tone." Steven, father of 10 year old A player, Graydon said. "Great style and tempo...great program for anyone wanting to learn the key elements of skating...young or old. We wish we could have iTH every week!"

iTH will be gearing up for it's next week long camp at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga from March 16-20th. Those looking to register should do so soon, be sure not to miss out on the opportunity to advance your game before the long playoff stretch.

A larger size of this video is available on our iTRAIN HOCKEY YouTube Page

Christmas Camp And More

It's been a pretty busy couple of weeks in the world of hockey, and iTRAIN HOCKEY has been right in the middle of it.

Let's start out with the iTH 09 Christmas Camp from December 29 to January 2nd. The feedback has been outstanding from many of the participants and parents. 30 players participated in this year's camp, great numbers for the first camp iTH has hosted in Brampton so far. The player's came away from the camp with high intensity instruction and thorough teaching's in it's Supreme Skating, Dynamic Stick Handling, Dryland and Video Training hours each day.

We will be posting a few clips of the camp in the next coming days, so tune in.

Last, but certainly not least, iTH would like to congratulate Team Canada's World Junior team for winning their fifth straight World Junior Hockey Championship on Monday night.

Team Canada defeated Sweden 5-1 in the gold medal match to tie a Canadian record with five straight championships. Canada went undefeated in this year's tournament and has now won an amazing 29 of their last 30 games during the WJHC.

Team Canada will be looking for a record sixth straight next year when the event will take place in Saskatoon and Regina.