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Unless otherwise stated clinic start times are Friday evening 6 pm - 9 pm Saturday & Sunday at 8am and run until 4:30pm. Students are on the ice from 9am - 11am and 2pm - 4pm.
2008 SCHEDULE
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DATE
DAYS
CITY
STATE
ARENA
STATUS
Mar. 22
Sat
Grand Rapids
MI
PATTERSON ICE CENTER
SOLDOUT
May 10-11
Sat/Sun
Traverse City
MI
CENTRE ICE ARENA
SOLDOUT
June 20-22
Fri/Sat/Sun
Midland
MI
MIDLAND CIVIC ARENA
OPEN
June 30 - July 2
Mon/Tue/Wed*
Kalamazoo
MI
TWIN STAR ICE ARENA
OPEN
July 14-16
Mon/Tue/Wed*
Fraser
MI
GREAT LAKES SPORTS CENTER
OPEN
August 1-3
Fri/Sat/Sun
Ann Arbor
MI
ICE CUBE
OPEN
August 8-10
Fri/Sat/Sun
Traverse City
MI
CENTRE ICE ARENA
OPEN
August 11-13
Mon/Tue/Wed*
Grand Rapids
MI
PATTERSON ICE CENTER
OPEN
August 17-19
Sun/Mon/Tue*
Rochester
NY
Webster Ice Arena
OPEN
August 22-24
Fri/Sat/Sun
Kalamazoo
MI
TWIN STAR ARENA
OPEN
* Denotes BTP's FULL 3 Day Clinics... All Sessions run 8am - 4:30pm
Mini Clinic = Saturday & Sunday or One Day Clinics
Standard Clinic = Friday Evening, plus Saturday & Sunday
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Registration
BTP is happy to announce that we now offer On-Line Registration!
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REFUND/CANCELLATION POLICY
REFUNDS: Refunds/cancellations requested 30 Days prior to scheduled clinic date will be returned in full within 30 days of the receipt of request. Refunds/cancellations requested less than 30 days prior to scheduled clinic date will be returned less half the dollar amount within 30 days of our receipt of the request/cancellation. No shows will not receive a refund. In all cases, we offer our students/parents the option to attend another scheduled clinic in lieu of refunds or cancellations if the reason is because of family schedule confict or player injury.
Request Received 30 + Days = Full $ Amount or ALTERNATE CLINIC
Request Received 29 - Days = 50% $ Amount or ALTERNATE CLINIC
No Shows = NO REFUND, NO ALTERNATE CLINIC
Our professional staff of coaches incorporate and combine the innovative and cutting edge techniques of North American, European and Russian goaltending. Our staff studies and teaches everything from the NHL down. This will provide goaltenders a great foundation to build their elite skills upon. Also significant to this culmination of teachings is that students get to choose their most comfortable style and not be forced into one or the other as decided by the head of a camp. Our on ice curriculum puts our students through the most intensive, relevant and pioneering drills available to date. BTP Clinics will give them the best of all words and none of the bad. Our training sets them on a course to excel... not only during the upcoming season, but it will put them on the path to a long and successful career.
At BTP we have some of the most progressive and up to date toys to sharpen the goaltenders skills. Our clinics include the following
1.) Large screen boards: this particular tool is used to increase the goaltenders response time by pushing the boundaries of reaction training on the ice. We use numerous drills on this ranging from screen board one timers to screen board skate arounds.
2.)Mini screen boards: These types of screen boards are great to simulate game situations. The mini screen board is great to help goaltenders with the techniques to find and stop the puck with traffic in front of them.
3.) Deflection boards: these simple pieces of modified wood are use for many purposes varying from game situation reenactment, to deflection reaction work.
4.) Utilization of the Boni Puck Machine.
1) Dryland Training Program.
BTP features an NHL dryland training program. It is catered to both groups. The essential group focuses more on out door reaction training and class room knowledge. The innovative group focuses on the hardest and most grouping training handed down to us from Athlete Construction's NHL programs. BTP features an advanced training program designed for Junior level players and above... but adapted to each students ability. Our focus is the introduction of an exciting program that provides a solid foundation that students can build on as they mature and advance through each level of play... keeping this in mind... We are proud and excited to announce our affiliation with one of the fastest growing Hockey Specific Dryland Training Programs in North America! Only at BTP can you find this type of adjusted training that maximizes the goaltending experience.
2) Reaction Training.
Unique in every instance, BTP utilizes our tennis ball shooter to challenge the reaction skills of our students to the absolute max! A North American twist to an old Russian reaction drill... with the student in front of the net, facing the, "ball board", tennis balls are shot against the board at random forcing the immediate visual acquisition of the ball and the forced reaction for the save.
3) Classroom.
The classroom session, is in two parts. Day one starts with a power point presentation that is focused on the importance of the fundamental basics of the goaltenders game. Teaching the tool box approach, students are taken through the BTP's seven specific fundamentals in depth and how each one relates to the other to make up the whole of the basic game. The overall point of emphasis is the importance of mastering the seven components of the fundamental game. At the end of the presentation, the students are exposed to BTP's exclusive formula for goaltending success. Day two is review. The staff will sit down with the student and parent and review in detail their individual still photo analysis. Each student is provided with an individual folder with their photo analysis along with other class materials that they can keep for future reference.
4) Parents.
We openly invite you to join us during all of our Off Ice Instruction! The classroom session is a great place to gain in your knowledge of the goaltenders game. We always conduct our classroom in an way that our students and parents are free to and encouraged to engage our staff. Our sessions are conducted in an open forum format. In addition to our curriculum, we address the importance of academics, pathways to higher levels of play, hockey theory, and what ever points of importance our students and parents have the need to discuss... our floor is always open!
