Mikko Makela
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About Us

Mikko Makela Developmental Hockey is a year round training program.  The program provides hockey players with a variety of skill, strength and conditioning opportunities.  The staff consists of professionals who provide a positive, safe and challenging level of training.  An environment is set up that gives hockey players an opportunity to achieve results!  Instructor values are about commitment, work ethic and passion for the game of hockey.  This is an all inclusive hockey training program;  It involves all the necessary components for the game of hockey:  Core strength, endurance, skill development on/off the ice, and power are many of the areas that will be trained.  Programs will be suited for players of all training levels to help them improve to the best of their abilities.  We teach and train in progressions and this will benefit player development.  Hockey skills will be taught step by step making players aware of correct techniques and movements.  Hockey players need and utilize five essential conditioning building blocks to perform on the ice:

  1. Balance-Agility-Quick Reaction
  2. Complete Body Strength
  3. Power
  4. Speed-Quickness-Coordination
  5. Anaerobic-Aerobic Systems

The above components will help a hockey player with these five on-ice hockey skills:

  1. Skating
  2. Shooting
  3. Puck Handling
  4. Passing
  5. Body Checking