Hockey Classes at Fierce Hockey
Sunday Classes
Advanced Puck Skills and Battles
This class is built around real puck battles, protecting it, winning it back, retrieving it, and finishing the play.Players work speed with the puck: lateral movement, deceleration and acceleration, forward, backward, and crossovers, all at speed. We train puck protection, using the body to protect the puck, initiating contact to create space, and using speed out of protection to set up a move or a shot.
We also cover taking the puck off an opponent, angling, stick battles, and the stick work to strip the puck cleanly, plus how to use body contact safely and effectively through containment and stick-body mirroring. Puck retrievals are next: picking up pucks with speed on the boards or in open ice, playing with vision, staying safe on the boards, and using evasive technique under pressure.
We finish with passing, saucer passes and touch passes used in real game situations, and shooting: quick release, wrist shot, snap shot, backhand, and shots built for actual game situations.
Coached by our expert team, with high intensity drills and flexible scheduling, including make-up classes if your player misses one.
Summary of What We'll Cover
Speed with the puck: lateral movement, deceleration, acceleration, forward, backward, crossovers
Puck protection: body positioning, creating space, using speed out of protection
Taking the puck off an opponent: angling, stick battles, stick work, safe body contact, containment
Puck retrievals: speed on the boards and in open ice, vision, board safety, evasive technique under pressure
Passing: saucer passes and touch passes in game situations
Shooting: quick release, wrist shot, snap shot, backhand, game-situation shots
Power Skating and Stick Handling
This class pairs power skating with stickhandling so players build both at once, not one, then the other.On the skating side, we work forward stride power into fast feet, acceleration into bigger stride work, and crossovers, forward and backward, built up into overspeed. Players train backward C-cuts, backward acceleration, pivots, edge control, one-foot holds, and one-foot carving, transitions into two-foot tight turns, and stops that lead straight into crossover acceleration.
On the stickhandling side, players work one-foot holds and skating skills while handling the puck, building into fast hands, spinning the puck, toe drags, and one-hand stick holds. We also cover stationary puck handling, quick hands, reaches, toe drags, with a focus on head up, hands soft, wide stance, plus PEP work, using the boards, and different techniques for 1-on-1 moves.
Coached by our expert team, with high intensity drills and flexible scheduling, including make-up classes if your player misses one.
Summary of What We'll Cover
Forward stride power and technique into fast feet
Acceleration and bigger stride work
Forward and backward crossovers into overspeed
Backward C-cuts, backward acceleration, and pivots
Edge control, one-foot holds, one-foot carving, transitions into tight turns
Two-foot stops into crossover acceleration
Stickhandling while skating, fast hands, spinning the puck, toe drags, one-hand holds
Stationary puck handling, quick hands, reaches, toe drags
Head up, hands, wide stance, PEP, and use of the boards
1-on-1 move techniques
Power Skating and Advanced Game Skills @ UCC
This class pairs power skating with advanced game skills, so players build both at once, not one, then the other.
On the skating side, we work forward stride power into fast feet, acceleration into bigger stride work, and crossovers, forward and backward, built up into overspeed. Players train backward C-cuts, backward acceleration, pivots, edge control, one foot holds, and one foot carving, transitions into two foot tight turns, and stops that lead straight into crossover acceleration.
On the game skills side, players work speed with the puck, lateral movement, deceleration and acceleration, forward, backward, and crosbys with the puck at speed. We train puck protection, using the body to protect the puck, initiating contact with the puck to create space, and using speed out of protection to set up a move or a shot.
We also cover taking the puck off an opponent, angling, stick battles, and the stick work to steal the puck, plus how to use body contact safely and effectively through contact, containment, and stick body mirroring. Puck retrievals are next, picking up pucks with speed on the boards or in open ice, playing with vision, staying safe on the boards, and using evasive technique under pressure. We finish with passing, saucer passes and touch passes used in game situations, and shooting, quick release, wrist shot, snap shot, and backhand.
Coached by our expert team, with high intensity drills and flexible scheduling, including make-up classes if your player misses one.
Summary of What We'll Cover
Forward stride power into fast feet
Acceleration into bigger stride work
Forward and backward crossovers into overspeed
Backward C-cuts, backward acceleration, and pivots
Edge control, one foot holds, one foot carving, transitions into tight turns
Two foot stops into crossover acceleration
Speed with the puck: lateral movement, deceleration, acceleration, forward, backward, crosbys
Puck protection: body positioning, creating space, using speed out of protection
Taking the puck off an opponent: angling, stick battles, stick work, safe body contact, containment
Puck retrievals: speed on the boards and in open ice, vision, board safety, evasive technique under pressure
Passing: saucer passes and touch passes in game situations
Shooting: quick release, wrist shot, snap shot, backhand
Advanced Puck Skills and Shooting
Real hands, real shots, real game speed.
This class pairs advanced puck skills with shooting, so players build both at once, not one, then the other.
On the puck skills side, players work on proper stickhandling technique, developing the hands and the mobility to move the puck confidently in any direction. We train stickhandling mobility, along with one vs one moves that give players the tools to beat a defender in a real game situation, and puck protection, learning to shield and control the puck under pressure.
On the shooting side, players work on proper technique across wrist shots, snap shots, and backhands, building shots that hold up when it counts. We also train one timers and game situational shooting, so players are getting shots off the way they will need to in an actual game, not just standing still and firing pucks.
Coached by our expert team, with high intensity drills and flexible scheduling, including make-up classes if your player misses one.
Summary of What We'll Cover
Proper stickhandling technique
Stickhandling mobility
One vs one moves
Puck protection
Proper technique: wrist shots, snap shots, backhands
One timers
Game situational shooting
Power Skating
Where speed gets built, one stride at a time.
We start with forward stride power and technique, turning it into fast feet, then build acceleration into bigger stride work. From there, players train crossovers, forward power and technique pushed into overspeed. On the backward side, we work backward C-cuts and crossovers into overspeed, along with backward acceleration and pivots.
Edge control rounds out the class, one foot holds, one foot carving the ice, one foot transitions into two foot tight turns and pivots. We finish with stopping, two foot stops that lead straight into crossover acceleration.
Coached by our expert team, with high intensity drills and flexible scheduling, including make-up classes if your player misses one.
Summary of What We'll Cover
Forward stride power and technique into fast feet
Acceleration into bigger stride work
Forward crossovers, power and technique into overspeed
Backward C-cuts and crossovers into overspeed
Backward acceleration and pivots
Edge control: one foot holds, one foot carving the ice
One foot transitions into two foot tight turns and pivots
Two foot stops into crossover acceleration
Learn to Play - Level 3
Where skills turn into game speed.Level 3 is our most advanced Learn to Play program - built for players who have the fundamentals down and are ready to be pushed. The focus is advanced skating, edge work, stickhandling, and executing skills at speed and under pressure. Sessions are fast-paced and competitive, but always positive - development over ego, every time. This is the program that gets players ready for the next step in their hockey journey.
Where players go next:
Level 3 players graduate into our Rep and Klevr programs/classes, or age out of Learn to Play ready for whatever comes next.
Best for: Players born 2019-2020 with a strong skating foundation who are ready to take their game to the next level.
Learn to Play - Level 2
Real skating. Real puck skills. Real progress.Level 2 is for players who have their skating legs and are ready to put it all together. The focus is on the skills that make hockey click - crossovers, backwards skating, stopping both ways, and carrying the puck with speed. Sessions are higher tempo, with small-area games and drills that build hockey habits and confidence with the puck. Players are grouped by age and skill level so every skater is pushed at the right pace.
Players graduate to Level 3 when they can:
Crossover both way
Skate down the ice with a puck
Skate backwards down the ice (falls are ok!)
Two foot stop both ways
Best for: Players born 2019-2022 who have graduated from Foundations or have a season of hockey under their belt.
Learn to Play - Foundations
The first real step into hockey. Foundations is for skaters who can move on their own and are ready to start becoming hockey players. This is where we build the skating base that everything else sits on - edges, balance, speed, and stopping - along with an introduction to sticks and pucks through fun drills and games. Players are grouped by age and skill level, so everyone is challenged and no one is left behind. Kids leave this program skating with real confidence - and having a blast doing it.
Players graduate to Level 2 when they can:
Hold a one foot inside edge between two cones - with enough speed to carry it
Hold a one foot inside edge on the circle
Skate the full length of the ice without falling
Stop one way
Best for: New hockey players and skaters graduating from Learn to Skate.
Learn to Skate
Every hockey player starts here - with skates on and a smile.Learn to Skate is where it all begins. This program is for brand new skaters who are stepping on the ice for the first time (or close to it). Our coaches keep it fun, safe, and high-energy - kids fall, they get back up, and before long they are moving on their own. No pressure, no rushing - just real progress at their pace, in a positive environment where every little win gets celebrated.
Players graduate to Foundations when they can:
Skate unassisted across the rink (width, not full rink)
Get up on their own after a fall
Glide on their own
Best for: First time skaters and beginners who are not yet skating on their own.