Programs and Skill Clinics Offered at Mel Thomas Performance
TECHNIQUE
& TACTICS
Focuses on age-appropriate skating development specific to ringette and ringette skill development. This program includes 2 on-ice and 1 off-ice sessions daily; age division dependent.
FULL THROTTLE
High Performance skating development program designed to refine your technique and train explosiveness, deceptive and unmatched speed skills. This high-intensity program includes 2 (back-to-back) on-ice hours daily. It’s time to go full throttle!
TURBO!
Pure speed, all week long — it is a skating development program designed to take your speed to the next level – to the TURBO SPEED level. This program includes 1 on-ice session daily.
SKATING in the PURSUIT OF GREATNESS
Designed for players who are fully committed and relentless towards chasing their dreams. Skating skill technique is intentionally trained as skills are paired with multi-tasking, overspeed training and cognitive training, to become more explosive, agile and deceptive! It is an intensive 4-day program, with 2 on-ice sessions daily.
Team Training
Mel Thomas Performance can be part of your Team’s Development! I will come to you – on your Practice Ice!
Book Mel to train or refine skating skills such as:
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Refine their STRIDE for efficiency
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Develop EDGE CONTROL for agility
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Improve POSTURE for balance and control
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Train ACCELERATION for explosiveness
*Minimum 2 hour booking, so please coordinate with another team
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Coach Development Clinics
The Coach Skill Development Clinics are designed to equip coaches with the tools, techniques, and knowledge necessary to elevate their skills to support their athletes.
Through a series of hands-on demonstrations, expert-led discussions, you'll learn effective on-ice and off-ice exercises to support your players skating skills and ringette skills.
Mel brings a wealth of experience as the Skating Skills Coach for Team Canada, highly trained skating instructor, former Team Canada/Team USA athlete and a 20 year veteran of the National Ringette League. Her expertise extends to facilitating NCCP Coaching Courses (CI and CSI).