Coaches

Coaching Development

Hockey Eastern Ontario offers a full slate of Coaching Development programs throughout the year. Some of these programs are hosted and run by Minor Hockey Associations/Districts while others are hosted and run by HEO. In addition, many of these programs are FREE for the Association/District hosting them and/or the coaches/players attending them. Check out the complete list and details below.

For more information on these and development programs within HEO contact Jeff Robert, HEO Development Programs Officer at jrobert@hockeyeasternontario.ca.

NCCP Coaching Clinics

  • Coach 1, Coach 2, Development 1 and High Performance 1 clinics; provide training and certification for coaching eligibility
  • Coach 1, Coach 2 and Development 1 hosted by MHAs; High Performance 1 hosted by HEO
  • To host a clinic submit a request using our online NCCP Coach Clinic Request submission form

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Instructional Stream Clinics

  • FREE professional development clinics for coaches in the following areas: Skills, Skating, Shooting & Scoring, Developing Defencemen, Goaltending, Small Area Games, Checking
  • HEO hosts a full slate of these clinics each year. The list of these clinics can be found here

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Continuing Education Clinics

  • FREE professional development clinics for coaches in the following areas: Practice Planning, Shared Ice Practices, Linking Practice to Games
  • Hosted by MHAs by submitting a request using our online Continuing Education Clinic Request submission form

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Webinar Series

  • FREE professional development webinars for coaches
  • Delivered by subject matter experts from NHL, CHL, CJHL, CIS, Hockey Canada and HEO
  • More detail on our last series can be found on our Development Webinar Series page

U7 Education Day

  • FREE U7 Program specific coach development clinics
  • Requested and hosted by MHAs
  • U7 Coaches receive a Skating Level 1 or SKills Level 1 Insrtuctional Stream clinic (or both)
  • MHA Administration and U7 parents also recieve information sessions