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Player Development

Mission

The Player Development Committee ("PDC") is charged with designing and promoting hockey programs that advance the development of all players in the Wayzata Youth Hockey Association ("WYHA").  The PDC measures its success in terms of each player’s development over the course of a single season, including improved individual hockey skills, positional play, hockey theory, and team concepts/systems.

 

The focus of the PDC is the enhancement of each player’s individual skills and ability to contribute to team play through:

  • on ice training and skill development
  • effective dryland training
  • skill session curriculum
  • cost-effective clinic opportunities
  • coach training and development (in collaboration with the WYHA’s Coaches’ Committee)

Recognizing the unique importance of goaltenders to the WYHA, the PDC also addresses special initiatives aimed at the recruitment and development of goaltenders at every level

Skills Session

In collaboration with the PDC, the Wayzata High School Coaches design and implement skill sessions that are offered for teams at all levels during the regular season as part of the "top down" approach to overall player development of the WYHA.

Committee Members

The PDC is chaired by an appointee of the board and the committee is made up of the following members:

  • Squirt A coach
  • Pee Wee A coach
  • Bantam A coach
  • Wayzata High School Varsity coach
  • Representative of the Mite Program
  • Representative of the C Program
  • Representative of the Girls Program
  • VP of Boys Travel hockey (WYHA Board member)
  • A designated WYHA Board member ("PDC liaison")

The PDC welcomes questions and comments about player development. Our contact information is available on the WYHA web site.

Clinics

 WYHA has made a commitment to offer clinics to its registered players at an affordable price utilizing top-notch instructors. The PDC helps plan clinics for all levels from Mites to High School.  Clinics for Mite, Squirt, Pee Wee, Girls U10, and U12 levels emphasize skill development; and clinics for Girls U14, Bantam, and High School levels provide a more systematic program for the development of technical, tactical, and physical hockey skills.

Wayzata Hockey Clinics (http://www.wayzatahockeyclinics.com/) are affiliated with the WYHA, and the clinics are open only to players registered with the WYHA program. The "STP" program, which follows the guidelines set forth by Minnesota Hockey, is offered and run by the Wayzata High School Boys and Girls Hockey Head Coaches and their assistants during the off season. The PDC endorses and recommends these clinics to registered players of the WYHA.
 
Due to the large number of players in the WYHA, registered players are not guaranteed registration in offered clinics.  Links to other clinics and camps are found in the Links page.

Other Opportunities

 WYHA encourages hockey parents to explore all opportunities for hockey skills development to find the camp/clinic that best fits their family’s situation. Click on Links page for opportunities.  Parents should consider various factors in making a well-informed decision about the right camp/clinic in which to enroll their child. Ask questions! Inquire about the specific amount of on-ice instruction and the specific qualifications and experience of staff that will actually be on the ice during the camp/clinic.