Wrapping Paper Pickup, Parents Meeting 12-19, Practice 12/19 & 12/26

Did you order nuts, candy wrapping paper? Pick up is Wednesday, December 16 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM.

Please plan to attend the parents’ meeting on December 19^th. There is a meeting at 8:30 and another one at 10:15.

Practices  on 12/19

• 8:45 early team
• 9:30 late team

Practices on 12/26

• 9:30 early team
• 10:15 late team

Devos Skate at Bradley Center on January 7th

Devos Skate During Intermission of Admirals Game Jan 7

• We have to be at the Bradley Center by 3:30.
• Practice is from 4:00-5:00.
• Devos will skate a 6 minute exhibition game at the Bradley Center on January 7 during the first intermission of the Admirals game.
• The Admirals vs. San Antonio @ 7:00. It is Elvis Night featuring Tony Rocker.

Ticket Info

• Everyone needs a ticket to the game, even the devo.   
• You can buy tickets from the box office and sit any where you want, if that is your preference.
• Or email your order to Janet Delikat no later than Sunday, January 3
• Devo parents should pick up their tickets at Wilson Park on Wednesday, January 6, between 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. 
• If you cannot be there, we will designate someone to collect the money and to pick up the tickets.
• Payment must be made at the time of pick-up and needs to be EXACT cash or checks payable to SHAW.   
• Tickets are $13.00 each.
• $2.00 from each ticket goes towards ice fees.   
• jdelikat@wi.rr.com

 What You Need to Know

• Pack all your regular hockey gear, your SHAW jersey & another jersey (if possible). For the game, skaters will be divided into two teams. It might be light and dark. Or Red versus rainbows etc.
• Don’t forget your game tickets.
• Meet at the Bradley Center by  3:30. Enter through Lobby A, the northeast entrance.
• Be on time. We will be escorted as a group to our locker room.
• Practice starts at 4:00 and ends at 5:00.
• It is important that we follow any directions from Admirals or Bradley Center staff to the letter.
• John Bitter, or another Admirals staffer, will provide further instructions, so listen carefully when announcements are made in the locker room before practice
• Parents/siblings may watch practice from the stands. Bring a camera.
• On ice volunteers are welcome. Adults must wear a hockey helmet. Anyone under 18 should be in full hockey gear.
• We will have a light practice. I may cut practice short. This will be a very long day for the children.
• We leave all our hockey gear in the locker room
• Everyone has to leave the building after practice, but doors re-open at 6:00.
• The Devo coaching staff will select 6 players for the magic moment. These devos are announced with the Admirals starting lineup and remain on the ice during the national anthem. Thes magic 6 will be given additional instructions. The Coaches will pick children who can handle the limelight, skate well enough to get to their places on the ice, & balance well enough to stand during the anthem.
• All devos should leave their seats and go to the locker room with 10 minutes remaining in the 1st period.
• SHAW will have 6 minutes on the ice in the 1st Intermission.
• We pick up our gear after the game.

Questions

• Email or phone me if you have questions Molly 483-1237
• This is our team manager’s email creineck@wi.rr.com
• Coach’s email lostshield@yahoo.com
   

Schedule Announcements

1. No Practice on 12/12
2. I don’t know if it is the weather or the County, but this is the 4th time/date change for Red Arrow. Maybe the 4th time’s the charm. The ice rink at Red Arrow Park is opening Friday 11 December at 4 p.m.  SHAW is welcome to attend.
3. Official Opening is Tuesday, 15 December. SHAW Pres, Carisa Ludwig would like SHAW skaters on the ice from 6 a.m. until school time.  She would like a SHAW representative  to be available for an interview with Gus Gnorski at 7:10 a.m.  Please keep in mind that breaking news can change this plan.

Defray Ice Fees with Brewer Credits

Interested in working Brewer Concessions to defray ice fees? SHAW usually has an info session in December/January. Keep an eye out, if you are interested. Read article about SHAW participation in 2007.

December Practice Schedule

• 12/12 No practice
• 12/19
  • Early 8:45
  • Late: 9:30
• 12/26
  • Early: 9:30
  • Late: 10:15

Skills & Drills

We are working through CEP Level 1 Manual A. If you want to run a station: read the manual or talk to me before practice. If you do not have the time or the inclination to learn the skills or if you are not able to perform them, here’s how you can help. Watch the on ice demonstrations and work with a child or children preferably one or ones who are not your own. Help devos do the skills properly. Be patient. Correct the common mistakes. Be positive.

http://www.usahockey.com//Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=CO_07_02&ID=19686 Click CEP Level 1 Manual.

Want to get a coaching card? There are seminars in Milwaukee in August of September.

Here are the skills in Manual A. We have worked on the ones highlighted in bold.

• Balance/Agility
• How to get up
• Proper Stance
• T-Push
• Gliding on 2-Skates
• Gliding on 1-Skate
• Scooting
• Glide Turns
• One/Eleven O’clock Stops
• Moving Sideways
• Striding
• Backward Stance
• Walking Backwards
• Gliding Backwards
• C-Cut Backwards
• V-Stop
• Puckhandling Stance
• Stationary Puckhandling
• Skating with Puck
• Open Ice Carry
• Starting with Puck
• Weaving with Puck
• Forehand Sweep Pass
• Receiving Pass Forehand
• Backhand Sweep Pass
• Receiving Pass Backhand
• Skating and Passing
• Forehand Sweep Shot
• Backhand Sweep Shot
• Skating and Shooting

Every practice we work on these skills which are USFSA or USA Hockey standards or adaptations of them.

1. Proper Way to Fall. In a standing position, bend knees and continue to fall by leaning forward and falling on knees. An alternative is to fall down as if sitting in a chair. Continue gently until falling on bottom. [T1]
2. Proper Way to Get Up. We will do this at every practice with some variation. We may start players on their backs and introduce rolling over.  Players should learn to get up from their knees.  Keep both hands on the stick; don’t put hands on the ice. Slide one skate forward so that it is under the weight of the body. Push on the back skate to stand up. The commands: on your belly, pull your stick into your chin, one knee, two knees, one skate, two skate. [T1] 
3. Ready Position.  Head up. Skates parallel and shoulder with apart. Toes pointed straight ahead. Knees bent over the caps of the skaters’ toes. [Simulate a sitting position.] Keep back fairly straight and lean upper body slightly forward. Two hands on stick, stick blade on the ice. [T1]
4. Forward Stride: [One or more skills related to the forward stride]
5.  Stopping: one of more skills relating to stopping
6.  Backwards Skating (starting In mid-December)
7.  Puck Skills: Stick handling, shooting, passing

Skills relating to the forward stride

Marching in Standing Position. With both hands on stick and the stick blade on the ice,  alternate lifting each foot three times  while remaining in place for five seconds. Repeat. [T1]

Marching While Moving. With both hands on stick and the stick blade on the ice, march, counting 1, 2, 3; then glide on two feet. The feet should be parallel and shoulder width apart. Repeat.  [T1]

Forward Swizzle Standing Still. Standing in proper position, put heels together forming a wide “V” position, then move toes together until touching. Skates trace a lemon or football shape. Repeat for a total of three times. Skater should be stationary. . [T2]

Single Swizzle. Same as above. With heels together, feet forming a wide “V” position with weight on the heels, and knees bent. Slowly push toes outward using inside edges to form swizzle in forward motion, pull toes together until touching. Steps in between are required. Repeat three times.  [T2]

Beginning Two-Foot Glide. Must be performed for a distance at least equal to the skater’s height on two feet after taking only three steps . [T2]

Push and Glide Stroking. From ready position with both knees bent, push and glide on one foot. Sufficient length of glide equals one foot. Repeat for a total of six times, alternating feet, with a glide in between on two feet. [T3]

Forward Swizzle. Standing in ready position, move forward by putting heels together, feet forming a wide “V” position with weight on the heels, and knees bent. Slowly push toes outward using inside edges to form swizzle in forward motion, pull toes together until touching. The two-foot glide in between swizzles is to be a distance of at least one foot. Maneuver is to be done three times. [T3]

T-Push (Right & Left). Point front skate in direction of movement. Place back skate slightly behind the front skate to form a T. Keep the entire blade flat on the ice. Push from the inside edge of the back foot and glide on the forward foot in a straight line for a distance of at least the skater’s height. Repeat on the other foot from a standing still position. [T4] 

Two-Foot Jump In Place. While standing still with both hands on stick and stick blade on the ice, bend knees, jump up, land, bend knees to almost teapot position (deeply), then stand up straight again. Repeat for a total of three times. [T2]

Dip. Push three times only, glide on two feet. With both hands on the stick & the stick blade on the ice , deeply bend knees and lower the bottom to a sitting position so that  hips are slightly higher than the knees. Hold position for a count of five. [T3]

Skills related to Stopping

 Scrape: Prep for Stopping. From ready position with knees bent, use one foot on the inside edge and scrape to the side, creating snow. Bring foot back to starting position and repeat three times. Alternating to other foot and repeat three times. [T3]

Two-Foot or One-Foot Snowplow Stop. A complete stop must be made in good balance using the inside edge of either or both skates for the skidding or stopping action. The skater must remain in that position for a count of three. Skater glides on two feet in the basic stance (knees bent& Back straight),  turns both heels out while applying pressure to the insides edge of both skates keeping the weight on the balls of the feet. The stop is executed while facing forward. [T4]

Skills Relating to Backward Skating

Backward Swizzle. A backward swizzle must be performed for a distance at least equal to one foot in three in-and-out movements. [T4]

Backward Wiggle. In standing position, top hand on stick, free hand at side, feet shoulder width apart with weight on the balls of the feet, knees bent, wiggle hips quickly. Skater must travel backward for at least ten feet. [T4]

Festivities for SHAW’s 40th. News from SHAW Pres.

Hello everyone!

After much work and a lot of digging into SHAW’s history we have accumulated some awesome memorabilia from many of our Alumni.  We also have finalized our events for this weekend.  Feel free to come spend a few hours or more with us this weekend to watch all of our teams and browse the last 40 years of our club.

More on skating at the Bradley Center

Tickets info for the Admirals Game January 7^th vs. San Antonio @ 7:00.

It is “Elvis Night” featuring Tony Rocker.

Chris should have ticket order info including price and pick-up dates for us soon. Tickets are needed for all attending the game, including the skater.

We will have an hour practice before the Admirals game. Practice times have varied over the years, but I usually have had to leave work early (by 3:00) to make practice.

Devos will play a 5 or 6 minute exhibition games against each other. I expect that our game will be between periods, but once we skated before the game.

• Pack all your regular hockey gear, your SHAW jersey & another jersey (if possible). For the game, skaters will be divided into two teams. It might be light and dark. Or Black/Blue versus rainbows etc.
• Don’t forget your game tickets.
• Meet at the Bradley Center by  ————TBA————in Lobby A [NW corner of the Bradley Center]
• Please be on time. We will be escorted as a group to our locker room.
• It is important that we follow any directions from Admirals or Bradley Center staff to the letter.
• John Bitter, or another Admirals staffer, will provide further instructions including when what time we should report back to the dressing room to dress.
•  Our practice time is —-TBA ——-
• Parents/siblings may watch practice from the stands. Bring a camera.
• On ice volunteers are welcome. Adults must wear a hockey helmet. Anyone under 18 should be in full hockey gear.
• We will have a light practice. Depending on how things go, I may cut practice short.
• We leave all our hockey gear in the locker room
• The team must leave the Bradley Center after practice
• We pick up our gear after the game.
• Email or phone me if you have questions

Molly 483-1237

Devos Skate During Admirals’ intermission Jan 7th

• Thursday, January 7th
• Sunday, April 11th (last regular season game)

Devos will have a one hour practice at the Bradley center in the afternoon before the game. They will play a 5 or 6 minute exhibition game between periods. Chris should have the ticket order and pick-up information soon.

Stow your valuables out of sight (or leave them home)

Hi All.

Please see the following from Kathy Schultz about vandalism of cars at Wilson Park.  This is the 4th time this has occurred in less than 2 weeks.  And having been one of the families to personally go through this, all I can say is take the extra minute to make sure nothing is left in sight regardless of how much of a rush you may be in.

 Chris Reineck