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I caught up with Sean Walker and his iTRAINHOCKEY.com tour in Newmarket, Ontario this week. He was on the ice with the Novice AA team teaching them stick handling and team passing skills.

He made the best use of the hour. During the flood, the players were briefed on each drill set-up and execution. On the ice, the high paced running of the drills and shifting to the next drill wasted little time. The players were constantly working on their visual and listening skills (two skills that get overlooked in most development activities and under utilized in most games).

Sean’s powerful voice commanded the attention of the whole group during each element of the drills. The mechanics of the skills were broken down for each player to try in a stationary stance and then put together in skating motion. Success of performing these particular skills was measured based on the sound of the stick making contact with the puck. The less noise the better the skill was being performed.

He was able to demonstrate the benefit of each skill when done to its fullest range. I could see how much more stronger the players and team could be in games if they were able to improve these two skills. So the message from Sean to the players was practice this at home and you will get better at it.

I would recommend iTRAINHOCKEY.com to all coaches. It’s good for the players to meet different hockey experts and have variety in their development activities. The attention the players get from their coaches and other instructors, like Sean, help them see the importance of their role on the team and find their full game-potential.


About Sean Walker

Sean Walker has become one of the Greater Toronto Area’s most sought after experts in the hockey training business. He has over eighteen years of hockey experience, developing and enhancing his training method and philosophy through a combination of private, skill and team training, designing programs for today's game.

Sean’s hockey training career began as he started privately training players and teams from the age of 15 in Toronto. Through years of hockey experience and education, he has earned himself a list of elite level clientele, personally training OHL, QMJHL, NCAA, and Pro players, and teaching programs to the likes of many Canadian rep level teams. His classes focus on the individual’s and combine the breakdown of mechanics, high-intensity, and unique fundamental drills creating an experience for achieving personal and team-based goals.

Sean has played in the Ontario Provincial Junior "A" Hockey League and is certified through the Ontario Minor Hockey Association’s National Coaching Certification Program and the Greater Toronto Hockey League’s Competency Based Educational Training- Development for the ‘AAA’ level. He has head coached and assistant coached AAA team's in the GTHL and OMHA.