11th April 2023, Maribor – Over the past weekend the Women’s Hockey Partnership for Progress project has seen its first edition of the Ice Hockey Festival and Academy, an event that has drawn to the city of Maribor girl hockey teams from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia.
Around one hundred and fifty players, coaches and other team staff have spent three days improving their on the ice skills as well as expanding their theoretical knowledge on various aspects of the sport. The latter was done through the workshops conducted by women hockey experts from Europe and USA.
Katja Pasanen (FIN), who is a mental coach in different sports, discussed with the players issues related to the mental strength and finding the proper motivation to achieve their goals in ice hockey and in life. Since the event was a combination of workshops and hockey matches the players had the chance to immediately test discussed topics in real game situations and vice versa. Alexia Cheyroux (FRA), a French Leagues’ and IIHF’s referee, pointed out the importance of having good communication between the coaching staff and game officials, while Heather Mannix (USA), Florence Schelling (SUI) and Erika Holst (SWE) concentrated on the coaching staff. As each of the five teams played a match with other teams the three joined their benches to observe the dynamics within the team during the most intense part of ice hockey – the game itself. In the post-game analysis they were then able to provide feedback on how to adjust handling the situations which happen either on the ice or at the bench.
With the main focus being on learning the final scores were of less importance. However, this has not affected girls’ resolve with a stick and a puck; thus we have been able to see some very interesting games.
In addition to workshops and matches one of the highlights was definitely the Saturday Night Disco on the Ice, a social event that once again proved that ice hockey brings people together.
In light of the IIHF’s recent #InspireThe Next campaign the WHPP also welcomed young girls from Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, who are only getting to know themselves with the sport ice hockey. The youngsters were excited to join their senior colleagues for a joint session on the ice where they could learn new skills and seek advice on how to become better ice hockey players.
The whole event provided the WHPP Team with valuable feedback on the specific needs by the participating national ice hockey federations in order for the future activities to be even more tailor-made to beneficiaries of this EU Erasmus Plus funded project.
The 2024 WHPP Ice Hockey Festival and Academy will be held in Klagenfurt(Austria).
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6th April 2023, Maribor – Women’s ice hockey teams from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia are en-route to Maribor where a three-day gathering of young girls and women committed to the world’s fastest team sport is about to start tomorrow.
The first Women’s Hockey Partnership for Progress Academy and Festival will be hosting around 150 participants, ranging from players, to coaches, team leaders and game officials. From Friday to Sunday each team will play total of four games. The exchange of knowledge on the ice will be supplemented by expert workshops for players, coaches goalie coaches, team leaders and game officials.
The organisers have with the support of the International Ice Hockey Federation invited experts from Europe and USA: Alexia CHEYROUX (FRA), Erika HOLST (SWE), Heather MANNIX (USA), Katja PASANEN (FIN) and Florence SCHELLING (SUI). Most of them are former players themselves and they will be able to share their knowledge and experience with young players, hoping to #InspireTheNext generation in women’s ice hockey.
Stay tuned for more information and impressions from the event.
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27th March 2023, Ljubljana – The city of Maribor will be from Friday, 7th April to Sunday, 9th April the venue of the very first Women’s Hockey Partnership for Progress Academy and Festival hosting around 150 participants from different walks of ice hockey life coming from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia.
Over the three-day event, each Women’s National Team will play a friendly match with other four participants adding up to ten games during the whole WHPP Festival. This on-the ice practice will be complemented by the events of the WHPP Academy including various workshops for specific target audiences, including players, coaches, goalie coaches and game officials.
Together with the International Ice Hockley Federation and other partners of the project, the organisers of the event have secured the participation of the women ice hockey experts from Europe and the USA. They will lead the workshops and share their knowledge and experience with young girls and women during their stay in Maribor, thus helping them to advance their game as well as improve other aspects of athlete’s life and perception of the sport.
Our experts:
Alexia CHEYROUX (FRA) is a former ice hockey player in the French women’s championship. Linesperson in the French men’s professional leagues – Ligue Magnus, Division 1 – since 2010 and at the IIHF competitions since 2019 (2019 – WW U18 D2, Spain; 2021 – Olympic pre-qualification, Italy; 2022 – WW U18 D1A, Hungary; 2023 – WW U18A, Sweden). In 2022 she also attended USA Hockey Officiating Development Camp in Minnesota.
Erika HOLST (SWE) is a former Swedish National Team ice hockey player, representing Sweden at nine World Championships and winning silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. She played with the Segeltorps IF and Riksserien in Swedish elite league and with the University of Minnesota Bulldogs when they won the first three NCAA women’s championships in 2001, 2002 and 2003. Currently she is the Head Coach of Frolunda HC women’s team in Sweden’s Division 1.
Heather MANNIX (USA) joined USA Hockey in 2019 as an American Development Model manager of female hockey, and currently holds the title of Manager of Education and Player Development. She came to USA Hockey with a background in sport and exercise psychology, and exercise physiology. She works with local hockey associations and programs nationwide to support age-appropriate training, competition, and long-term athlete development. She also works very heavily with the Coaching Education Program and consults with the Officiating Education Program. She has also helped to develop new coaching curriculum content as well as training curriculum for Coach Developers nationwide.
Katja PASANEN (FIN) works as a mental performance coach in several different sports. She has worked as Head Coach of the IFK Helsinki U16 and U18 women’s teams and HPK senior women’s team. Already as a player and then later as a coach she was interested, how can she help players play at their level. She has studied e.g. sports psychology, behavior, sports medicine and social psychology, etc. Currently she is mental coach of Finish men’s top-level league team Rauman Lukko. “The higher the level of performance in top sports, the smaller the technical differences in the sport become, and the mental control of strengths becomes more prominent.” (www.katjapasanen.fi)
Florence SCHELLING (SUI) is an Olympic and World Championship bronze medalist and MVP. As a goalie, she represented the Swiss Women’s National Team for 15 years, including at at the Winter Olympics of 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018. She played at Northeastern University in the NCAA and Linköping’s HC for three seasons in the Swedish SDHL.
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2023 WHPP Festival and Academy was all about #InspiringTheNext generation
/0 Comments/in Coaching, Development, Game Officiating, Governance, News, Players /by WHPP PR11th April 2023, Maribor – Over the past weekend the Women’s Hockey Partnership for Progress project has seen its first edition of the Ice Hockey Festival and Academy, an event that has drawn to the city of Maribor girl hockey teams from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia.
Around one hundred and fifty players, coaches and other team staff have spent three days improving their on the ice skills as well as expanding their theoretical knowledge on various aspects of the sport. The latter was done through the workshops conducted by women hockey experts from Europe and USA.
Katja Pasanen (FIN), who is a mental coach in different sports, discussed with the players issues related to the mental strength and finding the proper motivation to achieve their goals in ice hockey and in life. Since the event was a combination of workshops and hockey matches the players had the chance to immediately test discussed topics in real game situations and vice versa. Alexia Cheyroux (FRA), a French Leagues’ and IIHF’s referee, pointed out the importance of having good communication between the coaching staff and game officials, while Heather Mannix (USA), Florence Schelling (SUI) and Erika Holst (SWE) concentrated on the coaching staff. As each of the five teams played a match with other teams the three joined their benches to observe the dynamics within the team during the most intense part of ice hockey – the game itself. In the post-game analysis they were then able to provide feedback on how to adjust handling the situations which happen either on the ice or at the bench.
With the main focus being on learning the final scores were of less importance. However, this has not affected girls’ resolve with a stick and a puck; thus we have been able to see some very interesting games.
In addition to workshops and matches one of the highlights was definitely the Saturday Night Disco on the Ice, a social event that once again proved that ice hockey brings people together.
In light of the IIHF’s recent #InspireThe Next campaign the WHPP also welcomed young girls from Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, who are only getting to know themselves with the sport ice hockey. The youngsters were excited to join their senior colleagues for a joint session on the ice where they could learn new skills and seek advice on how to become better ice hockey players.
The whole event provided the WHPP Team with valuable feedback on the specific needs by the participating national ice hockey federations in order for the future activities to be even more tailor-made to beneficiaries of this EU Erasmus Plus funded project.
The 2024 WHPP Ice Hockey Festival and Academy will be held in Klagenfurt(Austria).
Presentations
Erika Holst: Bench Coaching
Katja Pasanen: Mental Performance Training
Counting the hours until the 1st WHPP Ice Hockey Festival & Academy
/0 Comments/in Coaching, Game Officiating, Governance, News, Players /by WHPP PR6th April 2023, Maribor – Women’s ice hockey teams from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia are en-route to Maribor where a three-day gathering of young girls and women committed to the world’s fastest team sport is about to start tomorrow.
The first Women’s Hockey Partnership for Progress Academy and Festival will be hosting around 150 participants, ranging from players, to coaches, team leaders and game officials. From Friday to Sunday each team will play total of four games. The exchange of knowledge on the ice will be supplemented by expert workshops for players, coaches goalie coaches, team leaders and game officials.
The organisers have with the support of the International Ice Hockey Federation invited experts from Europe and USA: Alexia CHEYROUX (FRA), Erika HOLST (SWE), Heather MANNIX (USA), Katja PASANEN (FIN) and Florence SCHELLING (SUI). Most of them are former players themselves and they will be able to share their knowledge and experience with young players, hoping to #InspireTheNext generation in women’s ice hockey.
Stay tuned for more information and impressions from the event.
1st WHPP Ice Hockey Festival & Academy with experts from Europe and USA
/0 Comments/in Coaching, Development, Game Officiating, News, Players /by WHPP PR27th March 2023, Ljubljana – The city of Maribor will be from Friday, 7th April to Sunday, 9th April the venue of the very first Women’s Hockey Partnership for Progress Academy and Festival hosting around 150 participants from different walks of ice hockey life coming from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia.
Over the three-day event, each Women’s National Team will play a friendly match with other four participants adding up to ten games during the whole WHPP Festival. This on-the ice practice will be complemented by the events of the WHPP Academy including various workshops for specific target audiences, including players, coaches, goalie coaches and game officials.
Together with the International Ice Hockley Federation and other partners of the project, the organisers of the event have secured the participation of the women ice hockey experts from Europe and the USA. They will lead the workshops and share their knowledge and experience with young girls and women during their stay in Maribor, thus helping them to advance their game as well as improve other aspects of athlete’s life and perception of the sport.
Our experts:
Alexia CHEYROUX (FRA) is a former ice hockey player in the French women’s championship. Linesperson in the French men’s professional leagues – Ligue Magnus, Division 1 – since 2010 and at the IIHF competitions since 2019 (2019 – WW U18 D2, Spain; 2021 – Olympic pre-qualification, Italy; 2022 – WW U18 D1A, Hungary; 2023 – WW U18A, Sweden). In 2022 she also attended USA Hockey Officiating Development Camp in Minnesota.
Erika HOLST (SWE) is a former Swedish National Team ice hockey player, representing Sweden at nine World Championships and winning silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. She played with the Segeltorps IF and Riksserien in Swedish elite league and with the University of Minnesota Bulldogs when they won the first three NCAA women’s championships in 2001, 2002 and 2003. Currently she is the Head Coach of Frolunda HC women’s team in Sweden’s Division 1.
Heather MANNIX (USA) joined USA Hockey in 2019 as an American Development Model manager of female hockey, and currently holds the title of Manager of Education and Player Development. She came to USA Hockey with a background in sport and exercise psychology, and exercise physiology. She works with local hockey associations and programs nationwide to support age-appropriate training, competition, and long-term athlete development. She also works very heavily with the Coaching Education Program and consults with the Officiating Education Program. She has also helped to develop new coaching curriculum content as well as training curriculum for Coach Developers nationwide.
Katja PASANEN (FIN) works as a mental performance coach in several different sports. She has worked as Head Coach of the IFK Helsinki U16 and U18 women’s teams and HPK senior women’s team. Already as a player and then later as a coach she was interested, how can she help players play at their level. She has studied e.g. sports psychology, behavior, sports medicine and social psychology, etc. Currently she is mental coach of Finish men’s top-level league team Rauman Lukko. “The higher the level of performance in top sports, the smaller the technical differences in the sport become, and the mental control of strengths becomes more prominent.” (www.katjapasanen.fi)
Florence SCHELLING (SUI) is an Olympic and World Championship bronze medalist and MVP. As a goalie, she represented the Swiss Women’s National Team for 15 years, including at at the Winter Olympics of 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018. She played at Northeastern University in the NCAA and Linköping’s HC for three seasons in the Swedish SDHL.