Private Sessions

The most effective way to improve your skating

Private Ice

A controlled environment with no distractions is one of the key factors needed to break through old habits and build a solid foundation of proper skating fundamentals that will then be applied to practice and game situations.

Personal Attention

With a private session all the work and instruction is customized for the skaters own unique needs.  

Building good habits with careful skill and drill progressions allows the player not only to improve but maintain the improvement by ensuring the repetitions are done correctly.

Video Feedback

Once a skater can put together the difference between how something feels versus how it actually looks great progress can be made.  

All videos done on sessions are then emailed to the skater for home viewing and study to help bridge the gap between sessions and keep the skater thinking about the previous sessions work. See some examples here.

Session Information

  • All sessions instructed by Paul Matheson or Victor Polowy or James Callan
  • Ice time is private, there will be no other skaters on the ice
  • All sessions will be at Allandale Recreation Centre or Peggy Hill Team Community Centre or East Bayfield Community Centre or Sadlon Arena
  • Opportunities for puck handling to be combined with skating development if appropriate
  • Full equipment is optional but encouraged. Helmets, gloves, and sticks are mandatory
  • If putting together a group, keep the skater’s levels as close as possible for maximum results, please also keep in mind the smaller the group the better for video analysis and personal attention
  • Times will be booked based on first come, first served, with last year’s skaters getting first right of refusal for their previous year’s times. After that priority will be given to skaters that wish to book consistent weekly times, followed by those that wish to book sessions one at a time or in smaller time frames.
  • Please keep in mind that I will do my best to accommodate specific time requests, but due to the limited ice available it is very difficult to accommodate everyone’s specific requests. 

Fall / Winter / Spring

Schedule

September 2024 to April 2025

  • Mondays: 7:30am-10:00am (PHTCC) 11:30am-3:30pm (ALLANDALE)
  • Tuesdays: 7:30am – 12:00pm (PHTCC)
  • Wednesdays: 7:30am-10:00am (PHTCC) 11:30am-3:30pm (ALLANDALE)
  • Thursdays: 7:45am-9:45am (PHTCC) 11:30am-3:30pm (ALLANDALE)

Please note that I am not able to rent ice evenings or weekends due to ice contract I rent ice through.

Pricing

30 Minute Option
  • One skater for 30 mins = $100+hst
  • Two – Four skaters for 30 mins = $120+hst(divided by players)
45 Minute Option
  • One skater for 45 mins = $150+hst
  • Two – Four skaters for 45 mins = $180+hst(divided by players)
60 Minute Option
  • One skater for one hour = $200+hst
  • Two – Four skaters for one hour = $240+hst(divided by players)

Summer

Schedule (Players born 2010AA and younger of all levels)

  • Sessions start date: June 30 2025
  • Sessions end date: August 14 2024 
  • Day and time options for 2010 AA born and younger:
  • (Each session is 30 minutes and has a maximum of 4 players)
  • Monday:          6:30-10:30am Sadlon Arena (James 6:30-8:00, Victor 8:00-10:30)
  •                          12noon-2pm Sadlon Arena (Victor)
  •                          1:25-2:55pm Allandale Recreation Centre (James)
  •                           3:50-4:50pm AllandaleRecreation Centre (James)
  • Tuesday:         6:30-9:30am Sadlon Arena (James 6:30-8:00, Victor 8:00-9:30)
  •                          12noon-2pm Sadlon Arena(Victor)
  •                          1:25-2:55pm Allandale Recreation Centre (James)
  •                          3:50-4:50pm AllandaleRecreation Centre (James)
  • Wednesday:   6:30-10:30am Sadlon Arena (James 6:30-8:00, Victor 8:00-10:30)
  •                          12noon-2pm Sadlon Arena(Victor)
  •                          1:25-2:55pm Allandale Recreation Centre (James)
  •                          3:50-4:50pm Allandale Recreation Centre (James)
  • Thursday:       6:30-10:30am Sadlon Arena(James 6:30-8:00, Victor 8:00-10:30)
  •                         12noon-2pm Sadlon Arena(Victor)
  •                         1:25-2:55pm Allandale Recreation Centre (James)
  •                         3:50-4:50pm Allandale Recreation Centre (James)
  • ***Please note that these are the start and end times (for example the latest session for the morning block of ice would conclude at 10:30am)***
  • Commitment will be for the entire 7 week program (6 weeks for Mondays due to Civic holiday), should you be unable to attend a session you are welcome to send a replacement player provided that player fits within the age and level of the group.

2010 AAA YOB up to Pro/Jr

Small group Jr/Pro Skates will be held Monday Thru Thursday in the afternoons. To qualify for these sessions players need to have played college, junior, or pro this past season, or be a AAA player of the 2010 birth year or older (AA for female players).

Sessions start date: July 7 2025
Sessions end date: August 14 2025

Day and time options:
(Each session is 45 minutes and has a maximum of 8 players)

Monday           2:35-4:50pm       Sadlon Arena

Tuesday           2:35-4:50pm      Sadlon Arena

Wednesday     2:35-4:50pm       Sadlon Arena

Thursday         2:35-4:50pm       Sadlon Arena

***Please note that these are the start and end times (for example the latest session concludes at 4:50pm)***

Commitment will be for the entire 6 week program (5 weeks for Mondays due to Civic holiday), should you be unable to attend a session you are welcome to send a replacement player provided that player fits within the age and level of the group.

Pricing (includes coaching and ice time):

Monday program (5 weeks): $300+hst
Tuesday program (6 weeks): $360+hst
Wednesday program (6 weeks): $360+hst
Thursday program (6 weeks): $360+hst


Every effort will be made to keep session participants at similar age and levels

Commitment will be for the entire program, should you be unable to attend a session you are welcome to send a replacement player provided that player fits within the age and level of the group.

Please note that due to limited ice during the summer months this is all that is available to me

Pricing (Players born 2010AA and younger of all levels)

Pricing (includes coaching and ice time):

1 Player private session (Tuesday thru Thursday based on 7 weeks): $1050+hst
2 Player session (Tuesday thru Thursday based on 7 weeks): $550+hst per player
3 Player session (Tuesday thru Thursday based on 7 weeks): $375+hst per player
4 Player session (Tuesday thru Thursday based on 7 weeks): $300+hst per player

1 Player private session (Allandale Mondays based on 6 weeks): $900+hst
2 Player session (Mondays based on 6 weeks): $475+hst per player
3 Player session (Mondays based on 6 weeks): $325+hst per player

4 Player session (Mondays based on 6 weeks): $250+hst per player

(Each session is 30 minutes and has a maximum of 4 players)
If putting together your own group please try to keep ages and levels as close as possible and make a note below

Every effort will be made to keep session participants at similar age and levels

Commitment will be for the entire 7 week program (6 weeks for Allandale Mondays due to Civic holiday), should you be unable to attend a session you are welcome to send a replacement player provided that player fits within the age and level of the group.

Please note that the higher summer price is due to increased summer ice cost.

contact to book a session
  • All prices include instruction and ice time.
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