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Is this a good program?

never heard of it i would like to know what it is?
and were it is?

It is at St. Thomas and Fogerty in Blaine

its the new impact

it has a great facility and the instructors help you out a lot its an awesome place to go

So what is the acronym?

Who runs it and how do you reach them?

There is becoming quite a bit in competition happening in the summer time player developement. But the program just getting off the ground the Miracle Hockey Program being run by the Herb Brooks training center has the most potential for staying power. This is going to be a NON PROFIT program, specializing in positive, in perspective player developement. You could say that it's MN Made without the Gestapo tactics. Since icetime at the Super Rink is about $75 less per hour than MN Made cost should be more reasonable. And the facilities there are second to none, with 8 ice sheets, hockey specific dryland training facility, soccer fields and a golf course, you could just imagine the quality training program they could put together there.

MoreCowBell wrote:There is becoming quite a bit in competition happening in the summer time player developement. But the program just getting off the ground the Miracle Hockey Program being run by the Herb Brooks training center has the most potential for staying power. This is going to be a NON PROFIT program, specializing in positive, in perspective player developement. You could say that it's MN Made without the Gestapo tactics. Since icetime at the Super Rink is about $75 less per hour than MN Made cost should be more reasonable. And the facilities there are second to none, with 8 ice sheets, hockey specific dryland training facility, soccer fields and a golf course, you could just imagine the quality training program they could put together there.

I am aware of the Brooks program. I think your right in that it will have staying power for lots of reasons.

But the FHIT, can anyone tell me more?

The PHIT (formerly Impact Hockey) program advertises a great development program: small group sessions, unlimited dryland, talented instructors, premier development, connections to Junior programs and scouts, ...

However, my experience there has been that it becomes an overpriced day care center. Parents drop their kids off in the morning to hang out in the dryland area, and on pre-scheduled days get an hour of ice time. The dryland drills are run by young HS kids with minimal supervision. The ice time ends up being run by similarly young kids and the instruction has little value.

For the $1200+ fee, there are much better programs out there.
And, you won't have to deal with some of the egos that run PHIT.

Well it's great you know how to spell it. PHIT? It's FHIT.

Gump wrote:The PHIT (formerly Impact Hockey) program advertises a great development program: small group sessions, unlimited dryland, talented instructors, premier development, connections to Junior programs and scouts, ...

However, my experience there has been that it becomes an overpriced day care center. Parents drop their kids off in the morning to hang out in the dryland area, and on pre-scheduled days get an hour of ice time. The dryland drills are run by young HS kids with minimal supervision. The ice time ends up being run by similarly young kids and the instruction has little value.

For the $1200+ fee, there are much better programs out there.
And, you won't have to deal with some of the egos that run PHIT.

Gump, your description of FHIT doesn't come close to being accurate, in my experience. The instructors are top notch, many are current or former college players or better, and the on and off-ice programs are structured and supervised well. The people running the program are dedicated hockey people that bend over backwards to help kids accomplish their goals and be successful.

Thanks for the feedback and web site.

the camp makes u better if u at least twice a week or so and even if they are high school athletes they are great instructors

I have gone there the last two years. It is a great hockey enviorment. It is laid back but very competitive. I read earlier that someone called it an over priced day care. This place isnt kindercare. You pick what workouts you want to do and how hard you want to work. you dont have to work out if you dont want to. If you push yourself and work hard you will get a lot out of this. Great program great people. I improved so much my first year. Looking forward to another year there.

its a really fun camp as well as a camp that developes your skill


the instructers are great!

this is a great program for players of any age. It is flexible, yet a player can greatly develop there if he/she wants to. I would recommend it for any player serious about development.

twistedwrister9 wrote:this is a great program for players of any age. It is flexible, yet a player can greatly develop there if he/she wants to. I would recommend it for any player serious about development.

You can recommend all you want. Politics are in play. Some kids that go there are not as good as some kids that are turned away. soon we will have tryouts to see who is Fhit enough to join. Why would you want to join a program that says they are filled yet they still want people to fill out applications so they can find out if they are missing someone. Keep it to a selected group of kids and push the demand to get into Fhit. I wouldn't be surprised to see weaker kids paying more and the top players getting free admission to Fhit. Just so they could take credit for developement. Make sure when you fill out application the person you put down as reference really likes your kid or he ain't getting in.

CoachJ you are right on! I know from friends of mine that have had boys in their program that they do indeed give FREE RIDES or REALLY GOOD DEALS ONLY to the elite players just to get them into there camp so they can tell everyone they trained them. It is the oldest trick in the book. However how can they stay in business if they turn away the weaker players and let in the high end players basically for free??? Sounds like a formula for disaster.

MoreCowBell wrote: soccer fields

hey, stay off the soccer fields, then next thing you hockey players will want to do is use them for lacrosse

Skill Guy and CoachJ if you don't like it or think it's run badly ..........................DON'T GO! really please STAY AWAY I don't want kids of whinny parents like you guys there anyways.

If you call yourself "SkillGuy" why would you need to send your kid to a camp like this? you sound like you know it all anyways.

You guys come on here and complain about something you not involved with and it just sounds like you are jealeous you can't get little Johnny in.

Pucknutz69 wrote:Skill Guy and CoachJ if you don't like it or think it's run badly ..........................DON'T GO! really please STAY AWAY I don't want kids of whinny parents like you guys there anyways.

If you call yourself "SkillGuy" why would you need to send your kid to a camp like this? you sound like you know it all anyways.

You guys come on here and complain about something you not involved with and it just sounds like you are jealeous you can't get little Johnny in.

I coach and have been asked for reference for some players and know first hand how some kids are selected. Weaker players are selected but are asked to pay more money and some coaches don't like some players and they are not selected. This is for the most advanced players not for the weaker ones. Not me saying this. Fhit instructors. They go to tournaments and scout some kids and ask where they workout at. They want players not projects. I speak the truth, if you like Fhit continue going. If not find another program. Thats all I'am saying. they want demand for there program. If they let everyone in they would have a big turnover and the great players would look elsewhere.

check out the training manual (15+) i learned a lot from it, teaches a lot of different exercises

http://www.hockeyspeedandpower.com/eman ... hop=mani1a

the select 16 "camp" held in rochester, n.y. took place last week. there were 216 players from all over the country participating. from those 216 players 20 boys were chosen to represent the united states (national under 17 team (different from the ann arbor team)) in an international tournament held in the czeck republic in august. of the 20 players chosen, 5 are from minnesota ! 4 of the 5 are fhit players ! the boy who is not a fhit player simply can't be because the program is not available in the area he resides.

do they cater to the best or do they produce the best ?- i guess it depends on your perspective

I recently had the good fortune of watching "sled" hockey - perhaps you should all take a step backwards, stop your senseless "chirping", and count your blessings

Who were those kids?