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title: Program component/elements operations
description: "## 6.4 PROGRAM COMPONENTS/ELEMENTS There are five major components in the MHMHA hockey program including: 1. Power skating - While skating is an individual skill, consistent with the notion that skating is the most important skill in the game of…"
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updated: "2023-03-31"
category: Operations
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# Program component/elements operations

## 6.4 PROGRAM COMPONENTS/ELEMENTS

There are five major components in the MHMHA hockey program including:

1. Power skating

- While skating is an individual skill, consistent with the notion that skating is the most important skill in the game of hockey, MHMHA has chosen to place a high emphasis on the development and reinforcement of skating skills at all levels.

1. Individual skill development

- Physical – skating, shooting, passing, puck control, checking
- Mental – thinking skills, values
- Social – the ability to work cooperatively to produce a result – team play.
- Emotional – personal discipline and self-control – the ability to not let others take one out of the game.

1. Positional play – skills associated with a particular position and on-ice relativities.

1. Team Dynamics- the coordinated play of all six players who are on the ice at any given time.

1. Games