ABOUT COACHING EDUCATION PROGRAM (CEP)
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CEP Clinics are available on the USA Hockey Website. Please note that clinics will be held statewide beginning in September and running through November. Please check back often for newly added clinics.
All youth hockey coaches in Minnesota and the rest of the country are required to attend a series of clinics before they are eligible to coach. The clinics are designed to help coaches provide curriculum and use the proper teaching techniques to insure the proper development of their players.
The clinics are mandated and overseen by USA Hockey qualified instructors with at least a Level 4 certification. Each of the 12 districts in Minnesota Hockey has a head coach who serves as the USA Hockey CEP instructor. The clinic manuals they use and seminar content presented have been designed by the best hockey coaches and skill acquisition professional in the country. Each level is specific to the age of the players and their needs.
Clinic levels 1 through 3 are offered each year across the state on the weekends beginning in late September and concluding in late December. Many clinics offer on ice sessions as part of the program. Levels 4 and 5 are offered once a year in March and every two years at the National Coaching Symposium. |
