High Performer Program - Term 1

Journey to Excel is excited to offer an opportunity for High Performer Program athletes.

The High Performer Program is truly unique in that it allows elite athletes to augment their education with competitive training in their sport providing well rounded development in academic, athletic and life-style aspects of their life. 

Who Can Apply:

• An individual who is committed to achieving both academic and athletic success

• An individual who is independent, self-directed, and organized

• An individual who is working at grade level usually around 75% average at a minimum.

• An individual who has been referred by a coach or trainer as being a “high performing athlete”

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Program Overview:

• Ford Performance Centre | September 8th, 2026 - December 3rd, 2026

• 4 Days per Week | Monday to Thursday

​Each day:

• On-ice skills session : Shooting (In stride, top speed, under pressure), Stick handling, deking and other puck skills, Stride mechanics, edges and acceleration, Puck protection, game situation and battle drills, Small area games

• Off-ice training session : Body composition/weight/girths, Identification of functional limitations and asymmetries, Lower body power, Upper body strength and endurance, Core strength and endurance, Speed/agility, Aerobic/anaerobic capacity

  • ​Functional movement screen -  A system that documents movement patterns that are key to ‘normal’ function

• Either off-ice stickhandling & shooting, seminar with a guest instructor, or video review of games/on-ice skills

Participants are shuttled to Hollycrest Middle School and Silverthorn Collegiate Institute each day