Ohio Hockey Project

A structured, month-by-month off-ice development curriculum for committed hockey players, from 12U through junior hockey, college and beyond. Short video lessons and workbooks in the Development and Advancement stages, structured worksheets from The Path Forward onward, and a required monthly one-on-one with a current OHP Head Coach. It is not a camp, a clinic, or a recruiting agency — it is the education and support layer that wraps around your player's existing team and coaching.

By age band. Development is 12U to 14U, Advancement is 15U to 16U, and The Path Forward is 17U and up, covering junior hockey, college, and the transition to pro or to a life after the game. Most families begin with Development. It is for girls and boys, including the different recruiting timelines each faces. As your player grows they move into the next stage's own material, pitched to that age, rather than a harder version of the same lessons.

$250 a month for the length of the season. Development and Advancement run six months, September through February — $1,500 for the season. The Path Forward runs seven months, September through March — $1,750. Billing is monthly, not a lump sum.

New units unlock on the first of every month, starting September 1. Enrollment is open now and stays open through the end of October. Families who join inside that window get immediate access to any units already released, so you can catch up to the group within a few weeks rather than starting behind. After October, enrollment closes until the following September, so the players moving through a season together stay together.

A unit is two lessons of about ten minutes each, each followed by a workbook and a short piece of homework, then a closing quiz and one mentor call that month. Total hands-on time for a player is usually well under an hour a week, spread across the week rather than one long sitting. The Path Forward swaps the videos for two worksheets and drops the quiz — there, the mentor conversation is the check for understanding. Everything lives in one account on Thinkific, set up when you enroll.

Every mentor is a current Ohio Hockey Project Head Coach, not an outside hire, and your player keeps the same mentor for the whole season. Each unit closes with a scheduled video or voice call — typically 20 to 25 minutes and never more than 30 — reviewing the work and your player's recent stretch of play, with lighter messaging in between as needed. Parents are always welcome to join, and we encourage it.

Every mentor works inside a safeguarding framework: clear guidance on appropriate boundaries and communication, sessions designed with parent visibility in mind, and training to recognise the warning signs — around mental health, wellbeing and healthy habits — that mean a young person needs more than hockey advice. Our first commitment is always to the person, not the player.

We ask families to commit to the season the same way you would with a team or travel fee, but payment is month-to-month and you can cancel with 30 days' notice if your plans change. There is no long-term contract beyond the season your player is currently enrolled in, and re-enrollment is never automatic — we reach out in the spring with what is ahead and you decide each year. Between seasons, OHP coaches stay available for private on-ice training if you want to keep working with us.

No. It wraps around them. Team practice time is built around games and on-ice skill development, as it should be, which leaves little room for a coach to also teach goal-setting, nutrition, mental performance, NCAA eligibility rules, or how recruiting actually works today. Almost nobody teaches that part on purpose. That is the gap this fills.