Hat Trick Sports

"The Crossover Flywheel is 10 times the machine that I originally thought it would be when I first saw it.  At first I saw how it works on the crossover technique.  As I saw my son use it more and more, I saw how well it developed his balance, edge control, knee bend, extension, and lateral agility.  Now he works on all of these things while multitasking and he can feel the results on the ice.  Is this the only thing a hockey player needs in order to prepare for the game?  Absolutely not, but it is one of the best tools I have ever seen to take any player's game to another level.”

"My son Gunnar's overall skating ability has improved with the help of on and off-ice training at Competitive Edge.  Concentration on edge work and knee bend has been key to his development.  This has allowed Gunnar to have solid success playing at his age level.  I have also seen vast improvement in many of his teammates who have trained with Competitive Edge."

“Since the very beginning (all the way back to mini-mites), my son  Evan has loved the game of hockey.  With that passion, spring has traditionally brought disappointment surrounding the season ending and indecision about where, when, and how much hockey he would play over the off-season months.

This all changed in 2009 when Evan was invited to train and play with the Competitive Edge Elite Development Program's 2000 Monopoly team.  Offering a balance of ice, flywheel, dry land, strength/conditioning, and game/tournament experience, along with an opportunity to compete alongside a collection of great and talented kids, Evan found a home...and he is better for it.   

His enthusiasm for all aspects of the training program and comfort with the coaching staff resulted in great strides in Evan's hockey development.  So much so that we feel that the Monopoly experience was the primary factor in Evan being a first year Squirt A in an highly competitive Elk River program. 

Thanks Competitive Edge for all of your efforts!”

"Our son Cody decided to play hockey in the 4Th grade after 5 years of wrestling.  Needless to say it was very difficult for the first 3 years.  The first 2 years of hockey he was on the C squirt team but we were seeing that he was a pretty decent skater.  After those 2 years our association only had 1 A PeeWee Team that had 13 kids on then a B2 PeeWee with 20 skaters.      

The season was horrific!  Cody decided that year that he wanted to do something outside our association to better himself.  We looked into a few camps and then found a camp that offered Competitive Edge training also.  What A Difference a camp can make.  Competitive Edge was "AMAZING".  The Fly Wheel was something that made huge improvements in the speed of his skating and his crossovers.  One of the biggest improvements that I personally saw was that he constantly was moving his feet when he was on the ice.  Cody attended 8 sessions and after the 2ND one not only I noticed but Cody said that he felt like he was skating faster, better edging, and just a different level of confidence on the ice.  I watched as he started to pass kids in the skating part of hockey and was really in disbelief.  After 7 sessions I could not believe what I was seeing.  Not only had his skating improved but a different confidence level.

When pre-tryouts came upon us, I sat in the stands by the parents who had watched him skate for 3 years.  I had 2 dads in particular ask where Cody was cause they didn't see him out there.  I said that he was defiantly out there.  One dad said "well it could be him there but there is "No Way" that is him.  Competitive Edge changed everything that was wrong with his posture, technique and skill and improved it greatly.

This year we had 4 PeeWee teams and Cody made the PeeWee B1.  What I felt more important then level of team he made was the HUGE improvement in his skating style and in himself.  Amazing how Competitive edge not only focused on the skating part of the camp but on building them up as an individual.  You guys are awesome to work with.  You are good to the kids and you treat everyone of them like they are "A" players....you never know...with your training they might be!!!  Thanks to everyone at Competitive edge"