Maria Rooth Summer Hockey School has become the largest and most liked girls hockey camp in Sweden and Europe, which we are very proud of! The summer of 2024 is the 18th year and counting, and this year we offer two weeks for the first time! The school is open to any and all! It is the 12th year we have the beautiful city of Halmstad as our home base. The concept of the school will remain the same no matter the location. Our goal is for each student to be seen and to leave the camp with more knowledge of the technical aspects of the game, and also feel inspired and motivated. The students are close to their role models since all the group leaders are females with extensive hockey backgrounds. We also want the students to get to know more female hockey players and remain friends after the camp!
Halmstad offers a high-end sports facility! Some years ago Halmstad put over 40 million dollars to create Halmstad Arena. It has 2 ½ ice sheets, an adventure water park and many indoor gyms and soccer fields. The facility therefore offers a wide range of fantastic training possibilities both on and off the ice.
The hockey school is as always only for girls! Maria Rooth is the head on-ice instructor and she is assisted by female national team players / SDHL players / NDHL players and coaches, female as well as male talented leaders, and prominent guests. During the 2010-11 season Maria was the assistant hockey coach for the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD Bulldogs) in USA; the same college she went to as a student 1999-2003. Maria gathered lots of knowledge that she now incorporates into the school in many different ways.
Lots of hockey and training, meeting role models, making friends for life from many countries, and other fun things will happen during the week.
Registration takes place in the afternoon on the forst day of school. The schedule will be posted here at a later date. Activities every day (except first and last day) will be going on between 8.00 AM until about 5-9 PM. Each group will in addition to the day schedule scrimmage one night of the week, and be a part of a night on the ice filled with fun! The school ends on the last day in the afternoon after a scrimmage and a closing ceremony.
Every day will include at least 2 ice sessions, 1-2 off-ice sessions and theory sessions.
The goalies will be offered extra sessions of specific goalie training. Goalies also pay a reduced fee!
We offer a variety of training methods where each student will get specific help with what she needs to improve. We find our inspiration from Sweden and Canada – the heart and home of hockey, but also from female college hockey in the U.S. During the week we bring in some talented sports people (coaches, hockey players, athletes) that will inspire the students to improve their own game.
Do you want to become a better hockey player and meet friends that share your passion? Then you are more than welcome to join our popular summer hockey school only for girls!
OG-Silver Medalist 2006
Assistant hockey coach UMD Bulldogs 2010-11
IIHF Hockey Hall of Fame Inductee 2015