Checkmate

A.C.E. Checkmate

A.C.E. Is one of a kind for checking drills.
A.C.E. Takes the hit, decreases the possibility of injury.
A.C.E. Helps players learn to make fakes and keep head up.
A.C.E. Is great when used for skating and stick handling drills.
A.C.E. Helps Players learn to create space and use edges while skating.

It’s revolutionary, it’s original, and it’s something your kids are going to love. It’s A.C.E. Checkmate, a life size padded checking dummy. It's the only mobile teaching aid for youth hockey. Practicing with the A.C.E. Checkmate dummy reduces the risk of injury, enables players to learn the proper checking technique, and most of all, have fun on the ice. Mike Getchell, a coach with over 20 years of experience in youth hockey, designed and developed A.C.E. Checkmate. "Working with life like mobile checking dummies helps my teams with all aspects of hockey. During practice it helps kids stay focused while doing drills."

Benefits of A.C.E. Checkmate

Builds confidence
Reduces risk of injury
Simulates game conditions
Safer than hitting another player
Teaches proper checking technique
Eye Level for skating and passing drills
More effective than orange cones
Players learn to keep their head up during drills. With cones they tend to look down.

A.C.E.. Checkmate is a mobile or stationary teaching device used to teach young children checking techniques. A.C.E. can be powered by the coach, or it can stand alone. The name A.C.E, stands for A Checking Experience. Using this dummy is a real checking experience for all kids. The most important feature of checkmate is safety. First of all, your kids are not hitting each other in practice. Secondly, the kids are not afraid of the dummy and are less inhibited therefore providing them with an opportunity to complete their check. By learning and mastering the proper checking technique it will inherently lower the risk of injury to all kids. Practicing with A.C.E. heightens the players overall interest during drills. It’s durable, rugged, and solidly made. It’s a confidence builder for those kids who may be intimidated. It’s user friendly and simulates game conditions. A.C.E. can be used to incorporate offensive and defensive checking techniques. Learning the proper checking techniques will inevitably keep everyone safer.


Hip Check	Pin Check	Stick Handling

A.C.E. Adjusts to accommodate Mite, Squirt, PeeWee and Bantam players.

Teaching kids, while allowing them to have fun, is of course what youth hockey is all about. A.C.E. Checkmate allows this goal to be accomplished. It’s safe, it teaches proper technique, it builds confidence, it simulates game conditions, and it’s easy to use. Your hockey program now has the chance to make your practice more fun and more educational. Get Checkmate today!!!