Association Academy Rudi Hiti was founded in 2013. It is named after the legendary Slovene and Yugoslav hockey player and coach, Mr. Rudi Hiti. As an ambassador of hockey in Slovenia and a member of the Hall of Fame (Hall of Fame)at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) seeks to popularise ice hockey and mass sport among children and young people.

The basic motto of the Association is the healthy development of children and adolescents in the personalities who will through sport build its image and quality of life.

The mission of the Academy Rudi Hiti is to enable all children, regardless of social or economic status of participation in sport, particularly in sports on ice. For this goal, the Academy Rudi Hiti bought for each participant hockey equipment and with the help of sponsors and donors also free participation in training.

Academy Rudi Hiti participates in various projects of Slovenian Hockey Federation and in  the local sports, infrastructure and educational institutions, which enable pre-school children free skating courses throughout the year and carry out development programs of Slovenia hockey federation.

Training process in the association runs from May to April and we have more than 150 children of different ages. Among the most important activities of the association is also organising international summer camps in ice hockey, where players and coaches coming from European countries, Canada, USA, Balkan republics and Turkey. The number of participants at the camp is more than 200 kids and youngsters.

At the association we are very considered as very important the training of trainers and coaches, lecturing at various sport seminars and mainly the help to build up the development program for Slovenian hockey federation.

The association operates at the Ice rink Bled, Slovenia, Ice rink Tabor – Maribor, Slovenia and outdoor ice- skating rink in the Sport park Radovljica, Slovenia.

Part of work in Academy Rudi Hiti is also to create new values in sport, therefore Academija Rudi Hiti joined as partner to Erasmus + sport project Ice Rink For All. In the project Ice Rinks For All we successfully created a new model of activities on ice, where we also implemented it with people with mental disabilities (Down Syndrome). Results overcame our expectation and activities continued on the ice under municipality programme.