Reply To: Diary of a Season 2012-13

Post Practice Comment: We did a lot of passing at the start. I want to players to stay on the wings and not all get between the dots.

With 16 skaters it is a clumsy rotation. At the Notre Dame tournament we rolled the lines to evaluate where we are and saw. Very strong in goal, good individual and team defense, everyone can kill penalties, we need offensive skill on the power play.
We have 8 D and 8 F on the team. I moved one D to F early in the season because she is young and needs to get stronger to play in the corners and in front of the net. That still leaves us with 7 D. I have changed the lines to have our top 6 offensive forwards on two lines and they will also do the pplays. The other line has 3 first year players and on D plays F each game. So 4 skaters one the lines. We have 2 D that take turns playing either LD or LW. The coverted D is playing C and another RW. One F will rotate through LW-C-RW; much like a rotation when you have 5 D. This group of 4 will kill the first two shifts of all the penalty kills. This gives everyone equal ice time. In practice all the players practice the pp and pk.

Sean reviewed the pk with this group for 15 minutes while I added a few options on the pplay with the other two lines.

Two games this weekend; one home and one away. We haven't played a home game for 3 weeks.

We still sit in second in our division at 11-7-4. We lead the league in goals for and have the least penalty minutes per game. Out goals against has been very good the last ten games and at the Notre Dame tournament.
I am pleased with how we are developing. 9 of our 16 skaters are first year in the league and we only have 4 returning skaters.

One of our 95 born forwards was offered a scholarship to a university in the Maritimes. They want an answer before the Mac's tournament. So she has a big decision. I have four 95 born skaters and one 95 born goalie. All have talked with schools about playing intercollegiate hockey. That is the level we are striving to get the to.
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Flyers Practice Plan 14-12-12

Time: 18:30- 19:45 Venue: SAIT

Focus on Defensive Team Play Passing, skating, shooting, dzone coverage Pk, pp, forecheck.

8 min.
A300 Edges and Puck Handling with a Shot
Key Points:
Move the puck all around the body in two circles going opposite directions. Finish with a shot. Use all of the edges and big moves reaching as far as possible.
Description:
1. Dark group skate down half the rink with a puck and shoot from the middle and white group skate the opposite way and shoot on the other net.
2. Skate on all of the edges and use big moves by reaching the opposite. i.e. Skate left and reach as far as you can to the right.
3. The players skating down the middle finish with a shot and then get a new puck.
4. Exercises are done while zig-zagging in and out.
a. Forward skate and alternate on the front inside edges.
b. Backward skate and alternate on the inside edges.
c. Skate forward and cross-over alternating on the outside edges.
d. Skate backward and cross-over alternating on the outside edges.
e. Open hip turn each way.
f. Slalom and reach as far as possible with the puck the opposite way.
https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/a300-edges-and-puck-handling-shot-finland-pro/

6 min.
B202 Pass to All PlayersKey Points:
Give and go pass. Give a target and make eye contact before passing.
Description:
1. Blues start with half on each blue line.
2. Reds weave around in the middle.
3. Red pass to each blue player.
4. Alternate sides each pass.
5. Switch every 30".
*Compete to see who makes the most passes.
https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/downloads/file/b202-pass-to-all-players/

6 min.
B6 Jursi Skate-Pass-Shoot
Key Points:
This is a drill that Russian Olympic coach Vladimir Jursinov used when I was coaching with him in Austria. The goal is to get players to practice passing and shooting while they skate. Puck handling-passing-shooting should be seamless.
Description:
1. A and B skate down the ice in passing while skating.
2. A is on the inside and continues on with a shot while skating.
3. B pivots facing the puck and continues the other direction passing to C.
4. B shoots and C partners with D the other way.
# This can be done in tandem on both sides of the ice.
https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/b6-jursi-2-0-pass-while-skating-shoot/

6 min.
B6 3-0 Weave-Regroup at Far End
Key Points:
Principles: Pass while skating and then follow the pass and take the ice behind the puck carrier.. Fill the 3 lanes. Skate to the “big ice” between the dots when you get the puck. Pass to the outside lane, skate to the inside lane.
Description:
A. 1 pass to 2 and follow the pass.
B. 2 skate to the big ice, pass to 3, follow the pass taking the ice behind.
C. 3 pass back to one, follow the pass.
D. 1 regroup with 4 and 1-2-3 fill each lane.
E. 4 pass to 1 or 3 on the strong side.
F. 1-2-3 weave the same way and attack with a triangle and shoot at the oringinal end.
G. 4-5-6 follow and repeat the other way.

9 min.
B600 Double Regroup Options
Key Points:
Regroup with each D and support from about a half zone away. Give a target and face the puck. Pass hard and always give strong side wall support and middle support.
Description:
1. Blue F1 leave and pass to F2.
2. Cross and regroup with Red D1 and D2
3. Red D1 hinge and Pass to D2.7
4. Red D2 pass to Blue F1 or F2.
5. Blue F's regroup with Blue D1 or D2.
6. Blue D's hinge and pass to Blue F.
7. Blue F's attack the far net vs either zero, one or two D.
*Options: vary the amount of F up to 3 or D up to 2. Add a dump in instead of a second regroup to work on breakouts or even a forecheck.
https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/b600-double-regroup-options/

15 min. 5 min. per line
Sean and Kevin review pk vs. a pp – pp at far end with Tom M.
T2 Kingston Power Play and Team Play Rotation
Description:
– Line A at one end practice attack options.
– Line B at other end practice attack options. Both walk through pp 5-0.
– Line C in middle passing practice.
– On whistle line A dump the puck to the other end and breakout returning to the original end while group C replace group B at the far end and group B pass in the neutral zone.
– Repeat with group C breaking out and back and group B switch with group A who move to the middle.
https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/t2-kingston-power-play-and-team-play-rotation/

10 min.
DT400 1-1, 2-2, Support-Attack-Defend
Key Points:
Defending player stay on the defensive side. Supporitng player give a target for the pass and get into an open lane.
Description:
1.F1 attack D1 at each end.
2. Players line up on the boards with the first player in line D1 supporting the defense.
3. The coach can determine whether the supporting defender is passive or active.
4. On a turnover or a goal the breakout pass is made to the supporting
defender from D1 to F2..
5. Carry the puck to the red line or if the
team has a full ice practice, carry the puck to the far blue line.
6. F2 Attack vs. the original attacker F1. Practice various situations.
https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/dt400-1-1-2-1-2-2-transition-game-using-2-3-ice/

8 min.
D400 Transition Game of Low Battles with Point Support
Key Points:
Great game to practice cycling, going to the net, screening, tipping, point shots, shot pass, one timers on offense. On defense you have the low zone coverage and communication skills. As well as individual techniques like sealing the stick to the outside, tying up sticks, boxing out,
switching, all from the defensive side.
Description:
1. One team is lined up behind each faceoff dot. From one to tree players leave at a time.
2. The next player in line plays the joker at the point and must pass or shoot within a second. Defenders do not check the joker as he can’t go in and score.
3. The coach dumps the puck in or shoots on net and the teams race for the puck. Whoever gets the puck can shoot right away.
4. When the defending team gets the puck they must pass to their joker at the point to transition to offense.
5. If the puck is shot out of the zone the coach passes to the non offending joker.
6. Play 20-30” and on the whistle the players pass to the coach and skate hard out of the zone before the coach shoots a new puck in.
http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/video.php?n=20111004075900564

7 min.
E1 Rebound Game
This is a scoring contest that seems to be loved by players of all ages everywhere in the hockey world.
Key Points:
Make quick shots and one timers and goalie read the play. Description:
1. Players line up on both side in the slot with one shooter at the top.
2. Play games to 5 between the goalie and shooter. 3. If the goalie freezes the puck or it hits the boards behind or at the side the goalie gets a point.
4. Players get a point by scoring a goal on a shot or rebound. Only one pass is allowed. 5. Shooter stays if he scores and players rotate if there is no goal.
https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/e1-rebound-game-college-w/