Tony I don't think it is just SAG's that practice Mental Overspeed. You can do it with these small area games, full ice games and drills. You can reduce time, reduce space, limit touches, add competition, have tournaments.
Reduce Time; i.e. one second, two seconds.
Reduce Space; i.e. nets close together, cross ice, box in front of the net.
Reduce stick touches: one touch, two touches.
You can play full ice with everyone and decrease space because it is crowded and then require things like;
-at leact one pass in each zone.
-one second.
-two seconds.
Competition:
At yesterdays ice time we did a passing drill around the clock 3 times rotating one way and three times the other. 4 players at the 5 circles and they were competing with each other and went down to one knee when they finished. This competition motivated them to pass more quickly.
Practice the power play where there has to be a shot every 3 seconds and everyone has to get a shot. This stimulates quick thinking and quick movement.
No LOLLYGAGGING - do things quickly.
Thanks. That gives me the right mind set.