DT Transition From Defense to Offense in DZ: by Koutsi97
Here's one transition game for half ice to teach transition from defense to offense in DZ:
1) O1 starts with breakout from the goalie and passes give-and-go with the coach (see 1-1 6a-1)
2) D1 start when O1 receives the pass from goalie and pivots to close the center ice
3) O1 plays 1-1 with D1 below the ringette line and/or starts back-checking
4) D1 tries to win the puck and to give breakout pass to O2 above ringette line (see 1-1 6a-2)
- after save or goal, goalie has to pass to the D1 to start a breakout to O2
Targets/Keypoints:
1) O1 target is to score a goal AND back-check D1
2) D1 target is to win the 1-1 AND to give breakout pass to O2
3) D1 to close the gap as soon as possible
4) O2 has to read-and-react and time his movement to support D1
TomM
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A300 Big Moves Warm-up - Czech Youth
Description:
Players skate around the ice and practice stickhandling moves all around the body, in the feet and try to separate the movement of the upper and lower body.
This was filmed at a camp in Jihlava, Czech Republic.
http://hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20100817142158161
https://youtu.be/lzB6ZLGsHHY
TomM
I am in Jasper now. Lake Louise to Jasper has to be one of the most beautiful drive anywhere in the world. You are right in the moutains and pass many glaciers. A herd of goats ran down the mountain and across the road right in front of me.
My daughter has her two kid's with her and Aidan is skating at the camp. Last year he walked on the ice at the start of the camp and ended up skating very well by the camps end and had a really good season. There are 35 kid's on the ice and they get 3 ice times and a dryland each day. 2 skating one hockey then 2 hockey one skating.
I do a 75 min. session with local coaches on the ice, then a small lesson then an hour classroom with the coaches for 3 days.
It would be a great place for a team. About 25 can stay in the two dorms below the rec centre, the food is terrific. It is the the middle of the Rocky Mountains.
TomM
Pops you are correct that it is a passive forecheck. On the wider rink it is easier to make the stretch pass because the seams are bigger. They were attempting to plug up the neutral zone and force dump in's or turnovers. With the way teams like Detroit outnumber the attacking team 4-2 in the cornerafter dump ins, it can be an effective style. We didn't use that low overload but maybe they have incorporated it now. It falls into their philosophy of pressure all over the ice.
I am leaving in about 3 hours for Jasper. We are in a campsite with no internet. There is a cyber cafe near the rink where I check my emails. Sounds like I am doing the one or two sessions a day with one larger group, One session a day with a group of about ten bantam-midget aged players and then a classroom and an ice session with the coaches each day; plus a 30 min. private session with two of the players from the older group who are going away to play AAA hockey.
I wish my son could have come to help but he has a 3 week job at the Flames hockey school that is run by the Okanagan Hockey School and it also starts on Monday.
TomM
T2 D100 Power Play - Pro
Key Points:
Practice focusing on the breakout, zone entry and Power Play.
Description:
1. Power play unit breaks out. This breakout has a double swing low, a forward mirroring the flow skating across the blue line and a stretch man skating across the other blue line.
2. Coaches monitor the play and put in another puck if the play ends too quickly.
3. Start in an overload and move into a 1-3-1 diamond.
4. Quick puck movement with the middle man supporting all 4 around the diamond.
5. Coaches talk with the players when they come back to the line-up.
http://hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20090822223032670
https://youtu.be/4zqSM-OwN_Q
TomM
What I am doing now is going through each video section and writing a description and doing a diagram so I will link the video to the diagram. This section is on practicing team play and how a coach can teach it. In this practice the pro teams have some junior players practicing with them and they are all learning the specialty teams. Some teams have players that never practice specialty teams. Last summer when someone hacked the site and destroyed everything I uploaded the old and new videos and now I am catching up with descriptions. I leave in two days to do a hockey camp in the mountains and then the next week in the Czech Republic and probably won't do any unless I am in a hotel room with high speed in Europe. Who knows.
T2-4 D100 Power Play and Penalty Kill Scrimmage - Pro
Key Points:
Practice the full ice power play vs penalty killers. Controlled scrimmage style with coaches shooting the puck in and stopping the play. Short passes, get the puck behind the defense, and quick feet are the keys.
Description:
1. Divide the team into two groups and everyone takes a turn at the power play and penalty kill.
2. In this video the breakout is 3 coming up the ice with one in each lane and a stretch man in at the red line and far blue lines.
http://hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20090806144407276
https://youtu.be/RL7AarITvQU
TomM
T2-4 D400 Specialty Team Practice - Pro
Key Points:
Closest player must pressure the puck in straight lines from the net out. Skate back when the puck is passed. Stick on the ice in the passing lane. Communicate.
This is another example of a controlled scrimmage at each end. Coaches can teach specialty team play in the offensive or defensive end as well as even strength tactics such as defensive zone coverage, cycling, forechecks, etc.
Description:
1. A power play and a penalty killing unit at each end of the ice.
2. The coach passes in a puck from the line or from a face off dot.
3. Controlled scrimmage where everyone stops on a whistle.
4. If the puck is frozen, a goal or it is cleared put in a new puck.
5. After about 45 seconds do the same thing from the other end while the pp and pk units switch at the original end.
http://hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20090806144404128
https://youtu.be/pBr5QkfUQoU
TomM
T4 - D400 Penalty Killing Practice - Pro
Key Points:
Closest player must pressure the puck in straight lines from the net out. Skate back when the puck is passed. Stick on the ice in passing lanes and stick on the puck when checking. Do not get tied up. Block shots.
Description:
1. A powerplay and a penalty killing unit at each end of the ice.
2. The coach passes in a puck from the line or from a face off dot.
3. Controlled scrimmage where everyone stops on a whistle.
4. If the puck is frozen, a goal or it is cleared put in a new puck.
5. After about 45 seconds do the same thing from the other end while the pp and pk units switch at the original end.
http://hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20090806144359357
https://youtu.be/pBr5QkfUQoU
TomM
U15 and U18 Practices
These are practices designed more players with good fundamental skills. They focus on skill review, more team play, more situations.
TomM
Practices for 9-10 and 11-12 Age Groups
After the players have completed the first three levels they should have the skating, shooting, puck handling, passing skills and the good habits and game understanding to move to the next level of practices.
These practices will teach a solid foundation of skills, good habits and game understanding.
TomM
Introduction to Hockey - Twenty Practices for Non-Skaters to Early Years
These are pdf's with practice plans for the first year of hockey which is mostly learning to skate and move on the ice and then once they learn to skate they need the beginning physical and game understanding skills.
Videos demonstrations for the non-skater exercises and games can be found at:
http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/album.php?aid=36&sort=0&page=1
Videos for the early years after they have completed the Level 0-1 can be found at:
http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/album.php?aid=44&page=1
TomM
Mission Impossible:
Key Points:
Create challenging tasks that get progressively more difficult. I taught about 25, 000 PE classes from grade 1 to college in my career and this was the most popular activity. We did it as a role playing game and half were guards and the other have trying to escape from a prisoner of war camp. Everyone had to be silent and if the prisoner failed the guard said bang and they had to go back. It made it more fun to have the story attached but in a hockey practice you wouldn�t have to do this. It was such a popular activity that at noon intramural time there would be kid�s from grade 1 to grade 9 playing at the same time.
I have made up a sample of the things that could be done. Coaches can invent their own.
Description:
1. Have the players line up and do various skill tasks.
2. If they are successful they go to the next station. If they fail they have to go back to the start.
3. Have two teams that get between 5-10 minutes to go through while the other team judges each station. Compete to see which team has the most players finish the circuit.
4. Another alternative is to have coaches be the judges and all the players do it.
TomM
T2-4 D100 Specialty Team Practice – RB Pro
Key Points:
PK Skate in straight lines thru the net. Sticks on the ice in passing lanes.
PP keep the puck and the feet moving.
Description:
1. Players line up in the nzone.
2. PP breakout vs Pk.
3. Closest PK pressure the puck skating thru the net.
4. Coach put in another puck if play ends too quickly.
http://hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20090822231952414
https://youtu.be/i7XQ9oObsSI
TomM
T2 - Practicing the 1-3-1 Diamond Power Play Pro and RussianU20
Key Points:
4 natural triangles for one timers.
Middle player give close support to the puck.
Description:
A.
1. Practice opening the mid point by skating down with the puck and passing back.
2. Add offensive and defensive players.
B.
1. Walk through vs passive pk then active pk in controlled scrimmage.
http://hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20090806144401456
https://youtu.be/LHDNSDOhIHw
https://youtu.be/Ljamlo-9peU
TomM
T2-4 - D1 Controlled Scrimmage - Pro
Key Points:
Team play, face-offs, freeze play,
Description:
Play a full ice game under the coaches control. If the coach blows the whistle stop. Review team play like the forecheck,backcheck, face offs, penalty kill, power play, even strength, etc..
http://hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20090824224310861
https://youtu.be/qYwpOlazbsA
TomM
T4 D400 - 2 on 2 Below the Goal Line RB Pro
Key Points:
The attackers create scoring chances with speed, deception, give and goes, crosses and picks. Defenders must talk, stay net side, sticks in lanes and one the puck.
Description:
Start from the corners, one attacker with the puck and another come towards him below the goal line. 2 defenders are in front and must cover them. Keep track of goals vs the number of attempts. Play for 5-10 seconds.
http://hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20090824224306239
https://youtu.be/3RZXVP2i-Vc
TomM
I will start putting updates of practice activities in this section.
TomM
A progression to the above game. by Koutsi97
'Enjoy the Game'