G - Goaltending Manual 2016

Drills and techniques to practice goaltending.

O - Off-ice Training Manual - 2019

This manual contains ideas from various countries ranging from youth to pro examples. We tend to do track training in North America and forget we are training to play a game that requires not only the physical but also work on skills and game sense.

Scotty Bowman - Pass Over the Red Line Rule

Key Points:

This forces the breakout team to play with puck control and eliminates simply firing the puck to the far blue line and then a tip in, which is awful to watch.

Description:

At the IIHF 2005 Scottiy Bowman proposed they put a line across the top of the face-off circle and you must cross that line before passing over the red line.

I think it is a great idea and if they also make a rule that players must stay on their feet and face the puck when they block shots their would be more puck control and more shots would get to the net.

Hockey Coaching Manuals – 2019

These manuals have the drills and games that have been posted in the Daily Drill Section of the http://hockeycoachingabcs.com

Drill Manual updates with new drills are posted in Drill Section Fifteen

Manuals on One Drive

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AukXg5gWoW-9hcVTHjASEA3d7OiPsg?e=IEWbhG

I hope coaches can make use of this material to run effective and enjoyable practice on and off ice.

Pre-Saeosn Pro Cmap 2016

I hvae been wtahcing the pre-saeosn cmap and took vdieo of the dilrls. Tehy sohw how pro taems parctcie.

Rmemebr taht hmanus laren in patrtnes.

Pro Cmap 2016

Pro Practice 7-6-16
https://youtu.be/qxdV6F8I_gI

D200 - Game With Random Teams – Pro

https://youtu.be/27X8mNmp26I

Pro Practice

https://youtu.be/-kZ8ANM6zhU

Skill Camp at - 15-18 Youth

https://youtu.be/__yOhryNRfQ

Practice Video Clips on YouTube

This is a list of the drills I have posted on YouTube. Only the drill PDF's that I have written up in the last half year have links to the YouTube video, so this list has links for the YouTube video for the PDF's that I posted earlier. Everything is coded according to the ABC system of teaching which is designed to make finding practice ideas a lot easier. The idea is to compliment the drill manuals.

A - Individual Skills and Skating.

B - Partner and Group Skills

C - Game Situation Drills

D - Games and SAG

DT - Transition Games

E - Shootouts and Contests

F - Fitness Skating

G - Goaltending

O - Off-ice Training

T - Teaching Individual Skills and Team Play
T1 - Individual Offensive Skill
T2 - Team Offensive Skill
T3 - Individual Defensive Skill
T4 - Team Defensive Skill

T1-T2 Teaching Individual and Team Offense Manual 2019

Teaching Offensive Individual and Team Play

Coaches are teaching individual and team play.

B - Partner and Team Drills Manual - 2019

Partner and team drills with passing, shooting, timing, etc. done by some of the top coaches in the world. there are almost 300 drills taken from the Forum postings in this ABC site.

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B Drills Links on ABC Site and YouTube

The second PDF has a list of links for the Forum postings of the drills and then links to the YouTube video since most of the postings and PDF's were done before the videos were posted there for coaches who can't open the videos on this site.

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The B Drill Manual is too large for some phones and tablets to open, so I have broken it into Drill Manual 1 and 2 which is posted below.

D - Games Manual - 2019

The main goal of this website and our ABC program has been the same concept. Use drills to introduce techniques and good habits and learn to put them into game situations. I have prepared two PDF's about using games in practice. both PDF's have lots of examples of games that you can use.

The first PDF is the Games Manual including guides to using the ice efficiently, games to teach the game, progression of games from our book and supplementary games.

Games Manual - 2016

The second PDF lists may games with diagrams and links.

D - Games from the ABC’s of International Hockey - 2016

It would be incredible to see kid's actually 'Have Fun' at practice while learning game understanding and creativity. Maybe the days or the 7' - 11' of moving and the rest waiting in line or listening to the coach are finally going to end.

Mike Sullivan - Player Development and How They Learn.

Stanley Cup champion coach gave a talk at a USA coaching symposium and did a great job explaining the science behind how humans acquire skill and refine it so it is physically automatic and the brain recognizes game situations and quickly solves them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzNlsO_L-_0

Dave King on Using Games to Develop Hockey IQ

Dave speaks at the Saskatchewan Coaching Symposium (great talks on YouTube) about 'Becoming and Effective Coach'. It is a 40 minute presentation and the last half he talks about how coaches have to change their practices and use games to develop 'Hockey IQ' or Game Sense.

https://youtu.be/rCjrwLsmRx4

T1-3 -B6 - Stick on Puck and Screen Shot – Pro

Key Points:

Angle with the stick on the puck and skate through the hands with the inside leg in front. Make a hard fake one way and shoot so the player in front can deflect or tip the puck.

Description:

Angling Along the Boards:

1. Coach pass to the player along the boards and the inside player angle check him.
2. Skate to outside the blue line and repeat with the other player checking.

Shot and Screen:

3. Coach act as the defender near the hash marks.
4. Attacker make a hard inside or outside fake to create a shooting lane.
5. Attacker in front screen the goalie and tip or deflect the shot.
6. Goalie work hard to find the puck through the screen.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20150527094053772

https://youtu.be/szPiXh1SIEg

T2 - 5-2 BO - 5-0 Attack Options – Pro

Key Points:

Read the forecheck and make a pass to the open player. Attack with speed. Use every player in the initial attack and practice low and high options in the offensive zone.

Description:

1. Breakout 5-2 with the extra players on the sides.
2. Skate through the neutral zone 5-0.
3. Shoot on the initial attack and go for the rebound.
4. Go through various attack options and include all 5 players.
5. Cycle low, cycle high, have the D jump in and F cover the point.
6. The next 5 attackers wait in the neutral zone.
7. On the whistle the coach dump a new puck into the opposite end.
8. The 5 new players breakout vs. two of the original attacking forwards.
9. Repeat breakout 5-2 and attack 5-0.

* Option: 1, 2 or 3 forwards can forecheck.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20160613101113258

https://youtu.be/AoSmZnd2Bp8

All could see Crosby call a set face-off play in the Stanley Cup Final overtime game. He won the draw, Penguins scored and game over. There was a lot of crying from San Jose fans that Crosby cheated, which every centre tries to do. (The saying is 'If your not cheating a little then your not trying hard enough.') Mike Cvik, who just retired after 29 years as a linesman plays hockey with us and I asked him what the rule is. He said that starting last year the rule is that the centre in the defensive end must put his stick down first. It used to be the visiting team. This video shows one face-off defensive win and breakout and 3 options for an offensive win.
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T2 - Face-off Win Plays – Pro

Key Points:

Face the puck at all times. Be ready to shoot quickly. Always screen the goalie.

Description:

1. Defensive zone face-off win. Inside D1 get puck and reverse to wide D2 who skates behind the net and pass to W or C. Weak side W stretch through the middle. Walk through with each unit.
2. Offensive zone face-off win one. Wings switch sides. Win back to the point, D skate down boards and pass back to inside wing who skates back to the point – shoot.
3. Offensive zone face-off win two. Wings play strong sides. Win back to point. Inside wing F1 rotate up the boards, C F3 to front, and F2 to high slot. D to F1 to F2 who shoots.
4. Repeat win one to D who skates down boards and pass back to F1 who covers the point. F2-F3 screen and tip in front.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20160413140832317

https://youtu.be/aaK6Sm2yfGg

B202 – Regroup Options x 2 - Shot - U17

Key Points:

Face the puck at all times and give a target. Follow the shot for a rebound and shoot while skating. Give a target on both the backhand and forehand. Post up but keep skating and presenting a target.

Descriptions:

1. A leave from diagonal lines and pass to B at the opposite blue line.
2. A post up along the boards facing the puck and get a return pass.
3. Skate toward the original and exchange passes with C.
4. Skate in and shoot then circle back to rebound for the next shooter.
5. Now A skate across and get a pass from E and pass to F.
6. Skate through the middle lane. Shoot then rebound.
7. Add E step out and A read to skate the middle or wide lane.

* Options: After the shot A could defend 1-1 vs. the next shooter or give and go with the next shooter.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20150820113007194

https://youtu.be/5LJt8DsprI8

T1 - A500 - Agility Skate and Puck Handling Circuit – Pro

Key Points:

Stay low, use the edges and accelerate out of turns. Avoid crossing the hands on the tight forehand turn so you maintain the triple threat position.

Description:

Station One:
Face one end while carrying the puck and go around three pylons circling the last pylon. Skate down the boards, cut in and shoot, stop. Coach rim the puck behind, pick up the puck, walk out and shoot.

Station Two:
Skate down the boards with a puck then do a tight figure eight then back up the boards.

Station Three:
Agility skate facing the dot by doing a Crosby right, tight turn, then left tight turn in the middle.

Station Four:
Skate a tight figure eight inside the circle then drive the back of the net, stop, skate out and pass to the point then go to the net to screen and tip.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20150720225412957

https://youtu.be/jsuv9YdKVgk

T1 - A500 - Pivots - Tight Turn - Crosby – Pro

Key Points:

Work on tight area agility skating. Keep the knees bent, stay low and use the edges with the shoulders leading.

Description:

1. Skate half way around the circle and come back.
2. Crosby with a back leg push to the right.
3. Skate half way then return with a Crosby to the left.
4. Tight turn left at the starting point.
5. Repeat to the left and finish with a right tight turn.

http://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20150720225414942

https://youtu.be/B2DzJB2O70A