Reply To: 2011 Spring Teams

[Tony]

Tom,

Thanks for posting the practices. I coached an 01 team (with several 02s) last Fall/Winter and currently this spring.

I use a lot of your ideas and concepts that I have taken from your sites and book over the years.

I'm glad to see you mention the 3 man weave. I integrated this drill part way thru the season with my 01s in the winter and it seemed to dramatically effect their puck movement during games. I never thought that the 3 man weave was so important. Its seems to have taught my players the spacing and timing of puck movement.
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Tony I think the 3 man weave has a lot of great playing principles built into it.
1. Gain the big ice between the dots when you get the puck.
2. Pass while skating.
3. Pass and follow your pass.
4. Fill the 3 lanes (not everyone in the middle like youth players tend to do.
5. Finish with a triangle.
4. On the regroup at the other end support from 3 lanes, on the strong side wall, in the middle giving the skates and stick for a target, in the weak side lane.
5. Move the puck to someone in better postiion than you.
6. Play 1-2-3 and not w-c-w/

I like to add 1 and then 2 D who they regroup with and then a second regroup. After that you can progress to the most common drill I see at higher levels of break out regroup with D at far end, regroup with original D then attack D at far end. Then new players repeat the other was attacking vs oringinal D.