Reply To: 2011 Spring Teams

[DaveM]

Tom,

Thanks for your continued posts. It's very helpful to see your practices from start to finish.
One question for you: When you play the game with one pass in each zone, do players have to regroup all the way into their own D-Zone when they gain possession of the puck in the offensive or neutral zone?

Hope you had a good trip to Europe, and keep us posted on your plans for next year.

Thanks,
Dave M
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Dave thanks for the comments. I post the entire practice to show how to chose a theme and then combine drills, games and contests to work on the skill and coach both technique and how to apply it effectively within a game situation. Education went away from the drill and practice model towards whole learning and problem solving way back in the 60's. We still promote drill and practice in sports as the ideal learning method.

It is ineffective and drives players away from team sports at a rate of 80 percent quitting by the time they are 14 in North America.
If we include game situation we not only practice How to Play but we change the 10 mlnutes of moving and 50 minutes of standing in lines or listening to instruction per hour into 50 min of moving and 10 min. of not moving. So at the very least the children have Fun and become Fit and hopefully develop a Love for the Game.