Reply To: A little help with my power play

[RK]

Tom, Your points are well taken. Yes I have also taught younger players the PP , just so they have an idea on how it works. But as you know on a power play ,parents , coaches expect results , and if not it's the coaches fault for not working on it enough. Regardless of the team skill under these situations.
Young players are like sponges , they will soak up everything you give them to do. How well they do it depends on their skill level.
As parents , coaches and , players, we all have to understand just because we work on the PP it doesn't mean they will start scoring. But as the skill, patience and confidence increases you will start to see results.

It all comes down to scoring and winning to gauge how successful your team is. The development of young players gets over looked if your team doesn't win.

In small centres from our area you only get 1 hour practice a week (50 min on ice ) (non AAA). It's hard to teach everything you want as it is , let alone finding time to work the PP. It would be nice if team could share an extra practice a week for skill development.