I did a skill session today with one pro player. The coach could do the same thing with a team but set up a circuit and instead of the coach passing another player could pass.
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A300 Skill Session 1A 1B
Key Points:
Overload the nervous system with taks for the hands and feet, many objects, skating and balance exercises without then with a puck.
Practice redirecting hard passes over the goalie pad and shoot in rebounds. Add give and go passes. Either one player and a coach or a circuit for a team. Place a 14"-31 cm board across the goal line.
Player must always try to score. With multiple balls and pucks keep them within a stick length and little noise.
Description:
1. Skate edges and puck handling warm up.
a. snow plow
b. scooter
c. swizel
d. slalom
e. one foot – forward down return backward.
2 . Repeat while moving a puck all around the body.Forward down and return backward. Carry the puck down the ice in a weave pattern using only the forehand and then only the backhand.
3. Soccer ball-a.carry around the rink in the skates b.ball in the feet and puck on the stick c.ball in the feet and pass the puck with coach
4. Carry 4 different kind of balls what are shaped differently, different bounce and weight. After each lap leave one ball and add one puck until 4 pucks.1.Handle 4 different balls in figure 8's.
5. Carry 1 puck only on the forehand and facing the middle.
6. Give and go random pucks-one hard move around a net and score. 10 pucks – keep score.
7.Hard pass and one touch it in with the stick facing the net. Put in rebounds.
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I have worked with Blair the last 3 off seasons and have seen an improvement in his puck handling. He has a highlight video from last season. He started slowly as he was studying for his CFA (a Yale graduate) and had only trained for about 2 weeks when he got a contract in Finland. Oncehe got into playing shape he had a good second half of the year. He is fit now and deciding on a few contract offers in Europe or whether to try to play in the American League again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K1NIjeIH8c is his highlight video.
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