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Tom MolloyCross Ice Game Research Results
USA Hockey has been encouraging hockey organizations and coaches to use a new development model. Both Canada and USA are stuck in the Full Ice is best mind set. Other parts of the hockey world, especially countries in Europe have been using Cross Ice Games for young players.
Here is a study by USA Hockey where they taped monitors to every player in both cross ice and full ice games. The results show that there are far more touches, passes, shots, etc. in cross ice.
This is the video of the study.
New Video Quantifies Cross-Ice Advantages
A cutting-edge NHL analytics team put the test to youth hockey for the first time ever, comparing cross-ice hockey to full-ice hockey. Watch this video and see what you think.
http://www.usahockey.com/news_article/show/472676?referrer_id=753608
Here are many Cross Ice Game Ideas
These games develop skill, encourage creativity, add competition to practice and use the ice much more efficiently than the 7-11 minutes per hour of activity that other research has shown happen in drill practices.
10 (+) Great Cross Ice Games
https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/forums/topic/daily-drill-section-thirteen/page/9/#post-7439
Small Area Games (SAG's) are not restricted to Cross Ice but can be played in one zone, one section or one half of the ice using either one or two nets. Here are many examples of One Net Games.
10 Great One Net Games
https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/forums/topic/daily-drill-section-thirteen/page/9/#post-7440
10 Great One Net Games with Extra Players
https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/forums/topic/daily-drill-section-thirteen/page/9/#post-7441
10 + 40 Great Transition Games Using Only One Net
https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/forums/topic/daily-drill-section-thirteen/page/9/#post-7443
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