Reply To: Daily Drill Section Twelve

[Tom Molloy]

Developing Routines to Efficiently Practice

The best Football (soccer) club in the world is Barcelona. They train players in their youth academy. The training is similar to hockey as far as co-ordination, speed, agility, balance, speed, reaction time. They also have ball handling routines that practice all of the moves the world's best players use. It is a great model for training young hockey players. Make up routines that incorporate puck handling moves, fakes, etc. Much like Jursinov does when he leads on ice groups. It can all be done off-ice as well.

Barcelona Youth Football Training:

https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/barecelona-youth-football-training/

Russian Olympic Coach Teaches a Puck Handling Routine

https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/a200-russian-olympic-coach-teaches-puck-handling/

Routine for Puck Handling and Edge Work from Finland

https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/a300-edges-and-puck-handling-shot-finland-pro/

Puck Handling Eights

https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/b6-puck-handling-eight-exercises/

This is a way to practice skills and use the ice efficiently. The coaches role is to watch and correct errors. You can't talk people into being skilled but instead they must get a lot of reps with perfect technique.

'The Game is the Greatest Coach'
'Enjoy the Game'