Reply To: Diary of a Season 2013-14

[Tom Molloy]

Flyers Practice 23-10-13

I had Gaston Schaeffer come in to do a skating practice. It was nothing less than fantastic. He worked with the players for 80 of the 90 minutes.

– edges warm-up and explanation of using weight transfer and good posture to skate efficiently.

– the forward stride creating tension on the ice with an arc and sideway push to full extension. Good knee bend and posture.

-backward stride side to side with the toes slightly in NO C CUTS as they are very inefficient.

-1-1 no puck defense start at blue line and forward at the bottom of the circle. Race to the far blue line. This is to show the D that they don't need this big of a head start.

-D move up to the top of the circle and the same thing.

-Add a puck and do a 1-1 both sides leave vs. no goalie. (I gave important points to the D of where to line up, maintain D side, how to hold the stick, heading to the near post and not mirroring the zig-zag skating of the attacker, etc.)

-Alternate sides with a goalie and the D start facing the boards starting with about 3 cross-overs and then striding only, no cross-overs and two skates on the ice at all times.

-Chocktow front to back turn technique and then 1-1 with D skating in from the blue line and then chocktow back.

-I finished with the speed scoring drill that I have posted on the site.

'The Game is the Greatest Coach'
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