Reply To: Forechecking system

[Kai K]

TomM wrote:
D trying to beat the first checker may sound dangerous but it isn't because it causes the D to move to open ice with the puck OR to make a quick pass like a reverse. If the D can't sees he can't beat the first man he now is making his decision while skating hard instead of while he is standing still.

So his rule doesn't mean he has to beat the first checker but instead that he has to TRY and beat the first checker. (instead of simply telling his D to move their feet he insists on this principle)

We want that D tryes to win space to the middel line by skating or by passing. And after every D to D pass or reverse pass D should first keep his feet moving and then make the quick pass.