Reply To: Game Intelligence / Decision Training

[DaveM]

Rookie Coach – Tom and Dean have many more ideas than I do, but I thought I'd mention one thing……When I was a player, I really didn't understand good gap control until someone made me follow the play out of the zone ("seal the zone") as closely as possible. Is it possible your D are not doing this? One game modification that focuses on this is to require all players to be over the offensive blue line before a goal can be scored. Your forwards will let your D know pretty quickly if they are being lazy! Your D will also find themselves more involved in the offense, which is a big plus.

Hope this helps,
Dave
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Dave, your suggestions are just as valid as mine or Dean's or anyones are. There are no guarantees any of the ideas will work. they are just our opinions based on our experience. So keep giving your ideas and I hope other coaches do the same.