Reply To: Game Intelligence / Decision Training

[RedWingFan]

Artists have been known to block certain senses to help develop the other senses. Sculpting blindfolded or painting with ear plugs. I have to use ear plugs from time to time with my work. Sometimes I will leave the noisy area to grab something at my desk, where it is quiet, and it is interesting how different my surroundings are when I cannot hear a thing. I have typed a quick email before without taking ear plugs out and I am not sure if I think clearer but I can tell I think differently.

If one was to have a scrimmage or SAG with the players wearing ear plugs, I would think that it would need to be stressed that there is no checking for safety. Just a bump here and there would work to let you know that you could have been hit. I could imagine that skating to the corner and not hearing anything would for sure make you turn your head to see where the defenders are prior to picking up the puck.

As far as the silence in coaching, I always think back to the days where most everyone involved in hockey, played pond hockey. That is as silent of a game as one can get. The movie Pond Hockey has a few scenes where there is only the sounds of the puck and stick and blades.