Reply To: Puck Recovery

[steve]

Tom,
Thank you for the reply. I have done similar things and have a progression of "chairman of the boards" drills where 1v1 competitions are done. But I also have worked puck protection 1v1's (open ice and along the wall) and my points of emphasis are all about protecting the puck and most of my comments to the players attempting to steal are deception, footwork, etc… but with the thought that I am not teaching it complete enough I thought about who is hard for me to play against, and stick strength was what I identified as a big factor in loose puck competitions. I am all for letting the game teach the player but I also like to be able to break down a skill and help a player execute it at a high level.

Steve