Reply To: Season Plan

[Iceman]

Tom,

The 4 game playing roles is going to be added in my seasonal plan. This will be a new deminsion to the plan and will really help – thank you.

The covenent you have is similar (because I "borrowed" your lead) to what I have and we call it our "Expectations". These expecations go over what is expected by the player, how the player will conduct themselves on and off ice. With a youth program, we include an Expectations list for the parents.

In the past, I used our OZ entry for our powerplay, have a couple set plays – but not much. Do you think it is a good idea to teach all the PP's – Umbrella, Overload, etc. or teach to your teams strengths?

I do let all players participate, but in tournament games – late in those games. I do have two PP lines and for the players who are not on the PP I have them on the PK. Letting the PK team know they have a very important role on the team, just like the PP units. It seems to help and both units, PP and PK can change throughout the season.