Reply To: Statistics – Used for critical area’s on the ice

[RookieCoach]

Tom, Yes that is the drill I was talking about. It is a good drill , good for the D joining the rush.
It is a little faster pace than the DT 100 D Joins the play and F Backchecks.( although a little difference in skill level between videos) But this drill DT 100 Contains a few more elements. Breakout , support , Backchecking , D joining the rush , and a 2 on2 low.
By the way , Dean does use drills !!
I will definitely give the Dt100 Backchecking drill a try.
Thanks
RK
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RK, there are a lot more gamelike situations and decisions, starting with using only one puck in transition games. I look at game situation drills and try to figure out how I can put the situation into a transition game. Most of the time we will do the drill to focus on one situation and then progress to a transition game.

So my sequence is to teach the individual skills. Isolate these skills with drills with no pressure, move to some pressure and then put them in game situations like SAG's, keepaway contests, etc.

With team skills we walk thru situations then work on them in drills and then into transition games.

As the players get better I don't keep teaching the same skill in different drills but instead play different kinds of games and create drills that have more components.

It is totally different doing the games and transition games with pro's. When I did these in Austria it was neat watching how quickly they do everything. I remember doing a cross ice game with jokers behind each net and they had to pass to each joker before scoring. The puck just flew arond the ice. Often the joker behind the defensive net would pass to the offensive joker who would one time to the player and bang. In the net.

Coaching youth is totally different because they need a lot more work on the individual skills whereas the pro's need to work on the details and doing things at top speed. Youth hockey is much more challenging.