Reply To: Stepping up to High School hockey from the PW/Bantams

[Tom Molloy]

Aberdeen, I am back from vacation now and have a good internet connection.

As far as video goes it can be a great help in showing players how they play. The video doesn't lie. It can help you as a coach if you make some files on each team with their forecheck, pk, pp etc. Then it is easy to prepare your practices and be ready for the next game.

I have seen some coaches consumed by video and sit in front on their computer all day watching the same play sequences. I think that is tooooo much.

Programs like Steva cost about $5000 a copy. The Red Bulls gave me a laptop to use with Steva on it. I gave it to my asst. coach who loved doing video. Now he is the main video guy for them and he spent the last two weeks of this season travelling with the Florida Panthers and learning how they use video.

Maybe I should have kept the laptop and got into the video more.

Anyway video is a useful tool for a coach to have in his toolbox.

'The Game is the Greatest Coach'
'Enjoy the Game'