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E1 Rebound Game – College W
This is a scoring contest that seems to be loved by players of all ages everywhere in the hockey world. I posted this before but without a video.
Key Points:
Make quick shots and one timers and goalie read the play.Description:
1. Players line up on both side in the slot with one shooter at the top.
2. Play games to 5 between the goalie and shooter.
3. If the goalie freezes the puck or it hits the boards behind or at the side the goalie gets a point.
4. Players get a point by scoring a goal on a shot or rebound. Only one pass is allowed.
5. Shooter stays if he scores and players rotate if there is no goal.https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/e1-rebound-game-college-w/
E1- Rebound – College W
E1 Game of Rebound – RB Pro
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'Enjoy the Game'A200 Puck Dog and Pass Dog – Youth
Key Points:
Encourage the players to use moves and fakes, change of pace and to protect the puck.Description:
This game has the players line up at the end of the rink in the A2 formation. Each player has a
puck. One player (who is 'it') is at the blue line and calls out 'Puck-dog.' The players stickhandle
the puck, trying to get to the end without being checked. If a player loses the puck, she
becomes 'it' and is in the middle checking. The last player with a puck wins.
Another option is Pass Dog where partners must make at least one pass in each zone and get to the other end without losing the puck.https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/a2-puck-dog-and-pass-dog/
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'Enjoy the Game'C3 Breakout Regroup Attack 3-2 – RB Pro
Key Points:
The weak side F fill the low lane that has no D. One F mirror the puck from the middle. Strong side F stretch when he sees good possession. Forwards time their skating to be available for an easy play.Description:
1. A blue forward dump the puck deep in the zone.
2. The 2 red D and one F go back deep for the puck and fill all three deep lanes.
3. One F give support in the middle and one on the strong side boards.
4. Breakout into the neutral zone.
5. Turn back before the far blueline and attack 3-2 vs the original D.
6. Repeat with another group of 3 F and 2 D at the other end.https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/c3-breakout-regroup-attack-3-2-pro/
C3 Breakout Regroup Attack 3-2 – RB Pro
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'Enjoy the Game'B – Defenseman Skills – Seminar
Key Points:
Practice reaching with the stick but keep in a balanced position. Always face the play. Control the attackers stick. Defender move and don't be flat footed. Influence the attacker with the stick in the passing lane. Give the shooter to the goalie not allowing him to go across the middle but stay to the outside. Deny to pass across for one timer or a tap in.Description:
These are video segments showing various defenseman 2 on 1 situations. There is a diagram of the three exercises and a pdf of the whole session.
Rejo Routsalainen a former star NHL and Finnish interantional player is instructing.1. Warm up:
a. Transition skate forward to backward and finish with a shot.2. Sideways mobility: Zig-zag 4 times and open up at the end of each rep.
3. 2 on 1 defensive technique.
a. From the corner.
b. From the corner and the point.4. Pass to point then screen. D seal stick to outside and see the puck.
https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/b-reijo-defenseman-technique/
B – Ruotsalainen Defensemen Skills in Offensive Zone IIHF
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'Enjoy the Game'D400 – 2 on 2-Jokers at Point – Seminar
Key Points:
Players learn to move the puck from low to high. When the puck is at the point skills of Role 2 of getting open, screening on offense and Role 4 covering away from the puck, controlling sticks, sticks in the passing lane are practiced. Mike Johnston is teaching the game in Austria.Description:
1. Spray paint a box just inside the point. Joker must stay in the box.
2. Coach shoots a puck in and the offensive team must make at least one pass before shooting.
3. On a turnover you must make at least one pass before taking a shot.
4. When the joker has the puck at the point defenders cover one attacker each-not the joker.
5. 20-25" shifts and come out hard on whistle.
6. Leave puck in zone on whistle.
7. Coach put in a new puck on goals or if the puck is shot out of the zone.https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/d400-2-on-2-jokers-at-the-point/
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'Enjoy the Game'B6 – Puck Protection Skills – Finland
Key Points:
Protect the puck with your body, make hard fakes, get the defender to lean one way and quickly turn the other way. Drive skate into the scoring area while protecting the puck and shoot.Description:
1. Protect the puck from a partner who starts from behind.2. Start in the corner and build a wall with your body, arm and leg and skull push around two players or coaches and finish with a shot. Do this both on the forehand and backhand.
3. From corner protect the puck by turning your back and slide sideways both FHand and BH.
4. Fake a cut back on two skates and go forward-protect the puck.
5. Dump puck in the corner and make a two footed skate fake one way and go the other way.
6. Walk-outs from behind the net.
a. Protect the puck on the backhand and do a quick turn to the forehand and shoot.
b. Walk out on the forehand then turn your back into the defender and shoot forehand.
c. Walk out on forehand then skull slide and shoot forehand.
d. Tight turn to the backhand behind net-walk out backhand and turn to the forehand and shoot.
e. Tight forehand turn behind the net then walk out on the Forehand and shoot.
B6 – Puck Protection Skills – Finland
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'Enjoy the Game'This video clip is from our Monday practice when I was coaching college women. On Monday we did Role 1 – individual offensive skills. This is a circuit with moves at one end, a cross ice game in the middle with modified rules and Gaston had a skating technique group at the other end. After this practice we went to the gym and did spin class on the bikes or plyo's.
Tuesday we did Role 3 ind. defensive skills, Wednesday Role 2, team offensive skills and Thursday Role 4, team defensive skills. This enabled me to progress through the skills all season . It worked pretty well with a 71% winnig average over 5 years and in the finals all but one with 2 championships.
You will notice the girl's have trouble with the finer moves because most stick handle with the bottom hand dominant and hands too close to the body. Most of them are also too stiff in the upper body and have trouble shifting the weight and separating the movement of the upper and lower body. When you are teaching puck handling emphasis good mechanics early because it is very difficult to relearn this when you are a young adult.
———————————————————————–B5 Puck Handling Moves All Around the Body
Key Points:
Make big moves, use fakes, keep your hands away from your body. The top hand does the finer moves and bottom hand slides up and down the stick in unison. Use all of the stick blade backhand and forehand. Hold the stick with the fingers and the little finger of the top hand makes small adjustments. Players mirror the moves the coach makes.Description:
1.Yo-yo puck on the forehand and stick toe.
2.Toe drag puck across on the forehand.
3.Forehand toe drag + pull in, shift weight.
4.Circle in and out on the forehand.
5.Stick to skate and back all around body.
6.Back toe drag yo-yo then across body.
7.Circle the body with the puck and the stick.
8.Repeat all the moves skating around the zone and add escape moves like a tight turn and skating backward with the puck. 9.Players go full speed in chaos for 5".https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/b3-puck-handling-moves-around-body/
B3 – Puck Handling Around the Body – Jim-College W
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'Enjoy the Game'C3 – Breakout and Regroup Options – Sweden
Key Points:
Defense always skate when they get the puck and carry it in the triple threat position on the side. Force the fore checker to commit and then pass away from pressure.Description:
1. Go – Dump in, shoulder check both ways fake and go.
2. Reverse – Drive skate behind the net and put it back off the boards to partner.
3. Wheel – Drive skate around the net and cut up ice near the post to protect the puck.
4. Bank – D to D off the boards behind the net.
5. Hinge – D to D who takes the puck wide then passes back to his D partner in the middle.
6. Switch – D1 to D2 then D1 crosses behind and gets a drop pass from D2 who crosses in front.
7. Double Pass – D1 to D2 and back to D1 and up to the F.
8. Regroups – F’s pass back to D who do the various D to D options and up to F’s then the middle D join the rush.https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/c3-breakout-and-regroup-options-from-sweden-pro/
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'Enjoy the Game'B3 – Advanced Moves from Finland
Key Points:
The idea of making moves is to force the defender to straighten his knees or lean one way while you go where he just came from. It is important to accelerate past the opponent so he can’t recover.
Description:
1. Fake a slapshot and skate to the forehand side then go around defender on the forehand side.
2. Three pylons:
A. Reach wide on the forehand and quickly across to the backhand.
B.Head and shoulder fakes.
C. Fake a sweepshot.
D. Fake a sweepshot and head fake to inside-go outside.3. Skating down the boards:
A. Cut inside and flip the puck over the stick.
B.Yo-yo to the inside then cut inside with the Gretzky swerve.
C. Fake inside then put the puck between the legs and go outside.
D. Fake inside then a hard backhand spin and go outside.4. Toe drag sequence:
A. yo-yo out in and out.
B. Yo-yo out- in and around the shot blocker.https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/b3-advanced-moves-from-finland/
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'Enjoy the Game'DT – Transition Game Presentation
Key Points:
In a hockey game players are in constant transition from offense to defense to loose puck situations. On offense the player either has the puck or is supporting the puck carrier. On defense the player is either checking the puck carrier, double teaming or supporting away from the puck. Constant decisions have to be made concerning loose puck situations which happen about 30% of the time in a hockey game.
Transition games are the natural progression from game situation drills of 1-1 to 3-2. They simulate a real game situation because the player must go from offense to defense or from defense to offense and also battle for loose pucks.Description:
Transition games only use ONE puck and there are no whistles during the play. This creates realistic situations that mimic the game. The games run themselves so the coach is free to isolate one individual or team play skill to focus on. Instead of stopping the game to give instruction the coach can talk with resting players to correct or compliment their performance.
This video gives an introduction to transition games.Juhani Wahlsten (IIHF Hall of Fame Finnish Coach) and Vladimir Jusinov (IIHF Hall of Fame Russian coach, who are both former Olympic Team players) giving an on ice demonstration to coaches at a symposium in Europe.
Hockey Canada had Erkka Westerlund (Finnish pro coach, Olympic silver medal coach and former head of hockey development) prepare a video and book on Transition. It is worth ordering from them.https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/dt-transition-game-presentation/ is the video link.
What Actually Happens in a Hockey Game
https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/forums/topic/efficient-use-of-the-ice-designing-practices/#post-5559Game Transitions from the IIHF World Championships
DT100, 1 – 1 Passive Support D Join Rush and F Backcheck-Juuso, Jursi
DT400 – 2 on 1 Yursi-Juuso IIHF
DT400 – 3 on 2 Jursi-Juuso IIHF
DT100 – 3 on 2 with Passive Support – Juuso, Yursi
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'Enjoy the Game'NHL Players Training in Sweden
This is a Swedish show about some NHL players going to Sweden to train. There are a few interviews that are in english but the video shows the Swedes technique training and isolates the important skills.
https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/nhl-players-training-in-sweden/
The picture is from the 2005 World Championships in Austria. We were sitting by the players bench beside the Swedish Team. I have attached a pdf with diagrams from Joachim Holst of Sweden on puck handling skills.
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'Enjoy the Game'DT400 1-1, 2-2, Support-Attack-Defend – College W
Key Points:
Defender play a tight gap and backckhecker back pressure the puck carrier to create a defensive 2 on1. Fight for rebounds. Defender tie up the stick of the attacker and attacker fight to keep stick free to shoot. Do from both sides of the ice.Description
1. Number 1 attack vs number 2 on both sides of the ice.2. Number 3 support defender number 2 from the lineup.
3. Number 2 breakout with number 3.
4. Number 3 skate with the puck to either the red line or far blue line and then turn back and attack vs number 2.
5. Continue with number 3 attacking number 2 and getting support from numbe 4 at the front of the line.
DT400 1-1, 2-2, Support-Attack-Defend – College W
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'Enjoy the Game'DT400 – Low Battles – Breakout and Pass to Playes behind Red Line 1-1 to 3-3 – College W
Key Points:
Transition happens when the defending team passes to their team mate at the red line. The players must go from offense to defense when the puck is turned over and can defend inside the blue line.The College W example is an adaptation of the Perry Pearn rotation when the game is only at one end. I sometimes move the line up back to the far blue line and the defenders can be active when the puck crosses the red line.
Description:
1. Players line up behind the blueline in teams.2. Offensive team attack from the red line.
3. The team tries to score.
4. The defending team must break out over the blue line then pass to their player behind the red line..
5. Continue this flow.
DT400 – Low Battles with a Pass to the Point 1-1 to 3-3 – College W
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'Enjoy the Game'DT400 – Attack-Defend-Breakout with Three Nets 1-1 to 2-2 – College W
Key Points:
This is a variation of a previously posted transition game to show how you can use multiple nets.Attacker make quick moves and go to the net. Defender play a tight gap and stay on the defensive side always. Backchecker come hard to create a defensive 2-1 and get open for a breakout pass. Goalie fight to find the puck if there is a screen.
Description:
This is a half or 2/3 ice transition game. It can be played 1-1 or 2-1 or 2-2. The defender gets support from the line in the nzone when the puck crosses the blueline. In this example there are 2 games at one end and one game at the other. It is a college women tryout and there are 3 goalies.https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/dt400-2-3-ice-games-of-attack-defend-breakout/
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'Enjoy the Game'We progressed into a half ice transition game at each end from the Quick Up drill. The advanced group had 6 skaters and the lower group had 7 skaters.Goalie at each end.
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DT400 – 2 on 2 Passive Support 6 PlayersKey Points:
Players support from the top of the slot as if they are wingers and can steal the puck if the attackers go too high. Strong side support be on the boards and facing the passer and weak side cut across the ice giving a target
Create offensive 2 on 1's.Description:
A. 1 and 2 attack vs 3 and 4.
B. 3 and 4 defend.
C. 5 and 6 follow and support from top of circles.
D. On a goal, frozen puck or transition 3 or 4 pass to 5 or 6.
E. 3 and 4 support defensive 1 and 2 from the top of the circles.
F. Option A. Repeat this rotation if only 6 players.
G. Option B. 7 and 8 support defense and 3 and 4 would rest. With 8 or more players have two teams.DT400 – 2-2 Defenders Get Support – College W
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