SYSTEM:
Good teams breakout out of their defensive zone quickly. Getting available quickly is the key to effective breakouts.
Team Canada Positioning on Face Off:
- Center on Center
- Defense boards side must pick up wing
- Defense picks up wing middle ice
- Middle forward through middle between center & defense for loose puck, Go to point or pick up loose puck
- Outside wing moves out to cover point
TACTICS:
- Strong Side Wing going through middle must stop and get loose puck
- Weak Side Winger post up quickly on the boards down near goal line
TECHNIQUE:
- See the puck
- Call for the puck
- Stick should be on the ice as a target for pass
Rules:
- Always face the play
Related Videos & Teaching Points:
Power Thoughts:
“Offense is spacing…spacing is offense.” –Chuck Daly
“Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change – focus strongly and powerfully on the circumstances that you can.” – Joy Page
Sports Psychology Tips:
1969 World Champions, ‘ Amazin’ Mets:
I wanted advise how to become a great catcher. I was 10 years old. Jerry Grote, the great New York Mets catcher told me the following:
“Focus on what you want; Not what you do not want. A good catcher tell the pitcher what to do, not what not to do.” -Jerry Grote
Keith McAdams Hockey Tips 