Attacking the Seam Without Puck to Open Shooting Lanes

Principles:   Power Play

• Control Breakout, Sure Entry, Possession and Set Up
• Be a Threat to Score

Terms:

• Attack the Seams with or without puck

Teaching Points:

• Keep the Puck Moving
• Good Power Plays Keep the Players Moving
• Support Low, Middle and High
• Move Up and Down the Rink
• Move Across or Diagonal on the Rink
• Attack the Seam Without Puck
• Attack the Seams with Puck
• Open Up Shooting Lane

 

Coaching Tips: 

 Three Stages of Becoming 

A Great Coach

1. An average coach impresses players.

2. A good coach impacts players.

3. A great coach inspires players for a lifetime.

Sports Psychology Tips:  Three Types of Goals; Performance, Process and Outcome Goals

Performance goals are things you can do that you are 100% control of  such as the number of hours you will train and number of repetition in gym. Performance goals focus on success or failure at the task.

Process goals focus on mastering specific skills such as skating, puck control,  passing and shooting.  Executing process goals increase the probability of achieving your desired outcome.  Process goals break things down into manageable components or actions to improve your tactical and technical skill development.

Outcome goals such as “I want to make the national team” or “win the championship” etc. However, outcome goals are usually not under your full control. Outcome goals can be huge motivational factor or become a major source of pressure and frustration. Athletes must balance performance, process and outcome goals to reach their optimum motivational level.

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Evander Kane Offensive Rush

Tactics:  Offensive Rush; Taking the Middle Lane

• Read the Space
• Read the Stick
• Take the Middle Lane
• Gain the Middle Lane Take the Shot

Rules:

• Take the shot or make the easy pass

Related Videos & Teaching Points:

Evander Kane Creating Space To Shoot

Power Thoughts:

If you look for the bad in people

expecting to find it, you surely will.

– Abraham Lincoln

Sports Psychology Tips:

Four Strategies for In-Between Time in Hockey




1. Eliminate Negative Self-Talk

When the whistle blows during a game or practice, use it as a signal to change negative thoughts into positives. Immediately use positive thoughts, affirmation. or cue words to get focused and evoke a good performance.

2. Reduce Fatigue

In-between time is the perfect time to take charge of your breathing.  You are responsible for your focus and energy; There is plenty of time in hockey to take a deep breath through your nose, hold it for 5 or 6 seconds and exhale slowly through your mouth. Proper breathing techniques will allow your to get centered and energized.

3. The Power of the Replay

Use the in-between time in the game or breaks in the practice to replay in your mind the perfect play. Use visualization to create positive neural pathways. Mental imagery in turn creates a habit, or neural pathway in the brain, programming your body’s actions in the future. Use the break in the game to reinforce good plays or correct mistakes.


4. Shake Out Any Muscle Tension

Progressive Muscle Relaxation is a strategy you can carry out in just a few seconds. Simply tighten your muscle as hard as you can and hold for at least three seconds, then release. You will feel the muscles relax immediately. This can be used any time during a break in the game or practice

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Offensive Move by Sidney Crosby and Sergei Drozd

Sergei Drozd

Sidney Crosby

Part 1: Core Skills – Moves & Fakes:

Four Basic Building Blocks Of Playing Defense

Play Smart:

Know Your Position:

Smart Stick 

                         

Posture

Related Videos & Teaching Points:

2-1-2 Defensive Zone System & Tactics

Czech Republic 2-1-2 Overload Defensive Zone Coverage

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Power Thoughts:

Coaching Tips

Sports Psychology Tips:

1 v 1 Defensive ZoneTactics and Drills

1 v 1 Show Away 

• F1 passes puck to forward
• D Skates to middle ice
• Show the forward away to go
• Play 1 v 1 to finish

1 v 1 Pressure Up

• F1 passes puck to forward
• D pressures up
• D plays Man-You-Goal
• Play 1 v 1 to finish

1 v 1 Protect Middle

• D passes puck to forward
• D pressures up, stops and protects middle ice
• D playing Man-You-Goal
• D shows away for forward to go
• Play 1 v 1 to finish

1 v 1 Take Away Forehand – Force Puck Carrier to Backhand

• D passes puck to forward
• D pressures up, protects middle
• D playing Man-You-Goal
• D shows  forward to go to backhand
• Play 1 v 1 to Finish

1 v 1 Take Away Boards

• D passes puck to forward
• D pressures up, takes away Boards
• D forces puck carrier to middle and pressures Up
• D shows away for forward to go
• Play 1 v 1 to finish

Teaching Points:
Tactics:

Protect the Middle  

• Force your man to boards
• Force the player to backhand
• Pressure up in slot

Take Away

• Take away forehand

Show the Way

• Square your skates and protect middle

Challenge the Shooter

• Body in shooting lane
• Stick passing lanes

Always Pressure Through Middle Ice

• Band things happen when puck is in middle ice
• Pressure and take away angle to net

Individual Tactics:

1. Good Defense Starts with Proper Body Position and Stance.
-Eyes Up
-low Stance
-Knees Bent
-Skates Shoulder width apart

2. The Low Man Always Wins On Defense

3. Stick out in front of you.
-Active Smart Stick (ASS)
-Body in Shooting Lane, Stick in passing lanes

4. Split the Ice in half.
-Do not let the puck carrier to other side of ice
-Initiate Contact if your players tries to enter scoring area
-Do not let a player break you down in center ice

5. Force the Player where you want him to go.
-Force to space on ice
-Force him to his backhand

6. Play the Body. Stick and Puck in that order.

7. Checking

a. Angle Check
-Low stance always win
-Head should be lower then the players arm pit
-Two hands on stick when initiating contact
-Knees bent and explode into puck carrier

b. Straight on Check
-Force the Puck Carrier in the direction you dictate
-Low Stance
-Head under Chin (General Rule)
-Two hands on stick when initiating contact
-Knees bent and explode into puck carrier

Keys:

• Speed but in control
• Get down low, but eyes up
• Come in on angle or circular approach
• Control where the puck carrier is going
• Show him away to go
• Open door to boards or backhand

Terms:

• No free shots
• ASS: Angle, Speed, Show
• ASS: Always Stop Set up
• ASS: Active Smart Sticks

Teaching 1 v 1 Curve Skating Tactics

1 v 1 Defensive Tactic – Force Puck Carrier to Backhand

Read The Puck Carrier Is On Backhand and Pressure Up

Two Playing Rules:

1.  Pressure the puck carrier when on backhand.

2. Defensive players need to  stop in passing lanes. 

2 v 4 Offensive Rush KHL Playoffs

Tactics:

• Keep your stick out in front
• Stay between the forward and the net
• Always play tight gap on even situations
• Always pressure up when outnumbering opposition 
• Maintain good angle

Reads:

• What do the defenders see?
• Read the situation;Uneven, Even or Out Numbered Offensive Team?

Terms:

• Read, Communicate, Pressure Up & Contain

Rules:

• Always know where your man is and the puck 
• Man to man coverage after blue line (Adjust to your system)

Related Videos & Teaching Points:

Turkey Stops Set Up:

Turkey’s #11 HAMARAT Galip & #10 TASDEMIR Gokturk Playing Great Defense on Penalty Killing – IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship DIV III 2012

1 v 2 Teaching Tape World University Team

Six Critical Mistakes on Defensive Rush – Japan v. Turkey 2011

Power Thoughts:

Sports Psychology Tips:

Be Aware Of Your Players Mind Set:

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Defensive Zone Coverage – The Puck Carrier is Behind Goal

System/Strategy:

Positioning:

• Box in One Positioning

• Tight Box and defense pressure puck carrier on to his backhand

Reads:

• The Defense must read we are in a tight box and one
• The Defense must read and pressure puck carrier on to his backhand
• The Center must read and replace the defender at the post 

Keys:

• The defense go to the corners of the net and stop all pass out attempts
• The three forwards must come down low and tight in front of the net

• The center takes the spot of the defender pressuring the puck carrier
• The center, one defender, and two forwards form a tight box
• The players must  keep their ‘head on a swivel’ with sticks on the ice 
• The defense must read the play and force the puck carrier to his back hand
• The center takes the spot of the defender pressuring the puck carrier
• The players must  keep their ‘head on a swivel’ with sticks on the ice 

Related Videos & Teaching Points:

Teaching Points 2-1-2 Woman’s World University Games 2011

Canada 2-1-2 Overload Defensive Zone Coverage IIHF WC 2012

Power Thoughts:

Sports Psychology Tips:

• Change I can’t to I can
• Use cue words to direct your focus and performance
• Change negative stories created in your mind to positive stories

Coaching Tip:

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Russia 3 v 2 Middle Man Driving to Net WU 2011

Tactics:

• Middle man drive between two defenders

Individual Tactics:

• Stick in shooting position
• Fake shot

Related Videos & Teaching Points:

3 v 3 Rush (Offensive Triangle)

Offensive Triangle

1. Move the Puck before Blue Line.
2. Enter the Zone Wide
3. 2nd Man into Zone Drive to Net
4. 3rd Man Forms Triangle

Key:

• The middle man must drive to net to open up space in slot

Power Thoughts:

“If you want to make good use of your time, you’ve got to know what’s most important and then give it all you’ve got.”

-Lee Iacocca

“Better three hours too soon, than one minute too late.”-William Shakespeare

“Make use of time, let not advantage slip.”-William Shakespeare

“Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year – and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!”

-Anthony Robbins

Coaching Tips:

Move and Fakes: Part 1 & 2

Part 1: Core Skills – Moves & Fakes:

Part 2:  Puck Protection & Moves

Notes: 

Please feel free to contact me for copies of the videos and support information used in this symposium.

Power Thoughts:

“Sometimes the hardest part of the journey is believing you’re worthy of the trip.” 
― Glenn Beck

“If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.” 
― Brian Tracy

“Self-talk reflects your innermost feelings.” 
                              ― Asa Don Brown

“There is nothing so rewarding as to make people realize that they are worthwhile in this world.” 
― Bob Anderson