Keith McAdams Coaching Tips: Slovakia Good Gap Control Leads To Quick Transitio…

Slovakia Good Gap Control Leads To Quick Transitions in Neutral Ice

Brad Richards one-times a shot at top of circle

We want our defense involved in the offensive rush.

• The defense should be between the dots on the defensive rush
• The quickest transitions take place when the puck is turned over in middle ice
• The defencemen should go up on rush to opposition’s blue line and to the top of the circles
• This gives our team more options on the attack
• It allows the Defense to keep the puck in at the offensive blue line

Principles:

• Close defensive gap take away time and space making the counter-attack much easier 
• Forcing a Turn over in neural ice create shorter distance to the offensive goal

Key Points Defensively:

• Keep the gap tight between defenders and the oppositions’ attackers
• Keeping a tight gap enable defencemen to handle the rush at or before blue line
• The defense should be slightly staggered

Playing Rules:

• Gap of one or two sticks through center ice
• The gap should be one to one in a half sticks at blue line
• Pressure up on all even situations

Terms:

• Read, Communicate, Stay Up, Contain

Slovakia 1 stick stick through center ice

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Power Thoughts:

Question asked to Coach Daily; “Any regrets in coaching?”  Response: “I wish I would have talked with my players more”

“To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.”
-Tony Robbins

Sports Psychology Tips:

Mental Training:

The easiest part of your body to improve, is your mind. Start today by visualizing the way you want to play. Talk yourself into playing great. Get your body in motion and create the right emotions. Adjust your physiology, to be strong mentally and physically.

Five Key Components of Mental Training Program:

1. Goal Setting – Helps you make the right choices under pressure.
2. Mental Rehearsal – Increases skill development and reduces stress.
3. Self Talk – We all speak 400-1000 words per minutes to ourselves. Replace the bad with good and improve your game.
4. Arousal Control – Breathing connects the mind and body. Long exhaling will improve focus. relax the body and improve recovery time.
5. Adjust Physiology – The right posture, put you in the right position to win. Allows your to breath easy, improves focus and perform better.

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Power Thoughts: Somebody said that it couldn’t be done – Edgar Guest

It Couldn’t Be Done

Edgar Guest

Somebody said that it couldn’t be done,
     But, he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
     Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
     On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
     That couldn’t be done, and he did it.
Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you’ll never do that;
     At least no one has done it”;
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,
     And the first thing we knew he’d begun it.
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
     Without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
     That couldn’t be done, and he did it.
There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
     There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you one by one,
     The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle it in with a bit of a grin,
     Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
     That “couldn’t be done,” and you’ll do it.

from Collected Verse of Edgar Guest
NY:Buccaneer Books, 1976, pg. 285

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Slovakia Good Gap Control Leads To Quick Transitions in Neutral Ice

Brad Richards one-times a shot at top of circle

We want our defense involved in the offensive rush.

• The defense should be between the dots on the defensive rush
• The quickest transitions take place when the puck is turned over in middle ice
• The defencemen should go up on rush to opposition’s blue line and to the top of the circles
• This gives our team more options on the attack
• It allows the Defense to keep the puck in at the offensive blue line

Principles:

• Close defensive gap take away time and space making the counter-attack much easier 
• Forcing a Turn over in neural ice create shorter distance to the offensive goal

Key Points Defensively:

• Keep the gap tight between defenders and the oppositions’ attackers
• Keeping a tight gap enable defencemen to handle the rush at or before blue line
• The defense should be slightly staggered

Playing Rules:

• Gap of one or two sticks through center ice
• The gap should be one to one in a half sticks at blue line
• Pressure up on all even situations

Terms:

• Read, Communicate, Stay Up, Contain

Slovakia 1 stick stick through center ice

Related Videos & Teaching Points:

Finland Defense Up on Rush, 2nd Wave Attack IIHF WC 2012

Keith McAdams Coaching Tips: Ireland Bad Gap Control – IIHF Ice …

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Power Thoughts:

Question asked to Coach Daily; “Any regrets in coaching?”  Response: “I wish I would have talked with my players more”

“To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.”
-Tony Robbins

Sports Psychology Tips:

Mental Training:

The easiest part of your body to improve, is your mind. Start today by visualizing the way you want to play. Talk yourself into playing great. Get your body in motion and create the right emotions. Adjust your physiology, to be strong mentally and physically.

Five Key Components of Mental Training Program:

1. Goal Setting – Helps you make the right choices under pressure.
2. Mental Rehearsal – Increases skill development and reduces stress.
3. Self Talk – We all speak 400-1000 words per minutes to ourselves. Replace the bad with good and improve your game.
4. Arousal Control – Breathing connects the mind and body. Long exhaling will improve focus. relax the body and improve recovery time.
5. Adjust Physiology – The right posture, put you in the right position to win. Allows your to breath easy, improves focus and perform better.