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New York Ranger Michael Del Zotto Defends Perfect 2 v 1

2 v 1 Defensive Read the Rush:

• Good body & stick positioning 
• Quick sticks & anticipation 
• Stick well out in front of you, ready to deflect pass 
• The  ‘D’  must stay up & in the middle of the ice between the forwards 
• The ‘D’ should keep the puck wide 
• If a pass be made back to the slot, the ‘D’ must pressure and attack the slot 
• The ‘D’ should keep a tight gap 
• Goalie should call I have the shooter

Do Not:

• Do not give up huge gap through center ice
• Do not back up into goalie
• Do not commit to one forward

Teaching Notes:

• At higher levels you can not allow the players to shoot from slot
• Defenders must develop fakes stick checks & checks

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Power Thoughts:

Coach George Halas: Brian Piccolo died of cancer at the age of 26. He left a wife and three daughters. He also left a great many loving friends who miss and think of him often. But when they think of him, it’s not how he died that they remember – but how he lived. How he did live!

“I don’t care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life.” -Gale Sayers

Brian’s Song. Great Movie

Ernest Hemingway once said “Every true story ends in death.” Well, this is a true story.

Please see Jimmy V Foundation

Sports Psychology Tips:

Three Things To Do Now, To Improve Your Performance:

 If you want to practice as good as an Olympic Gold Medalist; You need to match your attitude, emotionally energy and enthusiasm. You have 100% control over your attitude, emotional energy, and enthusiasm. Great athletes focus on things they can control. You can improve your game now, by focusing on improving your:

1. Attitude
2. Emotional Energy 
3. Enthusiasm

Motivation From the African Plains – "Run to the Roar" Extended Trailer

“Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle… when the sun comes up, you’d better be running.” -Unknown

Book Recommendation:

12 Time National Champion Squash Coach and Professional 
Speaker Paul Assaiante’s book “Run to the Roar”

Run towards the roar, run towards what frightens us.

Locked in combat: Mother lion takes on deadly crocodile to give cubs safe swim across river….Click to see more.

Success Formula:  US Army Special Forces Strategy

R – Respect for your enemy
A – Accountability to your team
W -Work Ethic
–
D – Discipline

John Anderson – Retired Military Officer gave a motivational speech to the Hudson Valley Eagle 2004-05 MJHL Champions. The team finish 3rd Place in USA Hockey National Championship.

Power Thoughts:

• Strategies do not work, unless you do!
• Everyone has fears, the key is to move forward anyway. 
• F.E.A.R. – False Evidence Appearing Real

Power Questions:
What is holding you back?

Fear of:

• success
• failure
• rejections
• past failures
• humiliation
• loosing it all
• not enough
• physical limitations
• physical fitness
• emotional scars

Strategies:

1. Take a step towards doing something you fear today and the next step will be easier 
2. Act as if you could not fail.
3. Fake It until you make it!

New York Rangers Ottawa Senators – 19 Brad Richards 3 v 2 Pick:

Tactics: Picks\Screens For Puck Carrier

Keys:

• The  player without puck skates into the lane of defense 
• The pick must be set in the direction the puck carrier is skating
• The pick can be set skating is straight line or cross
• Do not make contact with the defender

Tactics:

•  The player skates in same lane as puck carrier

•  The man without the puck make the defense give up space and turn towards boards

•  The picker skate right into the defenders space, without making body contact

• The picker created passing lane

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Power Question:

What does it take to win 18 gold medals?  

Bounceability! 

One mental quality you need is the ability to pick yourself up after a loss. The ability to dust yourself off after a fall and focus on the task at hand.  Bouncing back from a disappointing fourth-place finish in the 400 individual medley,  Michael Phelps  ends his career with 18 gold medals. Phelps wound up with more medals than any other swimmer at the games: four golds and two silvers.

Power Thoughts:

“You can’t put a limit on aything. The more you dream, the father you get.” 
― Michael Phelps

Defense Pressuring Up Finishing Check and Going Up on Rush:

Tactics:  Read the Defensive Rush

Keys:

• Keep tight gap 
• Play aggressively, but  in control
• Take circular approach or have good angle 
• Force the attacker on to the boards or backhand
• Keep eyes on the Body at all times
• Defenders should time their check.
• Body 1st , Stick 2nd and Puck 3rd
• In 1 v 1 the low man usually wins the battles

Reads:

• Off Puck Players
• Speed of offensive player
• Stick

Terms:

• Read, Communicate, Pressure Up, Contain 

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Power Thoughts:

Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it. –Steve Prefontaine

A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.
                                                                                       -Steve Prefontaine
 

Offensive Power Play Face Off – Turkey Greece 2012 World Championships

Tactics:

• Blocking Out Man
• Screening, Tipping and Rebounding

#18 Solak  does great job blocking out wing.

Greece Face Off Positing 

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Power Thoughts:

“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.”
-Jesse Owens

Attacking Middle Seam from Defensive Zone Face Off – White Caps v. Başkent Yıldızları Spor Kulübü 2011

Başkent Yıldızları Gives Up Breakaway 5 v 4

 System – Positioning

• Defense is on boards
• Center on center
• Defense lined up inside circle
• Wing lined up outside of circle

Tactics:

• Wing goes out to side, where puck goes

• Wing out to strong side point
• Center moves into middle lane

• Body in shooting lane, stick in passing lane
• Puck is blocked and picked up by center
• Pass is made between two defenders

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Power Thoughts:

“The spirit, the will to win and the will to excel – these are the things that endure and these are the qualities that are so much more important than any of the events that occasion them.” -Vince Lombardi 

“There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything. I do, and I demand that my players do.” -Vince Lombardi 

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.” -Vince Lombardi 

“You never win a game unless you beat the guy in front of you. The score on the board doesn’t mean a thing. That’s for the fans. You’ve got to win the war with the man in front of you. You’ve got to get your man.”
                                                                                                                       -Vince Lombardi 

“If you’ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.” -Vince Lombardi 

White Caps v. Başkent Yıldızları Spor Kulübü – Defensive Zone Face Offs Responsibilities:

Başkent Defensive Zone Face Offs:

• Defense Line Up Behind Center – On loss face offs, the defender must pick up strong side wing.
• Defense on Wing
• Center on Center
• Strong Side Wing To Point 
• Weak Side Wing to Point 

Başkent Positioning Defensive Zone Face offs

2011-2012 Continental Cup

• Başkent Yıldızları Spor Kulübü gave up 22 scoring chances on offensive face offs in 2 games
• Başkent Yıldızları Spor Kulübü centers rarely stayed with their man
• Look where the defense is on this play. He is in corner and has no man

Defensive Tactics: (Mistakes by  Başkent Yıldızları Spor Kulübü)

• Defense lined up behind center, fails to play man-you-goal
• Center failed to stay with man or play man-you-goal

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Power Thoughts:

“Coaching is about helping young people have a chance 

to succeed.  There is no more awesome responsibility 

than that.  One of the greatest honors a person can have

is being called ‘Coach.’ ” -Lou Holtz

DEFENSE TO DEFENSE REVERSE- Defense at Net

System: Breakout-Reverse 

Tactic:  Reverse to “D” to “D” – Defense without puck is at net.

Keys:

• The checkers skates must be pointing in same direction as puck carrier
• Stick of forechecker middle ice
• Defense at net must be facing up ice 
• Communicate reverse

Reads:

• Read number of forecheckers

•   Space is open

• The skates are pointing behind goal and stick is in middle ice

Power Question:

How do you win an Olympic Gold Medal?

• 10,000 hours of perfect practice

Success Formula: GIGO

• Good In, Good Out, Garbage In, Garbage Out

Power Thoughts:

The basic idea is that success is neither a function of genetic uniqueness nor hard-work.  It is instead a function of taking the endowments one has, and refining one’s craft through deliberate practice.  The defining characteristic of the deliberative approach to practice are: (1) designed to specifically improve performance; (2) can be repeated; (3) provides continuous feedback; (4) is demanding mentally; and (5) is hard and pushes us continuously beyond our comfort zone.  Top performers are detail oriented and never satisfied.

                                                                                                          -Geoff Colvin’s 

DEFENSE TO DEFENSE REVERSE – Defense Position Up Ice

System: Breakout-Reverse

Tactic:  Reverse to “D” to “D” – Defense Up Ice

Keys:

• The checkers skates must be pointing in same direction as puck carrier
• Stick of forechecker middle ice

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Power Thoughts:

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength or a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”  -Vince Lombardi

Using the Shaft of Your Stick to Score Goals

Technique:

• Speed of stick
• Impact the ice 6-10 inches behind the puck

• Weight transfer allows the stick to flex and unflex  
• Using the shaft of the stick gives the speed to the shot

Power Thoughts:

“It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer” – Larry Bird