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The most fun and memorable of out of town tournaments is the knee hockey games… especially if parents get in on the fun.
Level of detail here is unusual in the best way. Glad Sturm was willing to share. Most NHL coaches keep things close to the chest.
Hard rims, two-man forechecks, and 'Buffalo': The faceoff plays inside Marco Sturm's laptop.
Free to read: nytimes.com/athletic/7565728…
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Attention Young D....
Great clip from the weekend, courtesy of Windsor Spitfires 08 D Drake Gram (WSR25). Lets identify the strong habits that lead to this goal:
- off touch eyes are scanning, hands off body and feet drive net
- off the wheel he stays inside dots and finds release to teammate on weak side ice
- he identifies he can beat his man up ice and drives feet into NZ
- as puck carrier shifts through middle ice, WSR25 drives into vacated lane on weak side dotline
- he drives feet and gets behind coverage sneaking into net front ice, this pulls the weak side defender away from defending and supporting his partner
- he keeps his stick free and wedges himself into defenders inside hip, causing friction for goaltender to battle through and defender to physically engage him
- this opens ice for puck carrier to drive over net mouth, freezing goaltender and distributing the puck over the outstretch pad
Habits are strong. WSR25 starts the play and ultimately ends it with a desire to drive net, cause friction and sacrifice his body to open a lane.
Step off the defender to time the movement. Beauty.
Like rerouting at the offensive blueline or taking steps wide to open up a passing lane/space to receive the puck.
Greg Revak, CFP® retweeted
Spatial awareness has many components:
- Self to wall
- Self to puck
- Self to opponent(s)
- Self to teammate(s)
Coaches can play around with those variables and add/remove them gradually if players have trouble with success rates in a given drill
Been inspired to dig deeper into puck play on the yellow and puck-protection skills after watching @JDUlms’ presentation on @TheCoachesSite — highly recommend it.
Came across a great clip that encompasses a lot of the key principles discussed:
• Scanning & spatial awareness
• Collecting rims on the protect side (first touch)
• Accepting pressure & initiating contact
• Getting off the wall
• Off-puck movement to create a shot threat
• Eyes to the inside — find the honey-hole shooter
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Shorting the zone is a simple assertive tactic defensemen use to engage in the offensive zone.
(1) Weakside defenseman wins puck race deep in OZ.
(2) Strong side D reads and intercepts. Weakside D has easy backdoor tap in.
Don’t just stand by the blueline!
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Jacob Slavin with an absurd defensive play.
Closes off F2 drive then ‘no look’ spinning stick to break up the pass.