One of the most common questions I get asked from parents is if I can talk to their kid about nutrition. Every team and player I work with gets educated on high performance nutrition, but it has to start in the home and be reinforced by their parents (who actually need the education). When I […]
http://hockeyshare-animation.s3.amazonaws.com/video-10434-1468637154.mp4 Description: Coach starts the drill by putting the puck in the corner. The Defencemen initiate the breakout by retrieving the puck and moving it up to the Forwards. The Forwards support the puck in a compact space on one side of the ice. All the players move up the ice as a unit […]
Welcome to the first instalment of Ask a Coach. During the summer we really paid attention to the questions our delegates asked the speakers during our annual TeamSnap Hockey Coaches Conferences. We thought it would be interesting to reach out to our network of coaches during the season and get their input on some of […]
A practice is where coaches create their team’s identity. While a coach’s role in the game is important, especially at higher levels where an in-game adjustment or playing a hunch can be the difference between winning and losing, it’s the work and preparation that goes into practice that ultimately determines a team’s success. If we […]
http://hockeyshare-animation.s3.amazonaws.com/video-10433-1468635088.mp4 Description: Coach controls the drill at the red line. The drill starts with the coach putting the puck into the zone. D retrieve the puck by starting backwards. Forwards run their routes for the breakout play. Players run the breakout pattern described by the coach prior to the repetition. The puck is returned […]
Heading into a hockey training camp can be one of two things; an exciting opportunity or a very stressful experience. Often, it comes down to perspective and being able to manage the distractions that can cause stress reactions. Training camps by their nature, can be stressful. It is the process hockey teams use to select […]
It’s that time of year when every coach, regardless of the level they coach at, has a multitude of balls in the air. You’re running try-outs, scheduling games, planning practice, in some cases managing parents…etc. Coaching is a big commitment, but at this time of year it can feel like a full time job. So […]
Bob McKenzie is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and one of the most respected men in hockey. During the season die hard fans hang on his every word both on television and via his twitter account, which has 1.3+ million followers. We where fortunate this past summer when Bob agreed to join […]
Forwards line up on all four hash marks. Defensemen are located outside blue lines. 1. On whistle, both corners leave at the same time, O1 and O3 (one side shown). O1 starts with a puck, moving toward O2. O2 at the same time has left up ice, heading into neutral zone. 2. O1 moves the […]
http://hockeyshare-animation.s3.amazonaws.com/video-10383-1468185582.mp4 Description: X1 and X2 head down ice 2 on 1 vs. D1 X3 backchecks the play Once the rush is complete, X3 swings to either side – whichever side X3 swings is on offense for a rush back the other way. The other side backchecks. (in this diagram, X4 is on offense and […]
