Learn how to teach and reinforce sound, quality, efficient movement in your skaters, regardless of their age or skill level.
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Developing a Strategy for OT & Shootouts, with Kim Weiss (VIDEO)
This presentation draws some conclusions that will no doubt help your team in OT & shootouts moving forward.
Power Play Deception & Nifty Passing, with Kris Beech (VIDEO)
"This would be a station practice for your power play. You get a lot of reps working on technical skills of the power play.”
Eyes, hands, feet, stick - they're all a crucial part of faceoffs.
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Chalk-Talks
"You get a group of centermen that are coming up through 12U, 14U, 16U that can come into the dot and take a face-off, but they don't necessarily know what to do on the...
"If you don't hunt pucks to get them back...you have have no chance to get into what looks like pretty hockey. We gotta do the hard stuff first."
Hockey Directors Club: Mission Statement Workshop with Wally Kozak
"Every leadership organization has to have a value driven mission statement in order to accomplish anything."
Designing a Minor Hockey Practice Focused on Player Development, with Brock Sheahan (VIDEO)
All that should matter is the individual development of the player. And if you do that, the team will get better.
How to Create a Successful Youth Hockey Development Model (VIDEO)
"The number one thing that we all need to realize is our youth hockey programs will be better if we work on a development model versus a competition model."
Modern Breakout Principles & How to Teach Them, with Todd Woodcroft
“You want to efficiently spend the least amount of time you can in the D-zone.”
"It's important to learn the responsibilities of the players, as opposed to just what position they play."
"Do your players know what to do when hockey breaks out?"
Building Resiliency in your Players & Program, with Cara Morey (VIDEO)
The turnaround the Princeton Tigers have made under Morey has been nothing short of magical.
McFarland provides a tactical masterpiece on attacking off the rush, including fundamentals, execution & principles.