- Puck Retrieval’s, game plan, head check, angle of feet/body/stick
⁃ High tight hands, puck outside body
⁃ Stick positioning - 2 hands
⁃ Dictating pace - slow/Fast
⁃ No crossover within blue
⁃ Walking blue line
⁃ Active stick, when to poke, stick on puck
⁃ Baiting
⁃ Creating shooting lanes- backhand to forehand, fake, move feet, 10/2 feet
⁃ Maximizing the blue line - creating more space
⁃ Playing away from puck- skating to space to be an option
⁃ Deception- every puck touch/pass
⁃ Using backhand- receive pass and give
⁃ Receiving, puck outside body
⁃ Finding the right passing option and delivering at the right time
⁃ puck protection
⁃ Puck outside body- long reach
⁃ Eyes up-
⁃ Backhand - Datsyuk -
⁃ Change of speed- create time/space
⁃ Small area battle
⁃ Receiving puck to shoot without stick handle
⁃ Delays
⁃ Give and go
⁃ Come under the puck for timing (Crosby,McDavid)
⁃ 50/50 puck battles - How? Body positioning, stick/body contact, timing,
Skating
⁃ maximizing stride
⁃ Pro posture 45 degree
⁃ Edge work inside outside
⁃ Tight turning and maintaining speed off tight turn/delay
⁃ Opening hips and body
⁃ Maintaining speed without stride
⁃ Pivots
⁃ Maximizing crossover- inside/outside push
⁃ Change pace
⁃ Explosive starts to get separation speed- off stop or turn
Puck skills
⁃ outside body
⁃ Protection in tight areas
⁃ Receiving passes- stick position
⁃ Deception -shoulder drops, lean on stick, head fake, stick fake,
Shooting/Scoring
⁃ Physics- where to shoot? Left or right shot and %
⁃ bring string to show pucks eye
⁃ Stick- curve, flex, lie
⁃ Shot- snap, wrist, slap, backhand
⁃ Not many chances to score in games so perfect it.
⁃ In stride, Changing angle (Matthews)
⁃ Load/release
- how does he score? Same or multiple ways?
⁃ Shot- snap, wrist, slap, backhand, deke
⁃ Soft area, traffic, net presence, on rush, one timer
Extras
⁃ taking pucks off walls
⁃ Deception
⁃ Using backhand
⁃ High hands on stick to play outside body
⁃ 2 hands on stick
⁃ Buying space with/without puck, speed up or slow down
⁃ finding open space, creating space
⁃ Small area
⁃ 50/50 puck battles - How? Body positioning, stick/body contact, timing,