Teaching Hockey Sense

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Teaching Hockey Sense

• By Ken Martel
• USA Hockey National Team Development Program
• MAHA Advanced Coaching Clinic
• May 31, 2003

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What is Hockey Sense?

• Awareness
• Anticipation
• Creativity
• Vision
• Alertness
• Decision Making
• Adaptability to change

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Hockey Sense is a teachable skill like skating,
puckhandling shooting. The question becomes
what are the tools and techniques used by coaches
to teach these skills.
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Coaching Strategies for Developing Hockey Sense.
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Coaching Strategies for Developing Hockey Sense.

• Timing Drills
• Eliminate whistles to start drills.

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NZ Dots Sequence
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Coaching Strategies for Developing Hockey Sense.

• Timing Drills
• Eliminate whistles to start drills.
• Add extra passes to players in line.

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Coaching Strategies for Developing Hockey Sense.

• Timing Drills
• Eliminate whistles to start drills.
• Add extra passes to players in line.
• Use drills that change puck focus.

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NZ Stretch Pass
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Coaching Strategies for Developing Hockey Sense.

• Timing Drills
• Eliminate whistles to start drills.
• Add extra passes to players in line.
• Use drills that change puck focus.
• Coach takes away options in drill by covering
  pass receivers.

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Czech 2 on 0
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Coaching Strategies for Developing Hockey Sense.

• Timing Drills
• Eliminate whistles to start drills.
• Add extra passes to players in line.
• Use drills that change puck focus.
• Coach takes away options in drill by covering
  pass receivers.
• Change puck possession on whistle.

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Maine 1v1 Transition
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DD
FFF
FFF
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Coaching Strategies for Developing Hockey Sense.

• Timing Drills
• Eliminate whistles to start drills.
• Add extra passes to players in line.
• Use drills that change puck focus.
• Coach takes away options in drill by covering
  pass receivers.
• Change puck possession on whistle.
• Tag up to change spacing

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1v1, 2v2 NZ Angling
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Coaching Strategies for Developing Hockey Sense.

• Forced puck movement

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Blase 3 on 0 Passing
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Coaching Strategies for Developing Hockey Sense.

• Forced puck movement
• Colored Pucks

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3v3 Colored Pucks
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Yellow Attack Opponents Net
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Green Attack Either Net
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Red Puck Possession
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Coaching Strategies for Developing Hockey Sense.

• Forced puck movement
• Colored Pucks
• Forced communication

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Coaching Strategies for Developing Hockey Sense.

• Forced puck movement
• Colored Pucks
• Forced communication
• Add or subtract players to change the playing
  situation

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Powers 1-2-3 Drill
OX OX OX OX
C
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Coaching Strategies for Developing Hockey Sense.

• Forced puck movement
• Colored Pucks
• Forced communication
• Add or subtract players to change the playing
  situation
• Disorientate players to change responsibilities

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DZC Role Over
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Coaching Strategies for Developing Hockey Sense.

• Forced puck movement
• Colored Pucks
• Forced communication
• Add or subtract players to change the playing
  situation
• Disorientate players to change responsibilities
• Players - all offense or all defense

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3v2 Puck Possession
X
O
O
Ø
X
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Coaching Strategies for Developing Hockey Sense.

• Game Situation Drills
• 1 Puck Drills
• Small Area Games (SAG)

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Coaching Strategies for Developing Hockey Sense.

• Game Situation Drills
• 1 Puck Drills
• Small Area Games (SAG)

• Both Offensive Defensive

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Coaching Strategies for Developing Hockey Sense.

• Game Situation Drills
• 1 Puck Drills
• Small Area Games (SAG)

• Both Offensive Defensive
• Concept Development
• Big Picture Elements

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Coaching Strategies for Developing Hockey Sense.

• Game Situation Drills
• 1 Puck Drills
• Small Area Games (SAG)

• Both Offensive Defensive
• Concept Development
• Big Picture Elements
• Decisions Making

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Coaching Strategies for Developing Hockey Sense.

• Game Situation Drills
• 1 Puck Drills
• Small Area Games (SAG)

• Both Offensive Defensive
• Concept Development
• Big Picture Elements
• Decisions Making
• Dynamic Repetition
• Growth

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Coaching Strategies for Developing Hockey Sense.

• Game Situation Drills
• 1 Puck Drills
• Small Area Games (SAG)

• Both Offensive Defensive
• Concept Development
• Big Picture Elements
• Decisions Making
• Dynamic Repetition
• Growth
• Skill Experimentation

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Coaching Strategies for Developing Hockey Sense.

• Game Situation Drills
• 1 Puck Drills
• Small Area Games (SAG)

• Competitiveness

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Coaching Strategies for Developing Hockey Sense.

• Game Situation Drills
• 1 Puck Drills
• Small Area Games (SAG)

• Competitiveness
• Hide the Tactic

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2v2 Continuous
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Swiss 2v2 Warm-Up
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3v2 Mid Zone Game
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2v1 Transition Game
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Lilley 3v3 2 Full Ice
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Every time we teach a child something, we
deprive them the opportunity to discover it for
themselves. - Jean Paige