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COACHES: Are you practicing breakouts from your Dzone coverage? This is a great clip from DET on the value of playing FAST in transition from the Dzone. The outnumber the puck down low to create the turnover and then BOOM watch how fast they go north once they get...

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KIDS: When you lose the puck, how hard are you willing to work to get it back? As a coach, I want you to make plays. I want you to be creative. I want you to play with no fear of making mistakes. The only stipulation I have is that when you try to make a play and you turn it over, you have to work like hell to get it back. Here's a great example from a team that MAKES A LOT OF PLAYS. Tampa turns it over in the Ozone and then watch the effort from the players to get it back. Hounds. They create another turnover and then get rewarded in transition. Coaches, amazing clip to show your teams!!
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KIDS: When you lose the puck, how hard are you willing to work to get it back? As a coach, I want you to make plays. I want you to be creative. I want you to play with no fear of making mistakes. The only stipulation I have is that when you try to make a play and you turn it over, you have to work like hell to get it back. Here's a great example from a team that MAKES A LOT OF PLAYS. Tampa turns it over in the Ozone and then watch the effort from the players to get it back. Hounds. They create another turnover and then get rewarded in transition. Coaches, amazing clip to show your teams!!

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13,043 次观看 • 5 个月前

COACHES: This is a great clip from the Flyers on modern ozone play. A couple highlights of positive things they do here: -They change sides multiple times and go low to high/high to low in the zone. This spreads out the opponents dzone coverage opening up ice particularly in the middle. -Everyone is moving! Movement is way harder to defend than standing still. -Weakside D activation. The weakside D activating allowed them to keep possession of the puck after the initial shot and then get the rebound for the goal. -Positionless hockey. The goal was scored off a shot from a defenseman in the slot and then another defenseman getting the rebound right at the net front. Great job by Philly!!!!
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COACHES: This is a great clip from the Flyers on modern ozone play. A couple highlights of positive things they do here: -They change sides multiple times and go low to high/high to low in the zone. This spreads out the opponents dzone coverage opening up ice particularly in the middle. -Everyone is moving! Movement is way harder to defend than standing still. -Weakside D activation. The weakside D activating allowed them to keep possession of the puck after the initial shot and then get the rebound for the goal. -Positionless hockey. The goal was scored off a shot from a defenseman in the slot and then another defenseman getting the rebound right at the net front. Great job by Philly!!!!

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17,773 次观看 • 6 个月前

COACHES: So often if you rewind a clip after a goal, the offense comes from great defense. MTL's OT winner last night is a great example. Watch every player off this lost draw, they knew the assignment. Everyone picks up their guy, Demidov and Carrier close on the Sabres up high creating the turnover, and they score in transition. Incredible job, great clip to show your teams, I can't wait for the next round!!!
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COACHES: So often if you rewind a clip after a goal, the offense comes from great defense. MTL's OT winner last night is a great example. Watch every player off this lost draw, they knew the assignment. Everyone picks up their guy, Demidov and Carrier close on the Sabres up high creating the turnover, and they score in transition. Incredible job, great clip to show your teams, I can't wait for the next round!!!

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27,248 次观看 • 3 个月前

COACHES: When most people talk about tracks or backchecks, it's about skating back hard into the defensive zone. But how we should be talking about them is starting in the offensive zone. If you want to be a team that's hard to play against, teach and preach tracking from the opposing goal line all the way back. This is a great clip demonstrating an offensive zone track. McDavid hounds the puck, creates the turnover, and then does McDavid things to create the goal. UNREAL. But not only is this a great clip demonstrating an offensive zone track...it's also a great clip to show your team about buy in. Here's the best offensive player in the world hounding the puck defensively. If McDavid is bought into it, your star players can to. Look out for the Oilers...
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COACHES: When most people talk about tracks or backchecks, it's about skating back hard into the defensive zone. But how we should be talking about them is starting in the offensive zone. If you want to be a team that's hard to play against, teach and preach tracking from the opposing goal line all the way back. This is a great clip demonstrating an offensive zone track. McDavid hounds the puck, creates the turnover, and then does McDavid things to create the goal. UNREAL. But not only is this a great clip demonstrating an offensive zone track...it's also a great clip to show your team about buy in. Here's the best offensive player in the world hounding the puck defensively. If McDavid is bought into it, your star players can to. Look out for the Oilers...

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38,904 次观看 • 2 年前

COACHES: This is not a flashy clip but shows amazing breakout principles from each player on the ice. Great shoulder checks from D1 going back to get the puck on first touch, and then he activates up ice on the weak side. Great surf and defensive stick to force the dump from D2 - and then close support as D1 had heavy pressure. He's also shoulder checking. Great use of body to shield the puck from pinching D and outlet to C from the RW. Great low and slow support from the C behind the puck. Great job by the LW stretching out the opposing D creating the lane and space for D1 coming up the ice. Everyone shoulder checking. Everyone working to get up ice after their puck touch. If you go back and watch each player in this clip individually, it's beautiful. All of these little things add to a great breakout sequence that starts the play for the goal. An incredible clip to show your teams!!
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COACHES: This is not a flashy clip but shows amazing breakout principles from each player on the ice. Great shoulder checks from D1 going back to get the puck on first touch, and then he activates up ice on the weak side. Great surf and defensive stick to force the dump from D2 - and then close support as D1 had heavy pressure. He's also shoulder checking. Great use of body to shield the puck from pinching D and outlet to C from the RW. Great low and slow support from the C behind the puck. Great job by the LW stretching out the opposing D creating the lane and space for D1 coming up the ice. Everyone shoulder checking. Everyone working to get up ice after their puck touch. If you go back and watch each player in this clip individually, it's beautiful. All of these little things add to a great breakout sequence that starts the play for the goal. An incredible clip to show your teams!!

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10,813 次观看 • 10 个月前

COACHES: If you want to play aggressive with your D down the wall in the offensive zone, it's massively important that you have a great F3. Here is a great example from FLA - Ekblad gets down the wall tight and above the winger creating the turnover while Reinhart backs him up as F3 in the middle. Offensively in these situations, by being aggressive with your D you keep so many more pucks in the zone extending your ozone time. The D gapped hard on the opposing winger either takes away that option or creates a turnover if that winger is passed the puck. And often...it's F3 that becomes open after the turnover as you see with Reinhart on this play. Defensively, a great F3 limits the opposing team from getting odd-man rushes the other way. I love the aggressiveness this structure provides a team - it's a great identity tactic for teams that want to be hard to play against. Great job here by FLA!!
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COACHES: If you want to play aggressive with your D down the wall in the offensive zone, it's massively important that you have a great F3. Here is a great example from FLA - Ekblad gets down the wall tight and above the winger creating the turnover while Reinhart backs him up as F3 in the middle. Offensively in these situations, by being aggressive with your D you keep so many more pucks in the zone extending your ozone time. The D gapped hard on the opposing winger either takes away that option or creates a turnover if that winger is passed the puck. And often...it's F3 that becomes open after the turnover as you see with Reinhart on this play. Defensively, a great F3 limits the opposing team from getting odd-man rushes the other way. I love the aggressiveness this structure provides a team - it's a great identity tactic for teams that want to be hard to play against. Great job here by FLA!!

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26,989 次观看 • 2 年前

COACHES: For a lot of goals, you can rewind the clip back 10-15 seconds and you'll see some sort of effort or buy in play to win possession or get the puck back. I would show these clips to our players and call them "Effort Before Offense" plays. This goal from Vegas is a perfect example. Holtz explodes off the puck drop and wins possession for the team even though the puck gets "won" to Anaheim's side. Great effort, detail play. Then their star play in Jack Eichel wins a foot-race and battle to the puck in the offensive zone setting up Barbashev for the goal. Two great effort plays leading to the goal and a great clip to show your teams!!
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COACHES: For a lot of goals, you can rewind the clip back 10-15 seconds and you'll see some sort of effort or buy in play to win possession or get the puck back. I would show these clips to our players and call them "Effort Before Offense" plays. This goal from Vegas is a perfect example. Holtz explodes off the puck drop and wins possession for the team even though the puck gets "won" to Anaheim's side. Great effort, detail play. Then their star play in Jack Eichel wins a foot-race and battle to the puck in the offensive zone setting up Barbashev for the goal. Two great effort plays leading to the goal and a great clip to show your teams!!

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11,845 次观看 • 6 个月前

COACHES: Here is a GREAT teaching clip of something I see in youth hockey all the time. A player will skate the puck towards one of their teammates and will then pass it to them. It's one of my biggest pet peeves in the game. When you skate the puck towards your teammate, you're effectively bringing defenders towards them too so when you give them the puck you've put them in a difficult spot because now with more defenders near they have less time and space to make a play. This clip is a great example. The CHI defenseman skates the puck toward his partner and then tries to give him a pass. They turn the puck over with two CAR forecheckers now right there and the puck ends up in the back of the net. In youth hockey you see defenseman do this a lot and even more so they'll skate it towards their winger and then give them the puck either on the breakout or in the neutral zone. A better solution would be to move it right away or suck defenders towards you (and away from) your teammate so when you pass to them they'll have more time and space. Phenomenal teaching clip on time and space!!
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COACHES: Here is a GREAT teaching clip of something I see in youth hockey all the time. A player will skate the puck towards one of their teammates and will then pass it to them. It's one of my biggest pet peeves in the game. When you skate the puck towards your teammate, you're effectively bringing defenders towards them too so when you give them the puck you've put them in a difficult spot because now with more defenders near they have less time and space to make a play. This clip is a great example. The CHI defenseman skates the puck toward his partner and then tries to give him a pass. They turn the puck over with two CAR forecheckers now right there and the puck ends up in the back of the net. In youth hockey you see defenseman do this a lot and even more so they'll skate it towards their winger and then give them the puck either on the breakout or in the neutral zone. A better solution would be to move it right away or suck defenders towards you (and away from) your teammate so when you pass to them they'll have more time and space. Phenomenal teaching clip on time and space!!

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38,600 次观看 • 4 个月前

KIDS: Every level you go up, it gets a little bit harder. Players are bigger, faster, stronger, smarter, so you have to be willing to compete to get pucks. Watch Leon Draisaitl's effort on this play to win the puck battle. He's one of the smartest, most skilled players in the world...but he's not leading the NHL in goals or helping lead the Oilers to a Stanley Cup final without this grit. If your best players are your most competitive and hardest workers, you'll have a recipe for success. Coaches, this is a great clip to show your teams. Great job from Draisaitl!!
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KIDS: Every level you go up, it gets a little bit harder. Players are bigger, faster, stronger, smarter, so you have to be willing to compete to get pucks. Watch Leon Draisaitl's effort on this play to win the puck battle. He's one of the smartest, most skilled players in the world...but he's not leading the NHL in goals or helping lead the Oilers to a Stanley Cup final without this grit. If your best players are your most competitive and hardest workers, you'll have a recipe for success. Coaches, this is a great clip to show your teams. Great job from Draisaitl!!

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20,598 次观看 • 1 年前

COACHES: If we want to develop better hockey players, we need to talk more about work AWAY FROM THE PUCK. Here are two clips to show your players on this concept. 1. GIVE-AND-GO: One of my favorite youth coaches was from Russia and Tarasov's school of hockey...and his biggest pet peeve was passing and then not moving. He would literally stop practice and make us do a somersault if we passed and stood still. Our team won a national championship, we had half our team play college hockey, and his emphasis on this I think was a huge part of our development. Why is a give-and-go big? When a defender is on you and you pass it, that split second is when they're most vulnerable. They have to look at where the puck goes but also pay attention to you. By moving right away after passing, their attention shifts, even so briefly, which allows you to get open to get it back. Check out this AMAZING give-and-go between McDavid and Draisaitl. These guys are on another level and McDavid is truly superhuman at working away from the puck. 2. WORK TO SUPPORT THE PUCK: On the second clip, watch how hard Tarasenko speeds through the neutral zone to get to a spot of support. If he doesn't, this play ends in a dump in and an easy breakout. But he hightails it, like he's shot out of a cannon, and even though he doesn't get the puck, his speed without the puck allows him to get pressure on the forecheck. 3. WORK TO GET THE PUCK BACK: Then you have Kaprizov, one of the most skilled players in the world, working to track back on the forecheck. His effort helps create the turnover and he gets rewarded with the goal. If you want to play offense, the harder you work away from the puck defensively, the more you'll benefit offensively by getting possession back. Even the best players in the world only have the puck on their stick for maybe one minute during a game. As coaches and in player development, the more we can emphasize play without the puck, the more we'll develop smarter and better players.
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COACHES: If we want to develop better hockey players, we need to talk more about work AWAY FROM THE PUCK. Here are two clips to show your players on this concept. 1. GIVE-AND-GO: One of my favorite youth coaches was from Russia and Tarasov's school of hockey...and his biggest pet peeve was passing and then not moving. He would literally stop practice and make us do a somersault if we passed and stood still. Our team won a national championship, we had half our team play college hockey, and his emphasis on this I think was a huge part of our development. Why is a give-and-go big? When a defender is on you and you pass it, that split second is when they're most vulnerable. They have to look at where the puck goes but also pay attention to you. By moving right away after passing, their attention shifts, even so briefly, which allows you to get open to get it back. Check out this AMAZING give-and-go between McDavid and Draisaitl. These guys are on another level and McDavid is truly superhuman at working away from the puck. 2. WORK TO SUPPORT THE PUCK: On the second clip, watch how hard Tarasenko speeds through the neutral zone to get to a spot of support. If he doesn't, this play ends in a dump in and an easy breakout. But he hightails it, like he's shot out of a cannon, and even though he doesn't get the puck, his speed without the puck allows him to get pressure on the forecheck. 3. WORK TO GET THE PUCK BACK: Then you have Kaprizov, one of the most skilled players in the world, working to track back on the forecheck. His effort helps create the turnover and he gets rewarded with the goal. If you want to play offense, the harder you work away from the puck defensively, the more you'll benefit offensively by getting possession back. Even the best players in the world only have the puck on their stick for maybe one minute during a game. As coaches and in player development, the more we can emphasize play without the puck, the more we'll develop smarter and better players.

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14,893 次观看 • 5 个月前

COACHES: So many teams at higher levels are swarming on the PK on 50/50 pucks in the corner. I love this mentality but you have to be detailed and all your players have to be on the same page. On this goal, VAN tries swarm as the puck goes to the corner off the retrieval. But watch the VAN forward - he needs to seal the wall and not allow the low to high keeping it contained in the corner. He has his stick up and is a step late allowing the puck to go up to the point. CGY then does a great job attacking quick before VAN can get back into lanes and their structure. Playing aggressive like this is a great mentality, but for it to work it has to be ALL IN with everyone detailed and doing their job. Great teaching clip!!
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COACHES: So many teams at higher levels are swarming on the PK on 50/50 pucks in the corner. I love this mentality but you have to be detailed and all your players have to be on the same page. On this goal, VAN tries swarm as the puck goes to the corner off the retrieval. But watch the VAN forward - he needs to seal the wall and not allow the low to high keeping it contained in the corner. He has his stick up and is a step late allowing the puck to go up to the point. CGY then does a great job attacking quick before VAN can get back into lanes and their structure. Playing aggressive like this is a great mentality, but for it to work it has to be ALL IN with everyone detailed and doing their job. Great teaching clip!!

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50,257 次观看 • 2 年前

KIDS: I had a Russian coach growing up, one of the best coaches I've ever had, whose biggest habit he instilled in us was moving without the puck. He would make us do a somersault on the ice if we passed the puck and just stood there in practice. All practice he would be yelling GET OPEN!!! Our team was the best I've ever seen with give-and-go's. We were programmed to always be moving to support the puck, especially just after we passed it. We developed so much hockey sense under him with that mentality as it continually forced us to anticipate where the play was going. That year, we won the National Championship and we had a ton of players end up playing college hockey. This is a PHENOMENAL clip of what he would have been so proud of. Pass, move, get it back, goal. Nolan Allan gets the puck, moves it quick, dashes right to the net while the defender watched the pass, and then receives it right back and buries. Absolute gold. Coaches, this is a great clip to show your teams on the power of moving away from the puck and the give-and-go. Great job and congrats to Allan on his first NHL goal!!
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KIDS: I had a Russian coach growing up, one of the best coaches I've ever had, whose biggest habit he instilled in us was moving without the puck. He would make us do a somersault on the ice if we passed the puck and just stood there in practice. All practice he would be yelling GET OPEN!!! Our team was the best I've ever seen with give-and-go's. We were programmed to always be moving to support the puck, especially just after we passed it. We developed so much hockey sense under him with that mentality as it continually forced us to anticipate where the play was going. That year, we won the National Championship and we had a ton of players end up playing college hockey. This is a PHENOMENAL clip of what he would have been so proud of. Pass, move, get it back, goal. Nolan Allan gets the puck, moves it quick, dashes right to the net while the defender watched the pass, and then receives it right back and buries. Absolute gold. Coaches, this is a great clip to show your teams on the power of moving away from the puck and the give-and-go. Great job and congrats to Allan on his first NHL goal!!

Topher Scott

60,628 次观看 • 1 年前

COACHES: This is a great teaching clip for an extremely underrated concept in hockey that we need to be talking about more: Beat your man up the ice. Watch Hoglander chip the puck around Bouchard off the draw and beat him up ice to get rewarded with the goal. It's like he's shot out of a cannon. Bouchard needs to get a piece of him at the blueline but Hoglander does a great job side-stepping and then really getting on his horse to win the race to the net. The game is all about races and battles. They happen all over the ice. This is a great clip demonstrating the importance of winning those races and beating your opponent up ice.
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COACHES: This is a great teaching clip for an extremely underrated concept in hockey that we need to be talking about more: Beat your man up the ice. Watch Hoglander chip the puck around Bouchard off the draw and beat him up ice to get rewarded with the goal. It's like he's shot out of a cannon. Bouchard needs to get a piece of him at the blueline but Hoglander does a great job side-stepping and then really getting on his horse to win the race to the net. The game is all about races and battles. They happen all over the ice. This is a great clip demonstrating the importance of winning those races and beating your opponent up ice.

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48,095 次观看 • 2 年前

COACHES: This is a perfect clip for a preseason meeting to show your players what it means to be relentless. What a play by Palat using his stick and determination to win the puck and then what a pass setting up the goal. It's an "Effort Before Offense" sequence, great job!!
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COACHES: This is a perfect clip for a preseason meeting to show your players what it means to be relentless. What a play by Palat using his stick and determination to win the puck and then what a pass setting up the goal. It's an "Effort Before Offense" sequence, great job!!

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114,950 次观看 • 3 年前