IN THIS ISSUE
The Art of Correcting Kids' Mistakes
14 Illinois Host Sites Introduce 500+ to Hockey
The Missing Link at 8U
Teaching Effective Communication at 10U/12U
Mallards Flock to the Pond in Texas
Video: Underspeed Training
Video: A Season Isn't a Failure if You Didn't Win a Championship
Just for Coaches:
On- and Off-Ice Drills
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Volume 3 Issue 11
November 29, 2016
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ART OF CORRECTING KIDS' MISTAKES
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By Dave Pond, USA Hockey ~ It's no secret: youth hockey players make mistakes. A lot of them.
As coaches, part of our job is to correct these mistakes. But no matter what age group you're coaching, one thing's for sure: you can't correct every player the same way, says Robert Morris University men's hockey head coach Derek Schooley.
Schooley, who also currently coaches three youth teams, too, sat down with us to talk about youth player development, and ways coaches can correct mistakes while maintaining a fun, exciting environment for players and parents alike.
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14 ILLINOIS HOST SITES INTRODUCE OVER 500 KIDS TO HOCKEY ON TRY HOCKEY FOR FREE DAY!
Five hundred plus new skaters hit the ice on Saturday, November 12th for USA Hockey's Try Hockey for Free Day in Illinois. Fourteen host sites across the state had 510 kids on the ice learning about our great game. Leading the way was Firewagon Hockey in Crystal Lake with 67 skaters, followed by the Admirals with 65, and Hoffman Estates with 46. The remaining sites included Leafs Hockey Club (45), Evanston Youth Hockey (44), Northbrook Hockey (44), Pekin Amateur Hockey (40), Mount Prospect Ice Arena (39), Rolling Meadows Renegades (36), Sabre Girls Hockey (28), Franklin Park Ice Arena (26), Cyclones Amateur Hockey (16), Glacier Ice House (8), and Decatur Youth Hockey (6). AHAI would like to thank all our host sites for the tremendous effort in growing the great game of hockey.
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THE MISSING LINK AT 8U
As a regional manager for USA Hockey's American Development Model, Roger Grillo has had the chance to travel to other international hockey hotbeds to see what works at the youth level in other countries.
His travels to two countries in particular - Sweden and Finland - convinced him that while the United States is doing many things right on the ice, it is trailing its competitors in a key area.
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TEACHING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AT 10U/12U
As youth players get older and enter their teenage years, the action gets quicker, the play more physical and its players more imposing. While skill development must continue to be paramount for every player, there's one overlooked tool that should be emphasized more and more for 10- to 12-year-olds and beyond: Communication. FULL ARTICLE>>
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MALLARDS FLOCK TO THE POND IN TEXAS
Jamie and Mary Clare Matthews wanted a place where Texans could feel the magic of pure pond hockey, a place where fun and creativity defined the experience, so they launched Austin's Pond Hockey Club in 2013. The Pond soon filled with skaters, so they added the Barn - a second-sheet expansion - in September 2016. In the Barn, a flock of Mallards hatched, giving Austin a vigorous youth hockey program growing dramatically in size and skill. FULL ARTICLE>>
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CHECK OUT THESE GREAT VIDEOS!
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Hockey is a game played at high speed, however, when initially acquiring coordinated movement skills, it's valuable to slow down and attempt to execute the skills through the proper movement range (known as "underspeed" training). Once a level of proficiency is attained, it then becomes important to practice increasing the speed of execution in a variable, random manner. Execution in a game-like context is the goal. Though we do not expect our youngest players to execute the skills in the video, it is a great example of "underspeed" training.
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"The Season Isn't a Failure If You Didn't Win a Championship"
Brad Frost is the Head Coach for the University of Minnesota Women's Ice Hockey team. The Bethel University graduate has guided the Gophers to four NCAA national championships, six NCAA Frozen Four appearances, five WCHA regular season titles and three WCHA Final Face-Off championships. Frost concluded the 2015-16 season with a career record of 293-45-22 (.844) and has not had a team finish lower than second in the WCHA. Frost shares his perspective on how he changed his coaching priorities over time.
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ON-ICE DRILLS
Small Games, Big Gains
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OFF-ICE DRILLS
Ice Running & Jumping Jump Rope
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When it comes to making young players better, small-area games are the best way to deliver more engagement, more puck touches and more opportunities to sharpen all of their hockey skills.
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USA Hockey provides dozens of off-ice drills for age-specific training. The video above is one example that can be easily incorporated into your off-ice sessions at 10U.
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