Great stuff. Everyone needs to be on the same page. D man needs to understand what the center is doing when he’s coming back and positioning himself for the center swing. As a center, often times inexperienced D men are wondering what the heck I’m doing when I’m setting up. They just need to be patient and give their wingers and center man a second to position themselves so the D has two solid options. That’s why I also like the D to hold onto the puck until they get to the spot you pointed out unless the winger is already good and ready to take that breakout pass as the D comes out from behind the net. Then I yell out to the winger “let’s go” so he knows I’m an option up the middle or “boards, boards” if he’s under pressure.

Your videos are great! I can't get this info on the internet or elsewhere. I am new to hockey and I don't get opportunities for coaching or training as an adult player. Looking forward to more of your videos to help my game this winter.

@eliteicehockeyanalysisnorc1824

4 жыл бұрын

Ian Bolton thanks for the feedback, much appreciated

Excellent vids ,great hockey mind.

You could "force" deception, with a forechecker as progression. I'm glad you are teaching this, some kids may have to unlearn the "not up the middle". I still hear it a thousand times a game in 8U, 10U :(

@1q3er5

2 жыл бұрын

yup i love passing up the middle because a lot of people have been brainwashed not to. you can pass anywhere if u have confidence in your passing abililty. wingers/centers - just move to WHERE EVER you are open taking into account your opponents wingspan and be in visible passing lanes for your dman

Many teams are starting to use a high F3 shooter that also supports pinching D. As a result D are pinching aggressively and taking away that easy board side pass. We definitely need to start getting our players comfortable with exiting through the middle. A far cry from the days when we were told don't cross in front of the net.

@eliteicehockeyanalysisnorc1824

4 жыл бұрын

Jerry Smith I remember those days...no fly zone! Haha

Beauty, great vid

Love this. Do you have any vids / Drills on using the D Partner as a bumper to break out if the C is in the corner engaged in a low D zone battle?

Great stuff Norcan Norcan!!! Can you guys put at videos in regards to positioning for young players in each position and zone? i.e. C - Defensive/Neutral/Offensive Zones (plus transitioning to each side) LD/RD - D-/N-/O- zones LW/RW- D-/N-/O- zones Thank you in advance!

This is great but in my opinion at youth levels plays where you have time to make a set breakout is extremely rare. Have we practiced it..yes. But how often can they use it ..less than 5%. So we focus more on breakouts when get the puck in the d zone. And I was demanding my center who is helping the d down low to be an outlet for the wall winger. I adjusted and now our weak side winger is the wall wingers outlet streaking between d as a direct or chip off the boards. Massive improvement …center snd or weak side d can be x3 & or x4 on the attack. I am not saying always or never but for now this is our go to…. Love your stuff ..just thought I would share because there may be others who were pretty frustrated with my center. U11 coach Thx again!

These are really, really great!! Can I ask what software/program you use to draw the lines, etc and edit the video?

Great video! Could you explain the “ fake pass” in this drill?Thanks.

@eliteicehockeyanalysisnorc1824

8 ай бұрын

Yes for sure, the fake pass comment might better be described as “show pass to the winger”. If the D comes around the net and has their stick/hands/puck in position to pass to the winger the opponents will read that and likely start cheating to take away that pass. The first option for the D is usually a quick pass to the winger, if it’s not there because the winger is covered is usually when they would use the MIDLANE option. So have your D looking and showing a pass to the winger (which would be the “fake”) and if it’s not available then adjust and find the Center swing pass.

@VenalainenFamily

8 ай бұрын

@@eliteicehockeyanalysisnorc1824 Thank you for quick response!

Really interesting thank you

me watch cause i play “world of chel” and trying to get off goalie 💀 (love goalie just dont know how to be a position player)