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Global Skills Showcase Drill Book – Justin Selman
Check out the drills Justin Selman shared during his Global Skills Showcase presentation, including Jab Escape and Stack into Hot Spot.
There is no one path to playing professional hockey, as Justin Selman outlines to begin his presentation. His route to signing an entry level NHL contract with the St. Louis Blues was through the University of Michigan; unfortunately Selman had his pro career cut short because of concussions.
He channeled his love of hockey into founding Topline Hockey, where he is now also the Director of Performance. In his presentation, Selman teaches deception: how a player can use their footwork and edges to maximize their puck touches, chances and time on possession. He uses the WHY method as a step by step guide to training deception, gives plenty of examples of deceptive movements, outlines the three phase breakdown of deceptive footwork, and ends discussing the importance of visualization.
Jab Escape 2x Wide Zone Entry
DESCRIPTION
- Attack the inside of the cone closest to boards first, jab towards middle with inside foot and immediately escape towards the boards.
- Pass to coach as you escape and then repeat on the inside cone.
- Jab inside escape, pick up speed with cross overs as you wind up behind coach and collect the pass, drive the wall wide with speed.
- As you approach the defender or triangle, use the jab pull up to create space and cut inside to the middle for a shot or a second attack a a second stick handling device.
KEY POINTS
- Accelerate out of each tight turn.
- Fake one way before escapting in the other direction.
Jab Step – Punch Turn
DESCRIPTION
- Attack the cones on the redline inside out. Always faking towards the inside before punch turning out and away.
- Mohawk (10-2) at the bottom cone, continue reps for 30-45 seconds.
- Start without a puck at half speed and build to full speed with pucks.
KEY POINTS
- Accelerate out of each tight turn. Quick cross over steps. • Sell the fake. Quick fake then jab step into punch turn.
Stack into Hot Spot
DESCRIPTION:
- Set up a net on tires to elevate it off of the ice.
- Shooter sets up near the face off dot and shoots quickly after receiving a pass from the coach.
- The coach passes the puck under the net to simulate a pass coming through traffic.
KEY POINTS:
- Shooter starts from a static position then progresses to moving a little bit while shooting to get the shot past a potential shot blocker.
- Hit the net.
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Global Skills Showcase Drill Book – David Kalivoda
Check out the drills David Kalivoda shared during his Global Skills Showcase presentation, including Inside Edge to Cutback Attack.
A player’s ability to shoot, pass and stick-handle are important, but not as much as being a sound skater. David Kalivoda makes that statement early in his presentation and then backs it up by providing some quality insight on mastering edge work, inside and out.
Kalivoda, a Skills & Skating Coach with HC Sparta Praha, employs a six-step teaching process, which he demonstrates on ice throughout his video. He also provides key teaching points for coaches and key learning points for players. Get ready for your edge work to improve drastically after putting Kalivoda’s teachings to work.
Inside Edge to Cutback Attack
DESCRIPTION
- P1 picks up speed skating around the center face off circle holding the inside edge before the cone and does not lose speed through the whole turn.
- P1 transfers weight from skate to skate using the inside edges before the obstacle then makes a quick turn around it.
- P1 enters the offensive zone and makes a cutback move in front of the bumper before driving to the net.
KEY POINTS
- Try to hold speed up through tight turns.
- Work both inside and outside edges.
- After a few repetitions switch to the other side of the rink to work turns in both directions.
Jump, Turn and Shot
DESCRIPTION
- P1 sprints to the first obstacle jumping over it from left foot to the right foot, maintaining top speed to the next cone then making a sharp turn using the inside edge throughout the turn.
- P1 continues to the next obstacle making another quick series of turns shifting weight from inside edge to inside edge changing skate angles then goes in for a shot.
KEY POINTS
- Practice making jumps from left skate to right skate and right skate to left skate. • Accelerate to the net after the last turn.
Inside Out Fake to Shot
DESCRIPTION
- P1 steps up, pivots backwards then forwards as the Coach chips a puck off the end boards.
- P1 makes shoulder checks over both shoulders, picks up the puck, makes an evasive move then turns up the wall.
- P1 then makes two inside out fakes, hinting with shoulders, skates, eyes and stick. After making the two fakes, P1 accelerates around the top of the face off circle and goes in for a shot.
KEY POINTS
- Switch sides after a few repetitions to work pivots and fakes from the other side. • Shoot in stride.
A player’s ability to shoot, pass and stick-handle are important, but not as much as being a sound skater. David Kalivoda makes that statement early in his presentation and then backs it up by providing some quality insight on mastering edge work, inside and out.
Kalivoda, a Skills & Skating Coach with HC Sparta Praha, employs a six-step teaching process, which he demonstrates on ice throughout his video. He also provides key teaching points for coaches and key learning points for players. Get ready for your edge work to improve drastically after putting Kalivoda’s teachings to work.
DESCRIPTION
- P1 picks up speed skating around the center face off circle holding the inside edge before the cone and does not lose speed through the whole turn.
- P1 transfers weight from skate to skate using the inside edges before the obstacle then makes a quick turn around it.
- P1 enters the offensive zone and makes a cutback move in front of the bumper before driving to the net.
KEY POINTS
- Try to hold speed up through tight turns.
- Work both inside and outside edges.
- After a few repetitions switch to the other side of the rink to work turns in both directions.
Jump, Turn and Shot
DESCRIPTION
- P1 sprints to the first obstacle jumping over it from left foot to the right foot, maintaining top speed to the next cone then making a sharp turn using the inside edge throughout the turn.
- P1 continues to the next obstacle making another quick series of turns shifting weight from inside edge to inside edge changing skate angles then goes in for a shot.
KEY POINTS
- Practice making jumps from left skate to right skate and right skate to left skate. • Accelerate to the net after the last turn.
Inside Out Fake to Shot
DESCRIPTION
- P1 steps up, pivots backwards then forwards as the Coach chips a puck off the end boards.
- P1 makes shoulder checks over both shoulders, picks up the puck, makes an evasive move then turns up the wall.
- P1 then makes two inside out fakes, hinting with shoulders, skates, eyes and stick. After making the two fakes, P1 accelerates around the top of the face off circle and goes in for a shot.
KEY POINTS
- Switch sides after a few repetitions to work pivots and fakes from the other side. • Shoot in stride.
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Global Skills Showcase Drill Book – Evan Brownrigg
Check out the drills Evan Brownrigg shared during his Global Skills Showcase presentation, including Loose Puck and Pursuit Battles.
Are your players struggling with winning puck battles? Evan Brownrigg has you covered with his detailed look at how to dictate play by building great battle skills.
The Director of Player Development at Next Generation HKY explains that battle is a tactical skill with technical skill elements. Watch as he shares his skill building process for player development (isolation, patterning, sequencing and stress), which he applies to this key skill to owning the puck.
Loose Puck Battles and 50-50
DESCRIPTION
- C1-Isolation-Race to the Gate: Whistle start. P1 and P2 battle to be the first one through the gate.
- C2-Sequencing-Pork Chop: P3 battles to get inside position on P4 and does a sequence of escapes with fakes and jab turns.
- C3- Patterning-D Retrievals: F6 chips puck deep for D5 retrieval and pressures D5 immediately.
- C4- Stress-Live 50-50: Coach chips puck deep for F7 to retrieve puck under full pressure from D8. D8 tries to escape to the net for a shot.
KEY POINTS
- Key to all of these 50-50 loose puck battles is to get inside body position on the defender to separate the checker from the puck then attack the good ice.
- Work faking and jab turns to both left and to the right.
- Accelerate to the net out of each quick turn, protecting the puck from the checker.
- Defenders start with token pressure then build to full pressure game situations.
- On D Retrieval, D should pivot quickly, then do a shoulder check before picking up the puck.
Small Area and Established Battle
DESCRIPTION
- C1- Protect the Dot. Set up with a puck on the face off dot. Defending player sets up with inside position. On whistle, P2 tries to get to the puck as P1 blocks out his body and stick. Let play out 10-15 seconds then have players switch positions.
- C2- Bull Ride. Place puck slightly closer to P3 just inside the face off dot. On whistle P3 recovers the puck and blocks out P4 from getting the puck. P3 must maintain possession of the puck in the face off circle for 8 seconds.
- C3- Corner Walk Outs. C3 rims puck low for P5 to recover under token pressure from P6. C3 makes a few evasive moves then walks out to attack the net.
- C4- Corner Battles. C4 passes puck down the wall to P7 who is put under full pressure by the defender, P8. P7 tries to escape the corner to get to the front of the net for a scoring chance. P8 tries to contain and strip the puck.
KEY POINTS
- Focus on puck protection and evasive moves to shake the defender.
Pursuit Battles
DESCRIPTION
- C1- Cloverleaf (no puck). P1 weaves through the cones in a cloverleaf pattern making quick left and right turns. No puck.
- C2- Cloverleaf (with puck). P2 weaves through the cones in a cloverleaf pattern making quick left and right turns with a puck.
- C3- Cutting Hands. P4 passes to P3 then puts token pressure on P3 as P3 drives wide around P4 to the net.
- C4- Stress Net Drives. P5 and P6 line up on the blue line with P6 slightly behind P5. C4 passes outside to P5 to start 1v1 battle to the net. P5 tries to battle inside to get a scoring chance as P6 tries to force him outside.
KEY POINTS
- Focus on Quick, tight turns with acceleration out of each turn.
- Good puck protection, keeping your feet moving as you drive to the net. Try to establish good body position to better protect the puck on net drives.
