Japan Breakout and 3 v 2 Tactics, World University Games 2011

Principle:

• Be a threat to score

Related Videos & Teaching Points:

3 v 3 Rush (Offensive Triangle)

Offensive Triangle
1. Move the Puck before Blue Line.
2. Enter the Zone Wide
3. 2nd Man into Zone Drive to Net
4. 3rd Man Forms Triangle

Key:
The middle man must drive to net to open up space in slot.

New York Rangers Ottawa Senators - 19 Brad Richards 3 v 2 Pick:

Tactics: Picks\Screens For Puck Carrier

Keys:

• The  player without puck skates into the lane of defense 
• The pick must be set in the direction the puck carrier is skating
• The pick can be set skating is straight line or cross
• Do not make contact with the defender

Tactics:

•  The player skates in same lane as puck carrier

•  The man without the puck make the defense give up space and turn towards boards

•  The picker skate right into the defenders space, without making body contact

• The picker created passing lane

Tactics: 3 v 1

• Attack the Defender

Reads:

• The space
• Read the stick - Pass before you are within stick length of the defender.

Keys: 

• The puck carrier must attack the defender 1 V 1
• The puck carrier must make the defender commit
• The man without puck must level off outside the reach of stick (3M Rule)
• The man without the puck goes behind the defender, he can not receive the pass

Power Thoughts:

"Some people say that I have an attitude- Maybe I do. But I think that you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does- that makes you a winner right there."
-Venus Williams 

"It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner."

-Vince Lombardi 

"I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious."
-Vince Lombardi 

When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it:
1. Admit it. 2. Learn from it, and 3. Don't repeat it.”  Paul "Bear" Bryant (Great Football Coach)

Sports Psychology Tips:

All Winners Suffer Setbacks:

Every winner has lost and every losers can win. Your past does not determine your future.  How you handle your loss, determines if you will win again.  

• Winners are willing to risk losing
• Winners get knocked down, pick themselves up,  dust themselves off and ride again
• Winners take responsibility for the loss and learn from it
• Winners believe in themselves after a loss, even when others do not
• Winners never leave the sight of loss without setting a new goal
• Winners plan a comeback