Tuesday, July 30, 2013

3 v 1 Albany Drill



3 v 1 Offensive Rush:

  • Fill three lanes
  • Pivot facing play
  • Someone takes your lane, take theirs
  • Form offensive triangle
  • Stop at net for rebound



3 v 1 Defensive Read the Rush:
  • Good body & stick positioning 
  • Quick sticks & anticipation 
  • Stick well out in front of you, ready to deflect pass 
  • The 'D' must stay up & in the middle of the ice between the forwards 
  • The 'D' should keep the puck wide 
  • If a pass be made back to the slot, the 'D' must pressure and attack the slot 
  • The 'D' should keep a tight gap 
  • Goalie should call I have the shooter


Do Not:
  • Back up into goalie
  • It is very important not to commit to one forward



Teaching Notes:
  • At higher levels you can not allow the players to shoot from slot
  • Defenders must develop fakes stick checks & checks



Quality Repetitions Elevates Skills and Tactics










Any skill, tactic, system or belief; can be learned with quality repetition of thought and practice. 
-Keith McAdams

Beware Success Can Bring Self Sabotaging Behavior









Saturday, July 20, 2013

Three Reasons Players Fall From Grace


Aaron Hernandez


1. Success or Failure Starts at Home When No One Is Looking




2. Friends You Choose; Have a Life and Death Impact;  In Your Life and Career










3. Bad Company Corrupts Good Character









Fran Tarkenton on Why So Many (29) NFL Players Arrested




ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of a friend.  






A former pro hockey player Michael McBain sentenced to 15 years for sexually assaulting a girl over a four-year period.



Former NFL tight end Mark Chmura was selected by the Packers. Chmura was charged with sexually assaulting his children's babysitter.



Darryl Strawberry was the next great MLB hitter. Most of his career was overshadowed by struggles with alcohol and substance abuse.



Marion Jones became the first woman to win five medals at a single Olympics in 2000. After testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs and pleading guilty to federal charges stemming from perjury and her role in the BALCO scandal, Jones was stripped of her medals in 2007, banned from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and sentenced to six months in prison and two years of probation.



Jose Canseco 

Performance-enhancing drugs helped slugger Jose Canseco become an All-Star. Congress began cracking down on steroids, he  wrote a tell-all book implicating Mark McGwire and other former teammates.

Mark McGwire




Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Huseyin Seçer Selected to IIHF Camp in Finland

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ERZURUM GENÇLİK SPOR CLUB
July 10, 2013
By B.C. Ryan





Congratulation to Huseyin Seçer who attended the IIHF U17 Development Camp in Finland. Huseyin also participated in the IHF U18 Development Camp in Erzurum, Turkey in September 2013.  ''Genclik Sport has produced 7 of the best young defenders in Turkey,'' said Keith McAdams, Head Coach GSK.  ''Right now we have EMRE FANER, FATİH FANER, MUHAMMED KALKAN, ABDULLAH AVCI, YUSIF KARS, EMIN SAVAS and HUSEYIN SECER who are among the top players in Turkey.''  




Monday, July 1, 2013

New York Rangers John Mitchell Blocks Shot 3rd Overtime

Never Lose Hope





Don't Quit Poem

-Anonymous

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest! if you must; but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up, though the pace seems slow;
You might succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor's cup.
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out;
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt;
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit;
It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit.