Power Thoughts

Defensive Zone Coverage - The Puck Carrier is Behind Goal

System/Strategy:

Positioning:

• Box in One Positioning

• Tight Box and defense pressure puck carrier on to his backhand

Reads:

• The Defense must read we are in a tight box and one
• The Defense must read and pressure puck carrier on to his backhand
• The Center must read and replace the defender at the post 

Keys:

• The defense go to the corners of the net and stop all pass out attempts
• The three forwards must come down low and tight in front of the net
• The center takes the spot of the defender pressuring the puck carrier
• The center, one defender, and two forwards form a tight box
• The players must  keep their 'head on a swivel' with sticks on the ice 
• The defense must read the play and force the puck carrier to his back hand
• The center takes the spot of the defender pressuring the puck carrier
• The players must  keep their 'head on a swivel' with sticks on the ice 

Related Videos & Teaching Points:

Teaching Points 2-1-2 Woman's World University Games 2011

Canada 2-1-2 Overload Defensive Zone Coverage IIHF WC 2012

Power Thoughts:

Sports Psychology Tips: Eliminate Negative Self-Talk

• Change I can't to I can
• Use cue words to direct your focus and performance
• Change negative stories created in your mind to positive stories

Coaching Tip:

Sports Psychology Tips:

Eliminate Negative  Self-Talk

We talk to ourselves throughout the day, practices and games. Your self-talk can become frequently negative after a mistake. Often we re-play these mistakes with an internal dialog. Negative self-talk creates anxiety about the future. Practicing positive self-talk can help you set in motion, actions that will bring success on the ice. The first step is  for you to become aware of negative self-talk. Turning negative self-talk to positive thoughts can take time. Your positive or negative self-talk is habit. To break these negative patterns, you must replace habitual negative talk with a positive statement. The key is to challenge yourself to turn every negative into a positive. It takes about 30 days to make this a positive habit.

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