Showing posts with label Team Finland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Team Finland. Show all posts

Monday, May 28, 2012

Team USA Gives Up Ice and Makes Bad Line Change


Defensive Teaching Points:

  • Defense must get up over defensive blue line on clears
  • The closest forward must pressure the puck carrier
  • Defense can not give up ice
  • Defense need to play tight gap
  • No free shots


Finland Offensive Tactics On Clear:

  • 1 forward stays back in offensive zone to draw attention of defense
  • Finland passes to forward just at or over blue line
  • The tactic catches the defense giving up ice or standing still


Sports Psychology Tips: 

Serious Athletes Keep A Metal Training Log:
  • It is a long-established fact that writing things down helps to increase performance, increases the odds on achieving goals and succeeding
  •  A mental training log is completed by a player after each training session and game
  • Write down all the things you said to yourself that helped you perform better
  • Write down all the things you said to yourself that inhibited your performance
  • Allow you to recognize negative pattern and replace them with positive behaviors
  • Allows you become aware of stress and how to resolve it
  • Allows you to recognize muscle tension and learn to relax
  • Allows you to identify your own peak performance state and learn to duplicate it
  • Allows you to track your progress and goals
  • Helps you set short term process goals to improve your mental skill set to succeed

Power Thoughts:







"Obstacles are those frightening things that become visible when we take our eyes off our goals." 

 -Henry Ford

Interesting videos Henry Ford









"If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win."

-Carl Lewis








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