Friday, October 12, 2012

Four Types of Reverse Breakouts:

"D" to "D" Reverse Defense @ Net

"D" to "D" Reverse - Defense Up Ice

Reverse Strong Side

Double Reverse

Keys:

The checkers skates must be pointing in same direction as puck carrier

Stick of forechecker middle ice

Twelve Ways To Improve Your Practices & Team:

ERZURUM GENÇLİK SPOR 2011-12 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

This is a copy of my philosophy on practice planning for my 14 and under club. My program is based on 11 ingredients:

1. Structure, Structure, Structure:

A successful practice has to be well planned and organized, following a clear set of objectives from start to finish.

Dynamic Stretching & Warm Up Off-Ice
Properly warming up the muscles and ligaments of the body is essential for avoiding injury
Proper cool down after practice

2. Simple Warm-up On-Ice Stressing 1 or 2 Passing Drills:

Effective warm-ups allow the players to become mentally and physically focused to begin the practice
Spend a few minutes stretching center ice - If you have the ice time available.

3. Fundamentals & Defense:

We work fundamentals and defense daily
We take pride in the fact our players are equipped with the basics in puck handling, passing, shooting, rebounding, and defensive fundamentals

4) Game Preparation:

Keep things simple and progress
The key is executing the system and tactics being used
Always be working on understanding how to read & react both on defense and offense

5. Predictable & Variety:

Practice can become easily boring with the same drills
I keep my schedule and practice format predictable, but continually introduce new progressions and drills to my practice
I stay with drills until they master them
If I sense things are becoming to boring I change the format

6. Competition:

Encourage an atmosphere of hard competition too simulate a game-like level of play
One of the best ways to create competition is to add back and forward pressure
Keep score at practice of the things you are focusing on

7. Accountability:

Considering rewarding hard play (I.e. Hustling for loose pucks, winning battles on the boards and getting rebounds.)
Hold your players accountable for their performance
Provide continuous positive feedback, and punishing poor play

8. Winning & Improving Is Fun:

Don't take yourself too seriously

Make sure your players are having fun or they'll lose their drive and focus for training.

9. We focus on drill that stress the following:

Multiple touches & reps
Multiple groups
Multiple skill drills

10. Utilize Small Area Ice Drill:

The younger the group, the more time I would spend on small ice drills.

Small area drills give you more touches & reps
Isolate one or more skills

11. End With Small Games

Work on basic game principles including; Pressure, Possession, Defense, Passing, Movement, Shooting & Rebounding! Set the game up to target an area of your performance.

Design small side to sided games
Diagonal half-ice games

12. Teams need to Scrimmage:

Practice game situations
It is very hard to duplicating game situations with drills

Power Thoughts:

"Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex."
-Norman Vincent Peale

"Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality." -Earl Nightingale

Sports Psychology Tips:

Create a List and Improve Your Game:

Dennis O'Connor, consider America's Greatest Sailor, won the America's Cup four times. Dennis O'Connor, "said" The list is a powerful tool. The list allows you to mentally prepare, prioritize and visualize the steps necessary to win." Research shows, when you write down performance goals on a list, your chances of succeeding increase. Make the time today to create your list. Write down, outline your goals and improve your chances to win.

Bad Offensive and Defensive Gap Control

Teaching Points:

1. Defenders must maintain good offensive and defensive gap.

2. Maintain gap of 2 sticks through center ice.

3. Maintain gap of 1 stick at blue line.

4. On even situations pressure up on puck carrier.

Tactical Mistakes by Baskent:

Baskent Defender is two zones away from the puck

Baskent is only attacking with four players

Baskent defenders are giving away free ice

Baskent fails to maintain good gap control on puck carrier

Related Videos & Teaching Points:

Four Mistakes Made by Turkey on Defensive Rush 2011 IIHF WC:

Turkey defenders backing up, giving away ice
No free shots
Forwards, not backchecking
Goaltender needs to come out to top of crease

Power Thoughts:

"Overthinking is not going to make anything better."
-Unknown

"We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap."

-Anthony Hopkins

Read The Puck Carrier Is On Backhand and Pressure Up

Two Playing Rules:

1. Pressure the puck carrier when on backhand.

2. Defensive players need to stop in passing lanes.

Related Videos & Teaching Points:

Playing Rules:

Always clear the puck to the corner
Always pressure on lose pucks and clears

Three Essential Playing Rules for Good Defensive Tactics:

Power Thoughts:

"If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." -

Henry David Thoreau

"To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect."

-Oscar Wilde

"High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation."

Jack Kinder

Sports Psychology Tips:

The Power Of Your Inner Dialogue:

This story was first told by Joel Osteen Ministries.

I changes parts of the story to relate to Sports Psychology.

During the 1999, Jose Lima was the star pitcher for the Houston Astros. His record was 21-10, 3.58 ERA, 3 complete games, 246 innings pitched.

During that year Lima was one of the best pitchers in all of baseball.

But then the Astros moved from the Astrodome to their new ballpark. The fence in left field was much closer than the fence in the Astrodome. It favored the hitters and made it more difficult on the pitchers.

The first time Jose Lima visited the new ballpark, he looked at the fence, and said, " I’ll never be able to pitch in here. The fence is way too close.”

The next season, he went from being a 21-game winner to a 16-game loser. His record was 7-16, 6.65 ERA, O complete games, 196 innings pitched.

What went wrong?

The Law of Expectations tells us that whatever one expects, with confidence, becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. What we believe will happen, those beliefs can be positive or negative.

This negative inner dialogue not only affects the way we feel but the way we play. All our performances are influenced by our thoughts. If our thoughts are positive, we will play better and

have more positive energy.

“You are snared by the words of your mouth...”

(Proverbs 6:2, NKJV)

Thursday, October 11, 2012

New York Yankees - Leadership and Team Is Everything:

New York Yankees $29 million-a-season slugger is benched in bottom of the ninth inning. How did Alex Rodriguez handle it? The 37-year-old Alex Rodriguez handled it with class and responded the Yankees way. He cheered for his team mate.

“I’m one of the leaders of his team; maybe 10 years ago I react a much different way, but I’m at a place in my career right now where team means everything." - Alex Rodriguez

Work Hard, Wait Patiently, Stay Positive and Perform When Given Chance:

Raul Ibanez tied the game with a homer in the bottom of the 9th inning. Raul Ibanez than won the game in the bottom of the 12th with a solo home run.

The New York Yankees way, is about team. The Yankees have lots of talent. But talent does not guarantee championships. To be a member of the Yankees, players need to do their job and fulfill their role. When your not playing, players need to stay positive and cheer on their team mates. The Yankees have won 27 World Series, 40 American League Pennants and 18 East Division Titles.

Power Thoughts:

One of the major reason the Yankees are so successful is leadership. Derek Jeter is considered one of the greatest leaders in sports. Jeter leads both in the locker room and on the field with his performance. Jeter is a role model for all the players in baseball.

Derek Jeter

The basic building block of good team building is for a leader to promote the feeling that every human being is unique and adds value.
- Anonymous