CEP Level 3 Manual - Rushmore Hockey Association

T A B L E O F C O N T E N T SFigure 19. Movement of the forwards in the2-1-2 power play.The primary purpose in this power play is toget the puck to the man in the slot. The basicpassing patterns involve one defenseman (LD),one deep forward (LW), and the forward in the slot(Center).LWLWLDCRWRWRDNOTES: The 2-1-2 Power Play• Maintain balance in the power play (teachyour players to work the puck using theforwards and the defensemen)• Maintain each of the multiple optionsillustrated• Get the puck to the player in the slot whocan then take a shotIf it is all that easy, one wonders why scores arenot 98-97. The offensive players also have a fewproblems with which to contend.a. Stickhandling skills (lose control of the puckand/or possession)b. Passing and receiving skills (complete and/ormiss a pass)c. Skating skills (lose mobility and/or speed,power or fall down)If the defense just stood still, the offense wouldlikely win (get a good shot on goal) about 70-80percent of the time. And, of course, the goaliecould stop many of those shots.Chapter 16Offensive Concepts with Cyclingby: Bob O’ConnorOBJECTIVES• Create options of attacking the blueline• Provide options of attacking the net• Provide basic principles of cyclingLDFigure 20. The offensive triangle in the2-1-2 power playCRD184 | USA Hockey Coaching Education Program Level 3 ManualOFFENSIVE CONCEPTS IN DEVELOPING GAMEUNDERSTANDINGI recently bought a tee shirt and on it is a pictureof a plane with a smile on its nose, flying over a field.There are seven windows in the plane; the pilot andsix kids are waving at the people, horses, cows, dogsand cats below. The words on the shirt say: “Art isa place kids travel to where they feel good aboutthemselves.” Art is creation of things of beauty.”I’ve always been a romantic about the game ofhockey: “To Win the Game is Great; To Play theGame is Greater; To Love the Game is Greatest ofAll.”When I watch a hockey game, I observe theseeds of creation: the artists with powerful posturesand agile, fluid, explosive strides, handling the puckwith eyes up, adroit passing, receiving, shooting;with five other craftsmen reading and reacting andcreating a pattern of beauty for a final result, withthe puck controller being the quarterback, all othersimprovising options without paralysis by analysis.Some people believe that great artists in any fieldare just born. I and many others believe thateveryone is born with certain capabilities, somegreater or lesser than others, but those capabilitieshave to be born into the right environment ,discovered, encouraged, supported, disciplined,directed, refined, expanded to reach full capacity.Then, at full capacity these talents become freeflowing, spontaneous, innovative and more creative,with infinite possibilities.You are unique - in all the history of the worldthere was never anyone else exactly like you; and inall infinity to come there will never be another you.So, we have “wannabe” hockey players that wehave to teach the right posture and balance of edgesand how to move on skates. They were not bornwith skates on so we have to introduce them to theprimary skill of the game. In skating there arecertain efficient ways of moving and there areinefficient ways of moving. This holds true with allthe foundations skills: eyes up puckhandling, eyesup deking, eyes up passing, eyes up receiving, eyesup shooting and blocking.Once a skill is learned it becomes more difficultto modify or to make changes in the skill. That iswhy youngsters require excellent instruction initiallyso that they can learn efficient execution of thebasic skills early.Offensive Team Tactics | 185