hockey fundamental skills Flashcards
Breakdown of hockey in 5 categories
Technical skills, tactical (individual, and team), team play systems, and strategy
Hockey Canada → player development pyramid
Progresses youngest to oldest
Technical skills → individual tactics → team tactics → teamplaysystems → strategy
Technical skills
Fundamental skills required to play the game
- skating (foundation to hockeys core skills)
- shooting
- passing
- puck con trol
- checking
These can all be broken down into more specific or specialized skills
Eight specialized skating skills
1) agility and balance
2) edge control coordination
3) forward
4) backward
5) turning
6) crossovers
7) transition
8) quick feet and acceleration
technical skill: passing
e.g., saucer pass, bank pass, off board passing, forehand/backhand, touch
technical skill: shooting & scoring
- Forehand/backhand wrist
- Flip shot
- Slap shot
- Snapshot
- Tip/deflection/redirect
- One timer
- Deke
- Shooting in stride
- Quick release
- Toe drags (changing the shot angle)
Technical skill: puck control
- Toe pulls
- Fakes
- Small area skills
- Forehand, backhand
- Side-to-side dribble
technical skill: checking
-body check, taking a hit
- Physical strength
-position angling
individual tactics
-Action by one player using one or a combination of technical skills in order to create an advantage or to take away the advantage of an opponent. A tactic may be classified as offensive or defensive
-Offensive: possession –> team has the puck offensive
-Defensive: no possession –> team doesn’t have the puck defensive
Offensive (team possession)
Create scoring opportunities, and limit the opponent’s chances to score.
Combination technical skills with puck possession
- Wide net drive; skating, puck control
- Forehand fake
- Chip pass (on a breakout or zone entry) becomes a tactic but is usually a skill
Puck support: It’s important to have players close to the player with the puck to provide options and maintain possession.
Cycling: Cycling involves moving the puck around the offensive zone to create passing lanes and tire out the defense. This can also create scoring opportunities.
Puck protection: Puck protection involves using your body to shield the puck from the opponent, allowing you to maintain possession and create scoring opportunities.
Board battles: Board battles occur when the puck is along the boards, and players from both teams compete for possession. Winning these battles can help maintain possession and create scoring opportunities.
Defensive (no team possession)
-defensive tactics (combo of checking and skating)
-angling on the forecheck (technically skating but when there is timing applied, and trying to gain advantage)
-Tracking
Angling: Angling involves using your body to steer the opponent away from the net and limit their scoring opportunities.
Stick checking: Stick checking is using your stick to take the puck away from the opponent without making physical contact. This is often used to disrupt passing plays.
Body checking: Body checking is using your body to separate the opponent from the puck. This can only be done legally and can be used to intimidate the opponent.
Shot blocking: Shot blocking involves using your body to block shots and prevent them from reaching the net. This can be risky but is a key tactic to protect your goaltender.
Team tactic
A collective action of two or more players using technical
skills and / or individual tactics in order to create an
advantage or take away the advantage of an opponent
- Breakout
- Zone entries
- Anticipation
- Backchecking
- Penalty kills
- Backdoor coverage
- Dump and retrieve
- D to d pass (over)
explain a team tactic
d to d pass: The “D to D” pass is a common term used in hockey that refers to a pass from one defenseman to another. The “D” stands for the defensemen on the ice, and the pass is made from one defenseman (often the one on the left side of the ice) to the other defenseman (often the one on the right side of the ice)
backchecking: Backchecking in hockey is the act of skating back into your own zone to defend against an opposing player who has possession of the puck. Backchecking is a critical defensive tactic that helps prevent the opposing team from scoring. –> in the neutral zone
team play systems
- A pattern of play in which the movement of all players are integrated in a coordinated fashion in order to accomplish an offensive or defensive objective
- Offensive: breakouts
- Regroups
- Attacks
- Faceoffs
- Powerplay set up (box plus one, umbrella)
Defensive: dzone coverage, nz forecheck, ozone forechecks
Penalty kills setups
explain a team play system
Forechecking: Forechecking is the tactic of pressuring the opposing team in their own zone to create turnovers and scoring opportunities. There are different types of forechecking systems, including the 2-1-2, 1-2-2, and 1-3-1 systems.
Neutral zone play: The neutral zone is the area between the two blue lines on the ice. Teams may use different systems to defend this area and prevent the opposing team from entering their zone with speed. This can include using a “trap” system or a “neutral zone forecheck.”
Defensive zone play: In their own zone, teams may use different defensive systems to protect their net and prevent the opposing team from scoring. This can include using a man-to-man, zone, or hybrid defensive system.
Power play: When a team has a man advantage due to a penalty, they will use a different system to create scoring opportunities. This can include using a diamond or umbrella power play system.
Penalty killing: When a team is short-handed due to a penalty, they will use a different system to defend their own zone and prevent the opposing team from scoring. This can include using a box, diamond, or wedge+1 penalty kill system.
