Weiss Tech Hockey Drills and Skills

05Aug 2024 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments

Tryout Triage: Developing an Effective Hockey Tryout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-NCtHTYjo0 As a hockey coach in a tryout setting, I usually think in terms of “triage.” You may have heard this term in the emergency room. It’s where the nurses sort through everyone who’s sick, and figure out who needs attention first. Here’s a quick definition: tri·agetrēˈäZH/nounnoun: triage (in medical use) the assignment of degrees of urgency to wounds or illnesses to decide the order of treatment of a large number of patients or casualties. the process of determining the most important people or things from amongst a large number that require attention. Structuring Your Tryout You want to format your tryout schedule to give you the best chance of triage possible. Here are a few tips I recommend: Have a good mix of skill sessions and scrimmages. I like…

30Jul 2024 by Jeremy Weiss 2 Comments

Boost Foot Speed with this Great Hockey Agility Drill

Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Skating & Agility

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVHRnrT-ixc This Circle Agility Hockey Drill is Phenomenal for Developing Speed & Quick Feet Speed is one of the most important aspects of today's game. True hockey speed is comprised of two parts: Skating Power and Foot Speed. A player will not reach his or her full skating potential until he or she gets good at both. Power and foot speed can be worked into many hockey drills, which will help young players to improve their overall game. The Circle Agility Drill one of my favorite on-ice agility drills. I like it because it develops quick feet while skating forward, backward, as well as side-to-side. Here's the diagram and explanation for the Circle Agility Drill: Always facing the cone: Sprint to the top of the circle, backwards to the left-side…

23Jul 2024 by Jeremy Weiss

Hockey Warm-Up Drill: High-Low Shooting

Hockey Drills, Individual Skill Drills, Shooting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6O1G6rCba8 High-Low Shooting is a Fantastic Warm-up Drill for Any Age Group Here's another great hockey drill that I like to use particularly as a warm-up drill. It is quick-paced, and incorporates skating, stickhandling, and shooting in stride. It's also great for goalies as it gets them moving side-to-side. Players must keep their heads up as they explode through the middle of the ice in opposite directions. Stress that the players keep their feet moving throughout the entire drill. Here's the diagram and explanation: High-Low Shooting1. Players are divided into 4 corners with pucks.2. All 4 lines leave at the same time on the whistle.3. Short lines go to first set of cones.4. Long lines go to middle set of cones.5. Players skate full speed through the cones, drive wide,…

28Dec 2023 by Managed WordPress Migration User No Comments

Check Out This Must-Have Helmet Repair Kit

Coaches' Corner, Useful Products

https://youtu.be/7xU1y9Nmc0A Welcome to our what's in the bag series! What's up my friends! Jeremy Weiss here with Weiss Tech Hockey, and welcome back to our "What's in the Bag?" series. This is where I'm going through my Weiss Tech Essentials and showing you all the tools that I use as a coach with my own teams. This series is on-going... so click the link below for the full Table of Contents. What's in the Bag? Table of Contents This post is simple, but important. You need a helmet kit in your bag. I've kept one in my bag for many years, and it always comes in handy. Here's the one I recommend on Amazon: A&R Sports Helmet Repair Kit Hockey Helmet Repair Parts Contains 2 Dome Screws,2 Clips, 2 Cage…

27Dec 2023 by Managed WordPress Migration User No Comments

My Top Hockey Coaching Whistle for the Last 20+ Years

Coaches' Corner, Useful Products

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM70_UGjjIA Welcome to our what's in the bag series! What's up guys! Welcome to our "What's in the Bag?" Series. This is where I'm going through my Weiss Tech Coaching Essentials and showing you everything I use. In this post we're looking at coaching whistles. Seems like a basic thing... but there are quite a few options out there, so I decided to offer my two cents on what I use and why. You can check out the entire Table of Contents by clicking the button below: What's in the Bag? Table of Contents My "go to" whistle has been the Fox 40 for the last 20+ years. And Click below for the Fox 40 whistle I use, or the alternatives I've been testing out: Top Whistles for Coaching 115…

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