Weiss Tech Hockey Drills and Skills

23May 2011 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments

Introduction: Objectives and Considerations

Coaches' Corner, Hockey Equipment, Off-ice Training, Skills, Useful Products

Home Hockey Training Objectives and Considerations This is the 3rd of 3 intro videos for the Home Hockey Training Center. Check out the first two videos before moving on to this one. Here are the links to videos 1 and 2: Video 1: Course Overview Video 2: Skill Development Strategy Before you start putting together your Home Hockey Training Center, it's important to have a game plan. Here's an example of the things I thought were important considerations for my situation. I think this list is a good start, but I'm sure there are other considerations that might fit different scenarios: Age: older players are bigger and stronger, which may have implications on how sturdy the equipment needs to be, and how much space you'll need Ability: more advanced players…

23May 2011 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments

Introduction: Skill Development Strategy

Coaches' Corner, Hockey Equipment, Off-ice Training, Skills, Useful Products

Off-Ice Skill Development Strategy This is the 2nd of 3 intro videos for the Home Hockey Training Center. Check out the first video before watching this one. Here are the links to videos 1 and 3: Video 1: Course Overview Video 3: Objectives and Considerations There are certain hockey skills that can very realistically be developed away from the rink, and then there are some that don't work quite as well. You can gain an advantage over your opponent by practicing as many skills as possible off the ice. This video breaks down which skills can (and should) be worked on away from the rink, and gives a quick overview of how you might want to strategize your off-ice training plans. The main hockey skills that can be developed at…

23May 2011 by Jeremy Weiss No Comments

Introduction: Course Overview

Coaches' Corner, Hockey Equipment, Off-ice Training, Skills, Useful Products

Welcome to Weiss Tech Hockey's Home Hockey Training Center! As you know, hockey is a complex game that combines MANY different skills. Great hockey players can skate well, stickhandle, shoot, pass... they're strong, fast, smart, and make the right decision at the right time! One of the biggest mistakes many hockey players make is that they only work on their skills at the rink; they only work on their speed and strength at the rink; and they only work on their hockey smarts at the rink. In today's game, if you're only developing your abilities during your regular practices and games, you're probably not going to achieve your full potential. The best players I know are at the gym on their own, working on their hockey skills off the ice,…

11May 2011 by Jeremy Weiss 2 Comments

Hockey Drill Diagramming Software for Mac!

Coaches' Corner, Useful Products

Finally... A High-Quality Hockey Drill Diagramming Software for Mac Users! I'm sure you know by now, I'm a BIG DrillDraw fanboy. I've been using it for years now, and I really like it. The one drawback to DrillDraw is that it is only available for Windows, which interferes with the fact that I'm also an Apple fanboy, who does most of his work on a Mac. Over the past few years I've had a lot of folks ask if I knew of a decent drill diagramming alternative for Mac users, and up until now I haven't had a good answer... but those days are over now! My good friend, Kevin Muller from HockeyShare has just released a CROSS-PLATFORM, drill diagramming software that you can use with any operating system. In…

18Apr 2011 by Jeremy Weiss 5 Comments

NHL Play Dissections

Coaches' Corner, Defensive Zone, Neutral Zone, Offensive Zone, Philosophy, Special Teams, Team Strategy, Team Systems

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE3A7B0E18F091206 Check the Embedded PLAYLIST Above, for Updated NHL Play Dissections This post is a little different than usual. I've recently put together a number of videos dissecting various NHL plays and situations. I've been posting these videos on my YouTube Channel, but I thought my blog readers might find them useful too. So... the video above is actually a PLAYLIST, which will update itself whenever I post a new play dissection to YouTube. When you hover your mouse over the video, you'll see the other play dissections I've already posted. Many of these dissections will refer back to concepts we've discussed in the Coaches' Training Course, so take a browse through the course if you haven't yet. I'm going to be posting more play dissections as we progress through…

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