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The Goal: To Create Smarter Hockey Players
- To teacher players to read plays as they develop on the ice, recognize their options, make the right decisions, then react appropriately
- To provide players the tools to make those decision s and to execute them properly
- To develop anticipation and vision while gathering experience and confidence with specific situations that arise in every game
What's Being Taught?
- Offensive zone - creativity, cycling, picking, forechecking, 3 on 2's, 2 on 1's, power-play options
- Neutral Zone - regrouping, creating space and using speed to your advantage
- Defensive zone - break-outs, angling, holding the blue line, man coverage, how to give and receive a hit, penalty kill options
- Position specific training - different options in each player's position (what to look for, where to go, how to read and react)
- Thinking the game - playing smarter
- Power Skating - edges, full strides, Hip/Knee/Toe System, balance, acceleration, explosiveness, weight-resistance training
What's Different About Our Program?
- More than just skills and drills - we take the 'game situations' and the concepts learned and reinforce them during each session
- Experienced instructors who played professionally and understand the importance of the mental aspects of the game
- Emphasis on expecting more from yourself and playing out of your comfort zone; on using speed to your advantage; on creative offense to generate scoring opportunities; and on proven defensive strategies and techniques
- Many hockey schools teach you the fundamental physical skills of a hockey player - skating, stick handling, shooting, and passing. However, the ability to think and read them game is what ties together all these fundamentals. Unfortunately, this skill is often overlooked and rarely taught. This ability is what separates average players from great players. At the DELL, the player will learn this skill by competing in game situation every session where the right decisions will be reinforced and will become habit
- Our focus in on learning and not on winning. This philosophy allows players the freedom to try new plays and moves, which will lead to increased confidence. This is so important in the development of young players
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