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Developmental Triage in Hockey Coaching Hockey is a MAS*IVE game. There is so much to learn that it can literally take a lifetime to master every element. And even then… the best players and coaches are always still looking for ways to improve. So what should you work on… and when? How do you decide what the next steps should be to keep your players moving forward at the optimal pace for them? This video discusses what I call Developmental “Triage.” It’s based around a recent conversation I had with a coach, who said to me “There’s so much to teach my team… where do I even start?” We had a great discussion about it, and it was one I thought would be Perfect Backcheck and Angling in Action This is a quick clip that shows a perfect backcheck with excellent angling, executed by Team Canadas Jeff Carter in the 2014 Winter Olympics. In the clip we see a principle I teach my kids even as young as U6 and U8; that is the tactic of Stick on Stick, Shoulder on Shoulder. Thinking about backchecking in these terms helps kids comprehend taking away the skating lane. Combine this tactic with our 5-Card approach to backchecking, and itll be much more difficult for the opponent to create offensive opportunities. Heres a link to our 5-Card Backchecking video Enjoy! quite a bit about the 2-1-2 forecheck. There are various ways of performing it, but the two main ones we tend to see are the spread and the stack. 2-1-2 Stack Explained Executing the 2-1-2 stack is quite simple, and can be broken down into 3 key steps: F1 hits and pins F2 picks up the puck F3 reads and reacts, providing mid-depth support See our chalk-talk video on the 2-1-2 Forecheck here: 2-1-2 Stack & Spread Explanation 2-1-2 Stack Details The key to an effective 2-1-2 Stack is for F1 (the first forward on the attack) come in aggressive. If F1 is lazy getting in, the play wont work. F2 must also get in hard to… few days ago I did a post about USA Hockeys new icing rule, and what effect it would have on your teams power play. I recommend you check