2019 Evaluations Open House€¦ · •Kim Clarke •Bantam 1st ... •Efren Lorenzo •Atom / Peewee Coordinator •Shaun Rideout ... resume •15 hours –earns full credit for

2019 Evaluations Open House

Agenda

Todays Topics

• Goals

• Introductions

• Evaluation Process

• General Info

• Drills

• Coaches

• Team Grid / Tiering

• Questions

Evaluation Goals

• Goals of the evaluation process• To place all players on teams with players of similar skill level and similar

understanding of the game so that they can have a fun and rewarding experience throughout the hockey season. A player placed at their appropriate level will develop his/her hockey skills better than a player who is playing above or below it

• To ensure the evaluation process is consistent, fair and has the highest regard for integrity

• The evaluation process will have the best interest of all the players in mind

• To communicate the process to the players and guardians so an easy understanding is available, thus making evaluations a less stressful time for all involved

• The Southwest Evaluation Procedures and Guidelines have been modeled after Hockey Canada’s Minor Hockey Development Guide but have been modified in some instances to fit the realities and practicalities of an association of our size

Evaluation Committee

• Director of Evaluations

• Jamie Keller

• Assistant Director of Evaluations

• Mark Zan

• Timbits Lead

• Janna Tamayo

• Timbits 1st Assistant

• Vacant

• Novice Lead

• Rebecca Reeves

• Novice 1st Assistant

• Nicole Gardner

• Atom Lead

• Jodi Labby

• Atom 1st Assistant

• Nancy Helm

• Peewee Lead

• Landys Jorundson

• Peewee 1st Assistant

• Kelsey Basnett

• Peewee 2nd Assistant

• Lydia Buckley

• Bantam Lead

• Kim Clarke

• Bantam 1st Assistant

• Jaclyn Grace cont’d

Evaluation Committee

• Midget Lead

• Shelby Dawson

• Midget 1st Assistant

• Lloyd Kortbeek

• Junior C Lead

• Tammy Patterson

• Goalie Lead

• Allison Miller

• Timbit / Novice Coordinator

• Efren Lorenzo

• Atom / Peewee Coordinator

• Shaun Rideout

• Bantam / Midget Coordinator

• Caroline Wynne

• On-Ice Lead (Time Trials)

• Dave Hoar

Evaluation Process

• No changes to evaluation guidelines, drills and scoring from 2018-2019

• Evaluation Process has changed every year for the last 3 years

• 2019 / 2020 will focus on consistency and predictability for parents and players

• Review of evaluation process will done for 2020-2021 season

Evaluation Process

Schedule

• Age Division Schedules are posted on the SW website

Communication

• Email notification for 1st Skates will be received 7 days prior to 1st ice time

• Peewee email sent yesterday

• Subsequent Group Emails – expected within 48hours after last group session skate

• Age Division Leads – 1st point of contact for Parent Inquiries

Evaluation Process

Check In

• Must sign-in for each ice sessions

• Full gear must be worn for each skate

• Volunteer Bond and post dated cheque must be received prior to final skate. If not received, your player will not find out team placement

Group Sizes

• Initial group sizes are split evenly (alphabetical order)

• Subsequent groups will assign similar skilled players together

• Players may move Up or Down groups during the evaluation process

• Strong players may be asked to sit out skate(s) to accommodate player movement

Evaluation Process - Timbits

Groupings

• Timbits JR – are generally 1st year players

• Timbits SR – are generally 2nd year players (although may include JR players that demonstrate strong skills

Drills• Two skating sessions, each consisting of 3 drills

1. Forward Skating with a puck

2. Forward Skating without a puck

3. Backward Skating without a puck

Evaluators / On-Ice• 4-6 Evaluators in the stands

• 4-6 on-ice parents / coaches running drills

Evaluation Process - Goalies

Groups

• Goaltenders will be assigned a numbered pinnie, which they must wear for the duration of evaluations

• All age division goaltenders on-ice together for Technical and Shoot Sessions

• 2nd skate groups will be assigned based on scores from 1st two sessions

• Goaltenders will be evaluated during 3v3 skates

• Group assignments to be communicated via Goalie Lead – Allison Miller

Atom Goalies

• Required to be on-ice during Novice 3v3 skates

• Goalies are NOT evaluated during Novice skates

Drills

• Technical & Shoot Session Drill Descriptions can be found on www.southwesthockey.ca

http://www.southwesthockey.ca/

Evaluation Process - GoaliesAtom Goalie Evaluation Drills

• Skate 1 – Technical Session

• Skate 2 – Shoot Session

• Skate 3 – 3v3 Gameplay


• Skate 5 – Full Ice Gameplay

• Skate 6 – Player Placement Games (Bubble Skate)

Peewee Goalie Evaluation Drills







Evaluation Process - Goalies

Bantam / Midget Goalie Evaluation Drills








Evaluation Process - General

Player Positions

Initial Groupings (Pre-Seed Correction Skate 1)

Novice, Atom, Peewee

• Skate 1 – Players will be assigned groups by their last names (alphabetically)

• Each player will be assigned a helmet stickers, these need to stay on the players helmet for the entirety of evaluations. The numbers are random and do not indicate the players ranking within the group.

Evaluation Process - General

Initial Groupings

Bantam, Midget, Junior C

• Players will be assigned to their initial group based on their team placement from the prior year and will utilize Hockey Calgary’s recommended affiliation groupings for initial assignment

Evaluation Process - Drills

Pre-Seed Correction Drills – Skate 1 (Time Trials)

Novice, Atom, Peewee

• Players will participate in 6 timed drills

• Each player will participate in each drill twice and the best time for each will be recorded

• 99 Drill – with puck

• W Drill – without puck

Drill Descriptions and Video Examples can be found on the SW website

www.southwesthockey.ca


Novice Evaluation Drills

• Pre-Skate – Preparation Skate for Timed Drills

• Skate 1 - Pre-Seed Correction

• Skate 2 – 3v3 Small Area Games




Atom Evaluation Drills




• Skate 4 – Full Ice Scrimmage



Peewee Evaluation Drills






Bantam / Midget Evaluation Drills






Evaluation Process - Coaches

EVALUATORS

ON-ICE COACHES

Evaluations - Coaches

Coaches

• Direct involvement from Coaches

• Coaches are now asked to evaluate kids they have coached in the past, encouraged to chat in the stands

• Coaches will not evaluate their own kids

Skate 1 – Time Trials

• Coach Lead – Dave Hoar (Novice, Atom, Peewee)

• Dedicated Coaches on-ice for all age division timed skates

Skate 2 – 3v3 (Novice, Atom, Peewee)

• Two to Three Coach Leads on-ice

• Bantam / Midget (Jr. Coaches) on-ice


Full Ice Scrimmage (Atom, Peewee)

• Bantam / Midget Referees

Bantam / Midget Ice-Times

• Southwest Coaches on-ice for 3v3

• Central Zone Referees to be utilized for Full Ice Scrimmage

Goalies

• Evolution Goaltending – 2nd year working with Southwest

• Evaluating ALL age division goaltenders (Atom thru Midget)


Volunteer

• Coaches required in the stands 8-12 per session

• Currently 29% filled

• The more evaluators scoring players = increases correct player placement

Bantam / Midget Jr Coaches

• Currently 87% filled

• 5 hours – earn reference letter from SW Hockey to help strengthen resume

• 15 hours – earns full credit for volunteer bond for family

SIGNUP.COM • Contact Mark Zan – Assistant Director of Evaluations

Novice League Structure

Novice Tiering Structure

• 4 – Tier Structure

• Current Forecast 8 teams – based on prelim registration #’s

• 2011 / 2012 Combined Teams

• 2 x – Team 1

• 2 x – Team 2

• 2 x – Team 3

• 2 x – Team 4

Atom League Structure

Peewee League Structure

Bantam and Midget

• Hockey Alberta

My favourite Myths that I hear every year

• MYTH: We pick coaches first, then we place their kids on that team• FACT: We don’t even think about coaches during evaluations; once all

players are done their first four ice times, then the Coach teams looks at where players are placing and makes decisions on potential coach candidates then.

• MYTH: If you volunteer for the Evals Admin team, your daughter/son has a better chance of making a higher team• FACT: We wish – it would help us get more volunteers! Helping out has no

correlation on where your player ends up, but there is a correlation between the amount of time a parent is willing to get involved in their players hockey career (like school, music, basically anything) and where they end up, which is why most volunteers have players in stronger age divisions

• MYTH: Evaluation Group equates to Final Team placement. If my daughter/son is in Group 1, they will be on Team 1• FACT: Due to the progressive nature of our evaluations and the fact you

need to ice the equivalent of at least two teams during an ice session, even if you are in Group 1 at the end, it doesn’t mean you will be on Team 1. Most final groupings have three and sometimes four different teams represented

Q&A

Documents

2019 Evaluations Open House€¦ · •Kim Clarke •Bantam 1st ... •Efren Lorenzo •Atom / Peewee Coordinator •Shaun Rideout ... resume •15 hours –earns full credit for