Brampton Battalion Game Day Coaching Clinic – January 21, 2007

PRE-SCOUTING PREPARATION

KELLY HARPER ASSISTANT COACH

Brampton Battalion Game Day Coaching Clinic – January 21, 2007

GAME DAY PREPARATION

• Balance between preparing for your opponent and focusing on your play

• Pre-game meeting (7 minute rule)

• Can’t overload players with information

• Pick 5 or 6 points that you deem critical for your team’s success that day

• Individual reminders based on previous performance to create accountability

Brampton Battalion Game Day Coaching Clinic – January 21, 2007

FACEOFFS

• Plan of retrieval on loss

• Roles and responsibilities on a win

• Opponents’ tendencies on won or lost faceoffs

Brampton Battalion Game Day Coaching Clinic – January 21, 2007

DEFENSIVE ZONE COVERAGE

• Review our system of play

• Address any tendencies of opponents (i.e. activating defencemen, cycle game, funneling)

• Individual reminders (i.e. positional play, stick position, awareness, discipline)

Brampton Battalion Game Day Coaching Clinic – January 21, 2007

POWER PLAY

• Review faceoffs/breakout/entries/set-up

• Tendencies of opponents (PK aggressive/passive? PK forecheck)

• Reminder to individual players from previous games (i.e. puck support, retrieval on dumps, shift times, quick puck movement, establish point shot)

Brampton Battalion Game Day Coaching Clinic – January 21, 2007

PENALTY KILL

• Review opponents’ set-up/tendencies

• How will we counter?

• Faceoffs/DZ must have a plan

• PK forecheck (How do they break out?)

• Fundamental reminders (i.e. stops/starts, blocking shots, head on a swivel, active sticks)

Brampton Battalion Game Day Coaching Clinic – January 21, 2007

NZ PLAY

• Review our forecheck

• Plan of retrieval off lost faceoffs

• Opponents’ tendencies (i.e. D to D up/high flip/hinge)

• Review our NZ play with possession

• Our opponents’ neutral-zone forecheck

• Individual reminders based on previous games (i.e. turnovers, puck support)

Brampton Battalion Game Day Coaching Clinic – January 21, 2007

FORECHECK

• Review our forecheck (i.e. individual responsibilities)

• Our opponents tendencies on breakouts (i.e. D to D up, hard rim, quick up)

• Fundamental reminders (i.e. finishing checks, body position, stick position)

Brampton Battalion Game Day Coaching Clinic – January 21, 2007

OPPOSITION FORECHECK

• Review opponents’ forecheck

• Effective methods to breakout

• Fundamental reminders (i.e. communication, puck support, winning battles)

Brampton Battalion Game Day Coaching Clinic – January 21, 2007

QUESTIONS?