Transcript TEAM USA – Coaches Clinic

TEAM USA
Building a Team and The Road to the
2014 Olympic Games
Dan Bylsma – Peter Laviolette – Todd Richards
Formulating a TEAM
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Getting to know your players
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Conversations with Ron Wilson
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Captains group
Speak with their coaches – teammates if possible
Orientation Camp – See each player 3 times (45 players)
Lines, Combinations, Line-up
Challenges
Short tournament issues
Conversations with Coach Krzyzewski
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The Standard
Team Bond
Picking a TEAM
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Lines, Match-ups, Roles, etc.
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Make up of lines
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Scoring, Checking, 4th Line, etc.
Extra players – best players vs role players
Management Team and GM Advisory Committee
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Their job is to pick the team
Down to 25
• So much to do…So little time
• Talk to each player
• Systems
• Special Teams: PK/PP
Sochi
• Team – The Standard
• “Get Better Every Day”
• 3 Practices & 3 Games to come
together as a TEAM
Big Ice
• NZFC  LW Locks – 1-4
• Forecheck
• Special Teams: PP/PK
• Defensive Zone Coverage
The Players
• Adjusting to the Big Ice/Sochi
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Tired
Extra Ice
• Adjusting to New Roles/Playing Time
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Vs Role on NHL team
• Players Sitting Out
NEUTRAL ZONE FORECHECK
LWL 1-3-1
OBJECTIVE:
• The purpose of the LWL is to force a turnover and
regain possession of the puck.
• It resembles a 1-3-1 set up.
• This system is used to have one man pressuring
the puck and the other 4 players filling lanes and
taking responsibility for their assignment.
NEUTRAL ZONE FORECHECK
LWL 1-3-1
OBJECTIVE:
• When there is a pass made up ice, one man will check
forward to create a turnover, the others will reload
behind to support the player checking forward.
• It should be difficult to make plays up ice because all
three lanes are filled.
• It is a very safe and effective system.
NEUTRAL ZONE FORECHECK
LWL 1-3-1
LW LOCK LANGUAGE
F1 and F2:
• Generally refer to the C and the RW
• If possible have the RW be F1 and F2 be the center
LW or LF: Refer to the left wing side or the left forward filling the left wing lane
RD: Refers to the right defenseman filling the right wing lane
LD: Refers to the safety D taking away the middle of the ice
CHECKING FORWARD:
• Refers to a player anticipating a pass and moving forward to check the body or the puck to create
turnovers
NEUTRAL ZONE FORECHECK
LWL 1-3-1
• Protect the middle of the ice
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LW-LD-RD:
• Stay in lanes until there is a pass
made up ice
NEUTRAL ZONE FORECHECK
LWL 1-3-1
F1 & F2- “I” Formation
F1: Watch your speed, angle & steer
• Return thru middle, Back pressure
• Don’t finish your checks
F2: Lock middle, discourage C option
• Reload support behind LF/RD
F1 and F2 are INTERCHANGABLE
NEUTRAL ZONE FORECHECK
LWL 1-3-1
LF & RD: Identical Jobs
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Left Forward: LW or C
Check forward on plays to your side
Priority #1: Create turnovers
Priority #2: Defend Entry
Weak side must reload support
LD: Keep everything in front of you
Safety D, No homerun plays
• Reload support towards puck side
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NEUTRAL ZONE FORECHECK
LWL 1-3-1
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FACEOFFS
RW Forechecks
C Becomes F2 in “I”
LW & RD Lock Lanes
LD is the safety D
OBJECTIVE:
#1: Create TO’s
#2: Deny Entries
#3: Transition to Offense
NEUTRAL ZONE FORECHECK
LWL 1-3-1
BULLET POINTS
•F1 and F2 work in tandem and can exchange places.
•If the LW is clearly the 1st F up ice in the neutral zone, the Center
becomes the lock forward on the left side
•With good gaps, you can anticipate passes and check forward in the
lanes. All others reload behind puck movement. 1 man checks
forward, 4 players reloading to defense and support.
•If you can’t establish a good gap, play the rush skating backwards
like a defenseman. We will have three or four defenders in front of
the rush. No all or nothing plays.
NEUTRAL ZONE FORECHECK
LWL 1-3-1
BULLET POINTS
•Reloads are crucial to help defend the rush and east-west plays on the opposition’s entry. SKATE
BACK HARD.
•LF and RD MUST take the man back to the post in our end on plays away from the puck. Can’t get
beat on a pass play to the weakside of the ice.
•If forwards swing into different lanes, hold your lane and accept the other player into your lane.
•Do not leave your lane until there is a play made UP ICE.
•There will be many dumps or redirects against us so all players work hard to get back and be
available for BO’s.
•When we are in a line change the LWL IS OFF. Defense stay in the middle of the ice and defend the
rush between the dots.
DEFENSIVE ZONE COVERAGE
KEYS
• Tracking hard into DZC and stopping in spots
• Ready to skate (Defensively Aggressive):
1. To eliminate the opposition time and space
2. To support a team mate defensively
3. As option on break out offensively
• Work from the inside out, protecting the middle and
front of our net
• Stops and starts, beating your check back to the inside
DEFENSIVE ZONE COVERAGE
KEYS
• The 1st battle:
1. Get the puck stopped and neutralize the opponent
2. Win the race for second man support
3. Execute – make the next play with the puck
•Deny the opponent the back of our net and cut off
cycles up the wall (away from our net)
•Face the play with sticks in passing lanes and bodies in
shooting lanes
•COMMUNICATE!!!
DEFENSIVE ZONE COVERAGE
D or F1 – 1st Man
1.Close fast, stick on puck
2.Get the puck stopped and neutralize the opponent
3.Create separation from man and puck
DEFENSIVE ZONE COVERAGE
D or F1 – 2nd Man
1.Supports the 1st battle and ready to skate
2.Ready to jump on loose puck when separation is created
DEFENSIVE ZONE COVERAGE
D or F1 – Net Front
1.Plays off the SS post and ready to skate
2.Communicates to direct his teammates
cycle
3. Low slot awareness of F3
4. In position to cut off deep
to the back of our net
DEFENSIVE ZONE COVERAGE
F2 SS Wing
1.Protects the “slot” area helping on coverage of the opponent’s F3
2.Denies cycle up the wall
3.Gets to shooting lane first, then to point when puck is moved to blue line
DEFENSIVE ZONE COVERAGE
F3 WS Wing
1.Protects the “slot” area helping on coverage of the opponent’s F3
2.Has weak side D coverage responsibility
DEFENSIVE ZONE COVERAGE
When puck is below goal line/back of net:
•F’s collapse and protect the “house”
•All 5 should be at/below the hash marks
DEFENSIVE ZONE COVERAGE
When puck is moved Low to High:
•F2 and F3 explode to points – bodies in shooting lanes, sticks in passing lanes
•F1 works to find opponents “high” forward
DZC vs High Cycle
DZC vs High F3