Whether you’re Coaching Minor Hockey in Canada, Coaching Youth Hockey in the U.S.A. or Coaching Kids Hockey in the rest of the world, the skills, systems, rules and strategy are basically the same.

Coaches and Parents  

To make your players and Team competitive you will need to teach Skills from the following  5 - Basic Skill groups. Skating, Puckhandling, Stickhandling & Deking, Passing & Receiving, Shooting & Scoring and Checking - Stick & Bodychecking  

The earlier your Players develop these skills the better your Team will play. 

The Hockey Made Easy Instruction Manual can help you get to the next level. In as little as a few days you can improve your skills and game by 10%, 15% even 25%. 

Systems  

To advance to the competitive level of hockey, Players will need to learn the following Systems Clearing & Breakout Plays, Forechecking Systems, Backchecking Systems, Power Play and Penalty Killing Systems 

Strategy 

Finally Coaches will have to explain to the players Hockey Strategy and what Systems to use in games. This is based on the size of the ice surface, the skills and weaknesses of your team and the skills and weaknesses of the opposition. 

Conclusion 

When coaches teach these 3 elements; skills, systems and strategy through on-ice and off-ice practices and teaching sessions then incorporate then in their game plan and their players execute them, they will be well on their way to becoming a very competitive Team and possibly challenging for the season ending League Playoff Championship.