Overview: Scope & Sequence

Core Skills Index

1.0 Skating

• 1. Balance & Agility

• 2. Edge Control

• 3. Starting & Stopping

• 4. Forward Skating & Striding

• 5. Backward Skating

• 6. Turning & Crossovers

 2.0 Puck Control

• 1. Stationary puck control

• 2. Moving & puck control

• 3. Stationary passing & receiving

• 4. Moving passing & receiving

3.0 Shooting & Scoring

• 1. The Sweep Shot

• 2. The Wrist Shot

• 3. The Flip Shot

• 4. The Snap Shot

• 5. The Slap Shot

• 6. Dekes 

4.0 Checking

• 1. Positioning & Angling

• 2. Stick Checks

• 3. Contact confidence/Body Contact

• 4. Body Checking
   

Overview: on ice curriculum
September 2008

Week 1

Evaluation

• Skating: Stance, Balance/Agility, Gliding, Lateral X-overs, Edge control

• Puck Control: Passing and receiving, (Forehand &Backhand)

• Shooting & Scoring: Wrist shot, Sweep shot (forehand and backhand)

• Goaltender skills: Balance & Agility, Stance, Edge control

Week 2

• Skills testing

Week 3

• Skating: Balance & Agility, Edge control, Starting & Stopping

• Puck Control: Saucer pass, Stick handling skills

• Shooting & Scoring: Slap shot, Snap shot)

• Goaltender skills: Fwd stride, push off post, stopping, crease patterns

Week 4

• Skating: Getting up, Shoot the Duck, Scissor Skate, Backward Skating

• Puck Control: Stick handling skills

• Shooting & Scoring: Shooting in stride, quick release

• Goaltender skills: Skating, puck control, passing.

Overview: on ice curriculum
October 2008

Week 1

Skating: Video Analysis

• Puck Control: Stick handling skills, toe drag

• Shooting & Scoring: Flip shot, tips & deflections

• Goaltender skills: Edge control, Angles

Week 2

• Skating: Heel turns, sculling, starts, C-cuts

• Puck Control: passing review, lead pass

• Shooting & scoring: Dekes

• Goaltender skills: Post coverage

Week 3

• Skating: Forward jump stride (F&B) C-cuts

• Puck Control: open ice carry

• Checking: Intro Defensive principles. Defensive side positioning, angling

• Goaltender skills: Glove positioning

Week 4

• Skating: Glide turn & crossovers

• Puck Control: backhand focus

• Checking: Intro Offensive principles. Position, Pressure, angling

• Goaltender skills: Puck control, clearing the zone

Overview: on ice curriculum
November 2008

Week 1

Skating: Lateral crossovers, turn & plant

• Puck Control: Stick handling skills

• Shooting & Scoring: wrist shot with Backhand toe pull

• Goaltender skills: Butterfly, Crawls

Week 2

• Skating: gliding on one foot, toe on puck,

• Puck Control: 1vs1 offensive skills, puck protection

• Shooting & scoring: Slap shot, in motion, one timers. Cycling

• Goaltender skills: Plays from behind the net

Week 3

• Skating: Backward Skating,

• Puck Control: open ice carry

• Checking: containment

• Goaltender skills: telescoping

Week 4

• Skating: Starting & stopping, one leg backward stop

• Puck Control: Review

• Checking: stick checks, stick press, stick lift, poke check

• Goaltender skills: Puck control

Overview: on ice curriculum
December 2008

Week 1 (continue from November week 4)

Skating: Starting & stopping, one leg backward stop

• Puck Control: Moving puck control. 360 spins

• Checking: stick checks, stick pres, stick lift, poke check

• Goaltender skills:Puck control

Week 2

• Intro to Team tactics: Transition, Re-groups

• Skills Testing

Week 3

• 4v4 Challenge games

Week 4

• Merry Christmas!!

Overview: on ice curriculum
January 2008

Week 1

• Skating: Review

• Shooting & Scoring: Break outs and transition, Dekes, Free-style

• Team Tactics; principles of Attack

• Goaltender skills: Review

Week 2

• Skating: Foot speed

• Puck Control: Review

• Shooting & scoring: Wrist shot accuracy

• Goaltender skills: Reading the Play, Anticipation

Week 3

• Skating: Review

• Team Tactics: Special team skills

• Checking: containment

• Goaltender skills: Review

Week 4

• Skating: Stride length, increase power

• Team Tactics, D-top skills

• Checking: stick checks, stick pres, stick lift, poke check

• Goaltender skills: Review