Headcoach
31-03-2006, 06:53
How's your passing game? Without it, it's like being in a boat in the water without a paddle. You could have a great skating team, but if the passing is bad, they might as well play tennis. So why don’t players pass?
I have found the reason why players don’t pass the puck is because; 1. They are afraid that the player they are passing to will screw it up somehow. Or 2, they are afraid that they will not get the puck back.
A good friend of mine, Claude Lemieux, told me a very important rule that he learned from two Russian players that he played with in the NHL. It’s a very simple rule.
He said; “If I pass de puck it to you, you pass it back!
You see, advancing or gaining real estate is done by skating and moving the puck up the ice. Then you get to the brick wall, the defensemen. However, overcoming this can be done by simply placing the defenseman into a two on one situation. Which means, I pass it to you, you pass it back to me and we over come the defensemen and we advance.
Passing is so important, especially when it comes time to passing the puck out of your defensive zone. The transition from defense to offense is the most important part of the game. One bad pass in your defensive zone and you're toast.
Head coach
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I have found the reason why players don’t pass the puck is because; 1. They are afraid that the player they are passing to will screw it up somehow. Or 2, they are afraid that they will not get the puck back.
A good friend of mine, Claude Lemieux, told me a very important rule that he learned from two Russian players that he played with in the NHL. It’s a very simple rule.
He said; “If I pass de puck it to you, you pass it back!
You see, advancing or gaining real estate is done by skating and moving the puck up the ice. Then you get to the brick wall, the defensemen. However, overcoming this can be done by simply placing the defenseman into a two on one situation. Which means, I pass it to you, you pass it back to me and we over come the defensemen and we advance.
Passing is so important, especially when it comes time to passing the puck out of your defensive zone. The transition from defense to offense is the most important part of the game. One bad pass in your defensive zone and you're toast.
Head coach
www.passthepuck.net (http://www.passthepuck.net)