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COACHING TIPS:
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| What Location Do You Shoot From? |
To improve your goal
scoring stature, get into a high percentage scoring location before
you shoot. The associated figure shows position and percentage information
of typical goal scoring locations. Approximately sixty percent of
goals are scored from the middle slot, 30% (15% on each side) of goals
are scored from the area of the face-off circles, and 10% (5% on each
side) of goals are scored from the extreme angles between the lower
portion of the face-off circle and the goal line. The moment you get
the puck and have a chance to score, you should get into a high percentage
scoring position. Once in a good position, the odds start to swing
in your favor and against the goaltender.
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THE BREAKOUT
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Offensive
Play in your own end, the breakout,
is perhaps the most crucial systematic
element of the offense. The attack begins when the offensive team
regains possession of the puck. Successful breakout plays do two things:
First, they allow the offense to clear its own zone; and second, the
force the opposition to play defense.
The system for breakout plays are not complicated. They
are deliberately kept simple, because in your own end, it is execution
that counts. Each player must know what everyone elses responsibilty
is as well as his own. Breakout plays succeed when everyone is in
sync with everyone else. Breakouts call for teamwork.
Players should keep in mind that breakouts especially
benefit from moving the puck quickly and that the best way
to do that is to pass the puck. It is the ability of the team to utilize
the passing options that strengthens its attack. A sound attack
begins with sound breakout plays, because the entire attack is dependent
on the offensive team leaving its own end with confidence. Examples
here.
Cited from:
Smith, M. (1996). The Hockey Play Book.Firefly Books LTD.:
Willowdale, Ontario |
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