Curriculum (On Ice)
Overview: Scope & Sequence HCSA 2017-18
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 2011
September: Review, Back to basics. Emphasis on technique and good practice habits (Focus, preparedness, Punctuality)
October
- Offensive and Defensive Concepts
- Breakaway Skills, Fakes and Dekes
- Offensive Zone Tactics
- Defenseman Top Skills
- 4v4 Challenge games
- Skills Testing
Week 1
Puck Control: Stick handling skills, toe drag
Shooting & Scoring: Flip shot, tips & deflections
Goaltender skills: Edge control, Angles
Week 2
Skating: Video Analysis
Skating: Heel turns, sculling, starts, C-cuts
Puck Control: passing review, lead pass
Shooting & scoring: Dekes
Goaltender skills: Post coverage
Introduce Tactical play, 1v1, 2v1, 3v2
Offensive and Defensive Concepts
4v4 Challenge games
Introduce Skills Testing concepts
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
Skill testing
November
- Tactical play, 1v1, 2v1, 3v2
- Offensive and Defensive concepts
- Offensive Zone Skills
- 4v4 Challenge games
- Skills Testing
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
December
- Team play, breakouts, attacking off the Rush
- Offensive and Defensive Concepts
- 4v4 Challenge games
- Skills Testing
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!!
January
- Team play, Offensive Zone play
- Offensive and Defensive Concepts
- 4v4 Challenge games
- Skills Testing
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