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