Coaches Corner (Red Circle Hockey Club)

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Welcome to Coaches Corner.  This page will be filled with information and links that you as a coach can utilize to plan your practices and get tips and tricks to help your players develop.

These practice drills and Red Circle Team Coaching Package that was developed for the Red Circle Hockey Club in 2018 are great places to start to plan our your drills for your practices.

Red_Circle_Team_Coaching_Package.pdf

Practice_Plan_-_Hockey_Drill_Template.pdf

Additional resources and tips for each division are outlined below.

 

U7
Timbits Hockey is a strong supporter of youth hockey in Canada.  Tim Hortons is the main sponsor of our U7 (Mite) division.
Red Circle Hockey Club is not with Hockey Canada but wanted to provide all coaches this resource as it is best suited to the players at this age level.

Click here for a detailed weekly practice plan for your to utilize.

U9
Timbits Hockey is a strong supporter of youth hockey in Canada.  Tim Hortons is the main sponsor of our U7 (Mite) division.
Red Circle Hockey Club is not with Hockey Canada but wanted to provide all coaches this resource as it is best suited to the players at this age level.

Click here for a detailed weekly practice plan for you to utilize.

U11


U13
As a U13 coach you should focus on player development in 3 ways.
1 - Fun: Make practice fun but also disciplined at the same time, make the drills fun but also challenging for the player.
2 - Skills: Players individually tactics, develop there situational awareness, there puck handling, skating abilities.
2 - Team play: Players need to work on passing, communication , shift length and respect of another player.

The links below are guides for you to use to development your practices and provide tips.

https://www.admkids.com/

https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/hockey-programs/players/essentials/downloads.aspx


U15
With U15 development should be focused on team play, team strategies and fun. Previous years development should be reinforced and new challenges should be introduced. Communication, situational awareness , and respect of other players will always be the core of the development of the players. This age is a great time to introduce drills that are more challenging . Coordination between coaches to split the ice appropriately to better accommodate drills is encouraged as the ice doesn’t just need to be split at the red line during practice. Links below for more tips on development.

The links below are guides for you to use to development your practices and provide tips.

https://www.admkids.com/

https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/hockey-programs/players/essentials/downloads.aspx


U19
With the U19 players development should focus on expanding players skills, continuing of team strategies, situational awareness and fun. Reinforce previous years development and expand on more challenging development of the players abilities.  At this level players have more games than practices so coaches need to encourage players skills and give critics as necessary. Enforce fair play and respect of other players at this age. Bench discipline is key as a coach at this age, don’t let them forget that you’re the coach Links below for more tips and development.

The links below are guides for you to use to development your practices and provide tips.

https://www.admkids.com/

https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/hockey-programs/players/essentials/downloads.aspx