Ice Hockey requires players to change from the bench to the ice while play is still active.
Cardinal Rule: Change when our team has puck possession.
Avoiding a "Bad Change" is paramount in reducing mistakes which are often premium scoring chances against your team. Learning when an opponent is making a bad change might also help you capitalize on the opportunity.
Learning all the nuances of this very important skill (for example managing offsides while changing, changing a goalie for a 6th skater, jumping the boards, player exiting the ice in the offensive door and replacement player entering via defensive door) which can take years of playing.
This video attempts to lay some groundwork guidelines to help you get used to changing players on the fly while the play is still going on.
0:00 Intro
0:13 Basic Rules: When to Change
0:52 BEST - Deep Offensive Zone Puck Location
1:30 GOOD - In Offensive Zone Puck Location
2:00 OK - Neutral Zone Puck Location
2:41 AVOID - In Our Defensive Zone Puck Location
3:23 Number of Players at a time to change
3:49 Noticing linemates have change
4:06 How you change - HUSTLE!
4:30 Call your POSITION approaching the bench
4:32 Shift Length - Keep 'em SHORT!
5:40 GAIN the RED line for dump ins
6:20 Things to AVOID: All 3 Forwards at same time
7:11 AVOID when the OTHER team has the puck
7:28 Be Aware and Alert ON THE BENCH
8:15 Touch the puck ONLY when changing player is OFF the ice
8:28 Outtro
21 дек 2021
