Level I Coaching Certification

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Level ICoaching Certification

• Jeff Prime
• USA Womens Coach 8 Years
• Colombian National Program
• Brasil Mens and Jrs National Teams
• jprime14_at_yahoo.com

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USARS / AAU

• Brief history
• USARS - NGB
• Reason for class consistency
• Team USA programs
• Questions
• Who has been in this class before?
• Who has been to a USA class before?
• How many new?

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Requirement levels

• Ages 5-16 Rec. Hockey
• Club or Travel Hockey
• Team USA Youth
• Masters Team USA
• Men or Women
• Reason Consistency and standard throughout
  the sport (Refs)

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FUN FUN FUN

• As a childs first coach you have a big
  responsiblilty
• Children play for the fun of it
• Children want to be with their friends
• Every player counts
• (count the coaches and to see if each coach
  lost one player a season, how it would effect our
  sport)

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TEACHERS

• Responsibility not just dad helping
• Teachers educational process to work with
  children
• How children learn
• Hearing
• Seeing
• Doing
• Explain things slowly and clearly

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COACHES LANGUAGE

• How we talk to children tone and body language
• Right way
• good job
• nice try
• Wrong way
• you shouldve had him
• thats your fault they scored
• Praise Teach Praise
• nice shift Billy, next time when a player is in
  front of our net you want to lift his/her stick,
  good work in the corner Billy

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PARENT COACHES

• Ask how many are parent coaches most will be
• Remember its not about your child
• All parents think their child is great
• Treat all children like your own
• No special attention
• Dont have your child lead drills
• All the other parents are watching you
• They are keeping track of playing time
• Be a dad on the ride home
• how was practice Billy
• did you have fun

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TOP TEN REASONS

• Why I play my Sport
• To have fun
• To improve my skills
• To be with friends
• To stay in shape
• To be part of a team
• Excitement of competition
• To learn new skills
• Do something Im good at
• For team spirit
• To win

• Why I stopped playing a sport
• I lost interest
• I was not having fun
• It took too much time
• Coach was a poor teacher
• Too much pressure
• Wanted non-sport activity
• Needed more study time
• Coach played favorites
• I was tired of it
• Over emphasis on winning

Survey of 10,000 boys and girls ages 7 - 12
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YOU ARE A ROLE MODEL

• Your behavior
• Your language
• Your attitude
• On and off the floor children are watching you
• With other coaches and officials

One Question Ten years from now how do you want
to be remembered by these children?
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Your Team Attitude

• If your team takes penalties you are
  responsible
• If your team yells at the officials you are
  responsible
• You have the team you build and the style of play
  you want
• Boston - Pittsburg

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SAFTEY

• Do not move player
• Calm child down first
• Talk and ask Questions
• Keep helmet on
• Recommend First Aid and CPR

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Coaches Safety

• Dont be alone with child in locker room, have
  team Manager or parent
• Dont drive players home, you are not a
  babysitter
• Coaching girls Locker room
• Language appropriate
• Handling players

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Practice Plan

• Do you have a practice plan
• Review and explain each drill
• Remind coaches
• Arrive early
• Write down drills
• Explain drills to players before going on rink

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Hockey Talk

• Ask how many coaches have hockey experience
• Ask all coaches how many use coaches boards. Why?
• You will actually go thru the basic systems
• Box
• Ages 5- 10 box positioning
• Ages 10 15 concept of man-to-man

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Hockey Talk

• Defensive basics
• Ice to roller transition 3-2
• Goalies
• Goal scoring
• Faceoffs
• Corner Battles

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Teenage Rec.

• Fundamental Drills
• Positioning
• Power Play - Diamond
• Penalty Kill Triangle
• Realize other distractions

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Sports Pyramid

• Recreational Players -75
• Club Players 20
• Elite Players 5
• Brief explanation of what is available for young
  players
• Tournaments
• Nationals
• Team USA

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FUN FUN FUN

• Emphasize recreational sport
• Teach fundamentals
• Make sure everyone has Fun

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Rink Time

• Put on your skates
• Bring clip board with skills listed
• Demo each skill
• Explain and breakdown how to teach children these
  skills

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Demo

• Talk with kids at their level-take a knee
• Chalk talk slow and neat
• Breakdown the fundamentals
• Stance
• Holding the stick/size
• Stick handling
• Passing
• Shooting
• Stride
• Crossovers
• Gliding turn
• Stopping
• Backwards
• Pivots

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In Closing

• Ask if anyone has questions
• Remind coaches kids play for FUN
• Thank everyone for coming
• Let them know when they can expect to receive
  their coaches card