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2. Hockey Canada Skills Academy Test Review
Mr. P. Hambly
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3. How do composite sticks improve the speed of your shot?
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4. How do composite sticks improve the speed of your shot?
They flex more than traditional wood sticks. The flex allows the energy in the stick to be transferred to the puck.
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5. What do the flex numbers mean?
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6. What do the flex numbers mean?
A high flex number is more stiff and harder to flex. It would be used by large, strong players. (Shea Weber used a 130 flex in the NHL skills competition this year.) A low flex number is easier to flex. Kessel uses an 80 flex.
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7. Explain what the Butterfly technique is for a goaltender?
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8. Explain what the Butterfly technique is for a goaltender?
The goalie goes down on low shots with his pads across the ice to cover the bottom of the net.
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9. Explain what the Butterfly technique is for a goaltender?
The goalie goes down on low shots with his pads across the ice to cover the bottom of the net.
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10. Which is faster, a goalie’s legs or hands and how can he improve his reaction time on a shot?
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11. Which is faster, a goalie’s legs or hands and how can he improve his reaction time on a shot?
The hands are 2 x faster, and if a goalie inhales the increased oxygen is believed to slightly increase reaction time.
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12. Wrist Shot Compare accurate shooters to inaccurate shooters
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13. Wrist Shot Compare accurate shooters to inaccurate shooters
Accurate shooters have more follow through
Inaccurate shooters (like Normie) Lock their wrists
Inaccurate shooters have less balance
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14. What are the 2 phases to a skating stride?
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15. What are the 2 phases to a skating stride?
Push and the Recoil
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16. What is our motto re improving your forward stride speed?
Hint: I wrote it on the screen and it didn’t want to come off!
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17. What is our motto re improving your forward stride speed?
Get Low
Toe Flick (means to extend the toe at the end of the stride)
Heal to Toe (means to bring the glide leg back into the centre of your body so that your legs come close together.)
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18. Explain what the Rocker Radius is: Explain what the hollow is:
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19. Explain what the hollow is:
The hollow is the radius from edge to edge, measured in inches.
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20. Explain what the Rocker Radius is:
The rocker radius is the radius from the front to the back of the skate measured in feet.
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21. Explain which players should have duller hollow like a 5/8”
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22. Explain which players should have duller hollow like a 5/8”
Heavier players and players who are good on their edges benefit from a duller hollow. It gives them more glide. In other words all NHL and OHL players should have a 5/8 or at least a duller hollow than the tradition ½”.
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23. Explain which players should have sharper hollow like a ½ or 3/8”
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24. Explain which players should have sharper hollow like a ½ or 3/8”
Inexperience skaters and very light players need the extra edge to bite the ice.
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25. Off ice training: What are Gary Roberts’s Rules to Training?
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26. Off ice training: What are Gary Roberts’s Rules to Training?
1. There is no offseason This means when you hang up the skates for the summer, you need to train off ice 2. Undo the Damage from the season with strength and power workouts 3. Don’t over train. This means keep your heart rate down while working on strength. 4. Rest between exercizes and Hydrate 5. Work on speed every other day. 6. Refuel properly.
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27. Explain the roles of the 4 players in a 2 on 1:
Defenseman:
Move the puck carrier to the poorest shooting angle that you can safely
As the puck carrier shoots, position yourself to look after the rebound.
Prevent the pass
If the puck carrier is on his off wing, play him closer
There is more stuff on your handout
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28. Explain the roles of the 4 players in a 2 on 1:
Forward with the Puck:
Think shot as your first priority.
Take the best possible angle that the d-man will give you.
If you don’t have a lot to shoot at and you don’t think you can get the pass across, think low wide shot with the hope of a rebound for your teammate.
More stuff on your handout.
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29. Explain the roles of the 4 players in a 2 on 1:
Forward without the Puck
Provide width to the attack
If on off-wing open up to angle yourself so that you can one time the shot or get it off fast
Do not go past the net unless the puck is past the net.
You need to be slightly behind the puck carrier laterally, not ahead or the defenseman will easily prevent any pass attempts to you.
More stuff on your handout.
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30. Explain how to defend a 1 on 1. Be specific.
Defenders should align their bodies with the bodies of their opponents so that they have what we call inside positioning. If you are defending while skating backwards, your outside shoulder is aligned with their inside shoulder. In other words, the attacker is closer to the boards than you are. You want to direct him towards the outside, giving him a poorer shooting angle.
If the attacker is coming right down the middle, you need to align head on.
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31. Explain the role of the 5 Defenders in your defensive Zone
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32. Explain the role of the 5 Defenders in your defensive Zone
D1: Is responsible to put pressure on the puck carrier in the corner.
D2 : is responsible for net front coverage.
F1: is the support player for D1. If the puck squirts loose, F1 is ready to take it. If the puck heads to the opposite corner, F1 slides across and remains in that same support role.
F2 is responsible for the high slot (the middle of the ice)
F3 fills in the puck side of the box
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33. 5 things to do when placing a check on a player
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34. 5 things to do when placing a check on a player
Skate with a wide base and bent knees
Keep your stick low
Lock your arm
Take away their hands
Place your knee between their legs
Use your rear and extend it to control the attacker
Rotate the attacker so their arms and shoulders are towards the boards
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35. What are Hockey Canada’s 4 Steps for teaching Checking?
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36. What are Hockey Canada’s 4 Steps for teaching Checking?
Body checking is taught in a 4 step progression.
Step 1. is Positioning and Angling
Step 2. is Stick Checks
Step 3. is Contact Confidence and Body Contact
Step 4 is Body Checking
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