1. KPW Coaches Meeting August 19, 2013 Randy Yanoshak, KPWYH President
Terry Sullivan, KPWYH Hockey Director

2. Agenda Welcome Introduction of KPW Board
Remarks from Walpole HS Coach Dowd
Coaches, players and a look at the season
Summary of SSC League Rules
Safety – Concussion Management
Goalies
Changes to CEP for season
Half-Ice program for Mites
Incorporating Half-Ice approach into other age levels
Registrar information updates
Changes to rostering process
Collect/submit IMRs to Registrar as a team
District Playdowns
Tournaments
Ice Scheduling
Coaches’ Handbooks – distribution and explanation
Tips and Techniques for a successful season
Coaches’ uniforms
Team “welcome back” s
Equipment information update

3. Introduction of KPW Board Members
President – Randy Yanoshak
Treasurer – Tom Pistorino
Secretary – OPEN
CORI Coordinator – Liza Carreiro
Registrar – Nicole Capobianco
Equipment Manager – Vin Colbert
Merchandising – Maura Buckley
Technology Coordinator – Tom Hanson
Safety Director – Ted Cormier
Ice Coordinator – Rocky Morrison
Hockey Director – Terry Sullivan
Goalie Director – Jon Abplanalp
Instructional Director – Pete Torgerson
Girls Director –Tom Connor
Mite Director – Kevin Birch
Squirt Director – Brian McDevitt
Peewee Director – OPEN
Bantam Director – Tim Duffy
Midget Director – OPEN

4. What makes a good coach?

5. The faces of well-coached kids

6. Importance of coaches Energy + Passion + Knowledge = Success
No. 1 ambassador for KPW – you are the primary face of the program to most families
Teacher of life first, a coach of hockey second
Bring energy and enthusiasm to the ice every day
Communicate with parents often and well

7. Difficult path to the top
NHL 690
SCHOLARSHIPS 1,674 (1,062 M; 612 F)
KPW 296 M 80 F
COLLEGE PLAYERS 5,824 (3,588 M; 2,236 F)
MASS HOCKEY YOUTH PLAYERS 50,320 (42,105 M; 8,215 F)
USA HOCKEY YOUTH PLAYERS 349,661 (300,905 M; 48,756 F)

8. King Philip Walpole 2013-14 Major goals Three focus areas
Continue to strengthen the KPW foundation
Raise the program’s community status
Three focus areas
Increased skills development
More predictable and friendly scheduling
Build stronger community relationships

9. Summary of SSC League Rules
League Rules available at SSC web site: (copy of Red Book also placed on KPW site under “Documents” tab on left side of main page, in the “South Shore Conference (SSC) Documents folder)
Some key items to be aware of:
Rosters
Final Roster due to SSC November 1st
Can use USA Hockey rosters (write in player #’s) for Final Rosters
Submit roster/stickers to scorekeeper before your game starts
Divisions
Teams start in the “Herman” and “Re” Divisions
Re-alignments after November play completed, movement requests due by October meeting (October 21st)
Moves subject to SSC determination
Rinks
SSC schedules ice time at various rinks in SE Mass
Assignment – Home and Visitor assignments
Access to locker rooms & Clean up after we’re done
Schedule conflicts
Address well in advance, selected weekends can be blocked out (for tournaments), once schedule is set, not a lot of flexibility
Weather cancellations
Doesn’t happen often
Start times
Need to be ready to go on ice 8 minutes prior to listed game time

10. Safety – Concussion Management
A concussion is a traumatic brain injury – there is no such thing as a minor brain injury
A player does not have to be “knocked out” to have a concussion…less than 10% of players actually lose consciousness
A concussion can result from a blow to the head, neck or body. Concussions often occur to players who don’t have or just released the puck, from open-ice hits, unanticipated hits and illegal collisions.
The youth hockey player’s brain is more susceptible to concussion. In addition, the concussion in a young athlete may be harder to diagnosis, takes longer to recover, is more likely to have a recurrence and be associated with serious long-term effects.

11. Safety – Concussion Management
Diagnosis
Symptoms
Signs
Management Protocol
“When in doubt, sit them out”
USA Hockey Post-concussion Functional Return to Play Protocol

12. Goalies
Designate an Assistant Coach to focus on your goalie at practice, games and clinics
KPW has worked out a program with Stop-It Goaltending for individual goalie skills sessions throughout the season
All sessions at Foxboro Sports Center (in upstairs area)
In the process of scheduling
Coaches can attend sessions to monitor drills and improvement
Need to develop their skills during practice not just used as target practice
Multiple Goalie work out sessions throughout the season
Roughly every 6 weeks
Focus is a 4 station workout
Need coaches to help run these session

13. CEP for season
Not required to be Level “X” corresponding to particular age groups
Enter the season at whatever level you are currently certified
Current certifications (other than Level 4) only good for 2 seasons
Past certifications can be picked up (i.e., if certification has expired)
“Encouraged” to attend 1 CEP course per season up through Level 4
Courses are published at USA Hockey website (
Additional updates will be disseminated by KPW Board on roughly monthly basis
Registrations will be capped at smaller numbers for each course
Perhaps only per course instead of 200 in past
No guarantee that more courses will be offered – sign up early
Walk-in’s no longer allowed – must sign up online and in advance

14. CEP for season
Once at Level 3, allowed to re-certify once online at Track 1 (or take Level 4), once online at Track 2 (or take Level 4), then must attend Level 4
All coaches, including Level 4, are required to have completed an appropriate age-specific course prior to 12/31/13
Do it once for an age-group and you are done for that group!
Please note: Last season Bantams and Midgets were required to complete CEP requirements prior to 11/1 (due to accelerated Playdown schedules); it is anticipated that the same expectation will be applied this year as well
Mass Hockey is conducting audits of CEP accreditations – if you are found delinquent past the deadline, you will be removed from the roster and will no longer be permitted to coach.

15. CEP for 2013-2014 season Year 1 (e.g., 2013-2014)
Level 1 Clinic & age-specific component (online)
Year 2 (e.g., )
Level 2 Clinic & age-specific component (online) if not previously taken for current age level
Year 3 and 4 (e.g., and )
Level 3 Clinic & age-specific component (online) if not previously taken for current age level
Year 5 and 6 (e.g., and )
Level 3 Track 1 online re-certification or Level 4 & age-specific component if not previously taken for current age level
Year 7 and 8 (e.g., and )
Level 3 Track 2 online re-certification or Level 4 & age-specific component if not previously taken for current age level
Year 9 and 10 (e.g., and )
Must attend Level 4 Clinic & age-specific component if not previously taken for current age level

16. New training opportunity!
USA Hockey SafeSport Program includes carefully defined policies prohibiting various forms of abuse, from sexual, physical and emotional, to bullying, threats and hazing. The policies also address areas where misconduct can occur and are intended to reduce the risk of potential abuse, including a locker room policy, a travel policy, and situations surrounding the ever-expanding growth of social media and electronic communications. More information on the USA Hockey SafeSport Program can be found at
All USA Hockey registered coaches are required to take the training but at no cost.
Mass Hockey believes the tests are optional but is “strongly encouraging” coaches to take these as well
You’ll need your USA Hockey registration number
Access the training at

17. KPW’s Half-Ice program for Mites
The term “ADM” doesn’t appear to be in favor as much any longer…
What is KPW’s Half-Ice Program?
Emphasis on skill development
More touches/repetitions
Small spaces
Cross-ice element in practices and games
More info on cross-ice programs available at

18. KPW’s Half-Ice Program for Mites
How is Half-Ice implemented at KP-Walpole?
Practices – all Mite practices are required to be conducted using the KPW half-ice approach, plan to incorporate at Squirt-Bantam levels periodically
Elements of the KPW approach include:
Cross-Ice “game” station
“ABC’s” station (Agility, Balance, Coordination)
“Battle drill” station – competitive in nature (1v1, 2v2, 3v2, etc.)
“Core Skills” station – essentially incorporates the Turns, pivots & stops station we’ve built into the beginning of practices over the past 4-5 seasons
“Stick/Puck” station
These are the elements the program is implementing and you should be incorporating into any ADM-styled practice
You also have the flexibility to include other station(s) of your choosing
Good idea to include “fun” sessions occasionally as part of practice
For example, soccer game on ice (no sticks)

19. Half-Ice program for Mites
Mite 1’s and 2’s will be playing Half-Ice games in SSC play for roughly first half of season
All other Mites will play Half-Ice for the full season.
Other programs (Westwood, Medfield, Franklin) have committed to participating in the Half-Ice games we run in Norfolk

20. Half-Ice League for Mites
We have run a Half-Ice League for the past few seasons in Norfolk. For the 2013/2014 Season, the league will likely include up to 12 teams.
Season will run from Oct 1st to March 31st on Saturday 3 & 4 pm at Norfolk.
In an effort to balance our KPW Half-Ice teams, they will all be practicing together for the month of September.
Around the third week of September we plan to divide the players into 3 equal teams in preparation for the Oct 1st game schedule starting.
Coach’s meeting for the entire Half-Ice League is scheduled for September 11th, 7pm at Norfolk Arena. ALL Half-ice coaches are requested to attend.

21. Incorporating this approach into other age levels
In place of “clinics” or “ADM practices”
Try to coordinate 3 teams together roughly monthly basis
When these are scheduled, Head Coaches should coordinate who is doing what before you get to the rink
The framework is there, just need to agree on specific drills to execute

22. Registrar Information Updates
IMRs from USA Hockey
ALL Coaches and Players must register for season at:
Need Hard Copy w/ Barcode.
CORIs:
Everyone who with be in contact with the kids will be required to submit a CORI (per MassHockey District 3)
Includes Head/Assistant Coaches, Team Managers, “Locker room parents”, etc.
KPW CORI Coordinator collecting completed CORIs tonight
If you have not already done so, please collect IMR’s and CORI forms now from entire team (Players, and Coaches) and submit in one package per team to KPW Registrar: Nicole Capobianco

23. Registrar Information Updates – Team Rosters
If you don’t get your roster copies tonight, your players have NOT completed On-Line Registration at
Contact players ASAP.
Forward the player’s / coach’s Confirmation page
Notify me when your team is 100% compliant.
Roster Signing
NOT NEEDED THIS YEAR!!

24. Sample Roster WITH Addresses.
Sign Here!

25. Sample Roster WITHOUT Addresses.
Sign Here! Do NOT sign here!

26. District Playdowns District Playdowns – State Tournament
All Head Coaches (or a team representative) MUST attend the Coaches Meeting for their respective age group:
Midgets, Girls U19: September 10th, 7pm, Foxboro Sports Center
Bantams, & Girls U14: Probably late September (exact date TBD)
Peewees, Girls U12, & Squirts: TBD (typically in October)
All District Playdown details will be distributed at these meetings (brackets, contact info, “play-by” dates, rules, etc.)
The District 3 Meeting will be announced when details are known

27. Other Tournaments
If your team is going to play an In-State tournament (e.g., Jingle Bell Skate, or Falmouth Williamson)
Need to notify SSC before schedules are locked in
They will not be very accommodating to changes once the schedule is published and have asked that no Tournaments be scheduled due to League playoffs for your teams between:
3/21/14 and 4/6/14 (Mite through Bantam/Girls U14)
11/9/13 & 11/10/13 (Midget/Girls U19)
Exceptions will be made for teams that qualify for State Tournaments
If your team is going to play in an out-of-state tournament (i.e., Lake Placid, Waterville Valley)
Need to complete Travel Permit form (Mass Hockey)
Allow 2-3 weeks for processing
Need to notify SSC early to avoid schedule conflicts

28. Ice Scheduling
This year we have gained some new weekday ice at Norfolk & Foxboro, so not as many weekend practices will be on your schedule.
Everyone should have at least six practices before their first game
Weekend of September (9/7 & 9/8) every team (except Midgets) should have a Full Sheet of ice for themselves. Opportunity for scrimmages if you want…
We will do our best to keep consistency with as many teams as possible.
PLEASE contact Rocky Morrison for any of the following relating to ice:
Cancel practice
Conflict with game schedule
Tournament Schedules
If any Ice times become available it will be posted on the Available Ice Calendar. Please check on it before contacting Rocky if you need ice.

29. Off-Ice Skills
The KPW Board is looking into offering an off-ice skills program with Foxboro Sports Center
Sign-ups would be organized similar to the Stop-It Goaltending Clinics
Families can sign up for 10-week sessions, but at a reduced cost
Likely be three sessions during the season
Sessions would likely be mid-week
Multiple stations in a rotation, including:
Shooting tunnel
2 stick-handling stations
Skating stride machine
Mini-rink for several skills
Players would be paired up, and rotate 45-seconds on the station, 45-seconds of rest
Tempo would be similar to that of a game environment

30. Coach’s Handbooks – they’re back!
A little thinner this year…
Clear page holders provided for your Rosters and Game Sheets
Copies of Admin Notes, Playdown Checklist (Squirt – Midget) and Skills Progression in the binder itself
Copies of all of the forms you may need throughout the season are included and provided on a CD with your Handbook, but will also be posted on the KPW website on the “Hey Coach” page
Drills sections has been organized to roughly correspond to Cross-Ice elements as KPW will implement them
Also has a section of Goalie-specific drills co-located with the Core Drills tab, as well as “Other Drills” you may (or may not) find useful
Note: the diagrammed drills are only suggestions and not meant to be considered exclusive or comprehensive
Feel free to use your experience and imagination to keep things interesting and fun for your team’s players
Some other resources you may want to explore include:
FlexxCoach (the USA Hockey utility)
You Tube (lots of interesting stuff there)
Drill Draw (subscription utility)

31. Tips and Techniques for a Successful Season
“Success” does not necessarily mean Wins
Your first objective should be to oversee the continuing development of all of the players on your roster
Everyone should have the same opportunity to play in any situation (i.e., no dedicated PK or PP units at Squirts)
Roll your lines in all situations – playing favorites will be noticed by parents and you will invite a lot of grief you don’t need
Your second objective should be to ensure that they want to keep coming to rink – keep it fun, keep it interesting

32. Tips and Techniques for a Successful Season
Get/keep your assistants involved in practices
Head Coach can’t do it alone
Plan in advance & communicate
With assistants and practice partners
Develop a routine for kids to follow
Non-ADM practices
Core drills followed by whatever you have planned
ADM-style practices
Use the KPW template for planning

33. Tips and Techniques for a Successful Season
If you haven’t already done so, please identify a Team Manager for your team.
Head Coach/Team Manager
Please communicate issues through Division Director, then Hockey Director
Still no response, then to President
KPW will be conducting a Team Managers Meeting in near future at Foxboro Sports Center
Once Identified, have them set up in the system so they show up on the team page. (We will discuss this further in the meeting)

34. Tips and Techniques for a Successful Season
Suggest you have a meeting with the parents at the first practice, or as early in the season as you can
Set your expectations with them from the outset:
When to be at the rink before practice and games & Locker room policy
Communication to/from coaches to parents (i.e., upcoming schedule)
How to address schedule conflicts
Parent Code of Conduct
Administrative details (CORIs as needed, Consent to Treat Forms, etc. – ask your Team Manager to coordinate this if possible)
Tournaments?
Answer any questions Parents may have about KPW, the team, or life in general…
If you don’t know the answer, contact your Division Director
If you should ever have a player injury or discipline issue, communicate with your Division Director ASAP
Player rankings need to be submitted at end of season to help with next year’s evaluations
Should be coordinated with input from all team coaches. If there are differences of opinion, these need to be discussed and settled before final rankings are submitted.
Keep your game sheets on file (or in Coach’s Handbook) in the event there is a roster or eligibility dispute

35. Tips and Techniques for a Successful Season
Suggest you meet with your players as soon as possible to set ground rules and build a team identity
Emphasize respect for parents, coaches, referees, other players (ours and any opponents)
KPW teams should be known for sportsmanship as well as any on-ice successes
When to be at the rink before practices and games
6pm practice means fully dressed and ready to step on the ice a few minutes before 6pm, not fooling around in the locker room
No rough housing in locker room
Pre-game routine
Parents/family out of locker room minutes before game time
White board review of any key game strategy
Warm-up routine, shooters, etc.
Post-game routine
Center ice handshake
Head to locker room – remove helmets and be prepared to listen
Review of game in locker room, coaches and players’ perspectives
Game puck or Hardhat etc.
Parents stay out until door opened for them
Team nicknames or other team-building activities

36. Coach’s Uniforms
If are a new coach, you will need to order a Coach’s Uniform through the KPW website
If you don’t have your suit yet, wear something appropriate with the KPW logo until it is available.
We want to project a professional appearance at all times
Full suit expected to be worn at practices
No Shorts – EVER!
Jacket expected to be worn at games
We want to project an image of KPW PRIDE
Orders will be collected from Day Street by Maura Buckley (KPW Merchandizing)

37. Team “welcome back” e-mails
You should have had a chance to contact your teams by now…
Take advantage of the mailing lists built into your team pages on the KPW website
IMRs
Direct Team to USA Hockey Website:
Collect and submit as team to Nicole Capobianco

38. Equipment Information Update
Jersey information
Submitted by Maura Buckley in July to Day Street Sports, should be available shortly (if not already available)
Jerseys are for games/pictures only
Rest of team equipment will be handed out at conclusion of meeting
Pucks, water bottles and carriers, cones, socks, goalie equipment for those teams that need it, etc.
Coaches are responsible for any equipment issued to you

39. Thanks
The success of the KPW program depends on the time, dedication, and commitment of all its volunteers, but especially to you Coaches…