Episode 5: Get your Cone Pushers Involved!
We discuss who your assistants are and how to get them more involved in the practice, which is a win all around. They'll always design drills to help teach this concept and share them with the Creation Series Drill Sharing Group.
EPISODE 4: PUCK RETRIEVAL
There is an art to puck retrievals, and the two Mike's, Bonelli and Weaver, will break it down. They will discuss the approach to the puck and how to teach it. They'll always design drills to help teach this concept and share them with the Creation Series Drill Sharing Group.
EPISODE 3: WHY?
Why are you using this drill? Why are you teaching this skill? Why? Do I know the skill enough to teach it effectively? These are questions as a coach you should know the answer to because your players will want to know. Bonelli & Weaver discuss this topic and, as always, combine this thought pattern into a drill.
EPISODE 2: IDEA TO DRILL
In Episode 2, Mike Weaver and Mike Bonelli discuss how to take an idea and create a three drill progression of breaking out of the zone.
EPISODE 1: THE INTRO
In our first episode, Mike Weaver and Mike Bonelli introduce themselves and what to expect in our series. In the end, Bonelli takes us through the Anatomy of a drill.
Mike Weaver
13 Year NHL playing career with over 600 games. Founder & CEO of CoachThem, Owner of Defence First Hockey School.
Mike Bonelli
Over 25 years of program building & planning experience for ice hockey. Experienced in coaching at every level & an expert in youth hockey programming & development. A true hockey professional with a very long and impressive bio.
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