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Hockey practice skills, showing the skills to teach during hockey practice

Hockey Practice Skills Guide

HOCKEY PRACTICE SKILL DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES

The following is a guide to what types of skills should be taugt during a hockey practice. As you can see for the initiation stage you should focus mostly on technical skills such as shooting, skating, stopping and so on, however for Bantam and Midget all skills should be taught equally.

Hockey practice skills, showing the skills to teach during hockey practice

INITIATION  85% Technical skills •    15% Individual tactics
NOVICE            75% Technical skills •    15% Individual tactics •      10% • Team tactics
ATOM               50%  Technical skills •    20% Individual tactics •      15% • Team tactics •    10 % Team play •    5% Strategy
PEEWEE           45% Technical skills •    20% Individual tactics •        15% • Team tactics •    10 % Team play •    5% Strategy
BANTAM        40%  Technical skills •    15% Individual tactics •        20% • Team tactics •    15 % Team play •    10% Strategy
MIDGET            35% Technical skills •    20% Individual tactics •       20% • Team tactics •    15 % Team play •   10% Strategy

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