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Foreword
I remember sitting in the backseat on the passenger side of my grandfather’s car, his thick black glasses staring at the New Jersey roadway going just fast enough to make my mother nervous. Each month, Hockey Digest Magazine came out with player comparisons… Roy vs Vernon, Hawerchuk vs Kurri, MacInnis vs Housley. I read these over and over to near memorization. Like a monk reading scripture. “Grandpa… who’s better? Niedermayer or Ozolinsh?”. Dick Trimble always had an opinion…
We have these moments when we are children when the game becomes more than a “game” to us. It becomes an obsession. It’s started by a deep love for the speed and beauty of the game, and hardwired into us by the coaches and mentors that teach us how to do it correctly. These coaches and mentors are the GateKeepers to the cult of hockey. They take a child walking into a rink for the first time, and put a smile on their face. They teach them the skills to be successful and the hardware to make their teams memorable.
I have the wonderful privilege to call Hockey my career. I did not play in the NHL or win the Stanley Cup, but each day I wake up, I have the honor of doing what I love in the game that I fell in love with in my childhood. Hockey is my business, and I get to coach teams, and operate hockey programs throughout the year. I never have an off season, and each year when one crop of players becomes college or recreational players, I have a whole stream of eager young players signing up to take their spot.
Coaching Hockey is completely different from coaching other youth sports. The cost of ice, equipment, travel and more places a heightened skepticism on the coaches on the ice doing the instruction. These coaches are watched and critiqued by their players, parents, even fellow coaches and they have to be on their game day in and day out to deliver a product to their customers that represents value and money well spent. An experience that is worthwhile.
This book, The Hockey Planner, is designed to boost coaches at all levels of Amatuer Hockey. It takes a year by year or level by level approach, specifically designed to highlight concepts, drills and games that can teach the game to players within that age group. It provides information for parents, taken from nearly 40 years in the game, and dispels myths and hyperbole. It instructs and gives simple steps to improving your game or program in the spring and summer months when you are away from the ice. It supplies templates and drills for situations and programs.
The Hockey Planner is unlike any other hockey coaching book available today. For all ages and abilities this book issues useful information to make a coach’s life easier, and their seasons more memorable. Love the Game- Own the Game- Grow the Game.
I hope you enjoy. – Andrew Trimble – May, 2024
Table of Contents
Section 1- Coaching The Level
5 Key Points and 2 Small Area Games for Coaching Each Level from Learn to Play to Junior Hockey
Section 2- Coaching The Parents
5 Myths of Hockey Series- Uncovering Truths about Development, Success and Much More
Section 3- Coaching in the Off Season
Questions to ask yourself, ideas and suggestions for Coaches to Maximize the time away from the Rink for the Players in their Programs
Section 4- Favorite Drills And Practice Templates
Top Drills for All Levels & Easy Minute by Minute Templates to run efficient On Ice Practices
Section 5- Finding Your Voice
Never be Intimidated to Inspire
