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Guest wrote: ↑Tue Mar 11, 2025 10:49 am
All these pylon drills are ok to a certain extent and not even appropriate at the older age groups. Some parents spending too much money putting their kids through these ridiculous types of drills and then wondering why their kid is struggling in games. First is the burn out factor and second is that it does not translate into games. Once kids get to AAA these pylon drills will not benefit.
It’s mostly parents who have not played hockey doing this crazy running around rink to rink. The people I know who have played hockey are not running rink to rink and their kids are great hockey players. You see so many kids that you put through drill sessions and they look like absolute studs. You put them in a game and are completely lost. They can’t even play their positions. This is exactly why coaches want to see kids in game situations. Spend your money on the correct development. Skating is great, teaching to play positions, shooting can be done at home. Play other team sports to develop drive, team concepts and thinking in games. This translates well from other team sports which require positional team play where you gotta move the ball such as soccer, lacrosse, basketball.
How about buying all the top of the line expensive equipment? Does that make any difference or give a player an advantage? Sticks that are $400 and up? Will this help get my son to play AAA?
Guest wrote: ↑Tue Mar 11, 2025 10:49 am
All these pylon drills are ok to a certain extent and not even appropriate at the older age groups. Some parents spending too much money putting their kids through these ridiculous types of drills and then wondering why their kid is struggling in games. First is the burn out factor and second is that it does not translate into games. Once kids get to AAA these pylon drills will not benefit.
It’s mostly parents who have not played hockey doing this crazy running around rink to rink. The people I know who have played hockey are not running rink to rink and their kids are great hockey players. You see so many kids that you put through drill sessions and they look like absolute studs. You put them in a game and are completely lost. They can’t even play their positions. This is exactly why coaches want to see kids in game situations. Spend your money on the correct development. Skating is great, teaching to play positions, shooting can be done at home. Play other team sports to develop drive, team concepts and thinking in games. This translates well from other team sports which require positional team play where you gotta move the ball such as soccer, lacrosse, basketball.
How about buying all the top of the line expensive equipment? Does that make any difference or give a player an advantage? Sticks that are $400 and up? Will this help get my son to play AAA?
I see what you did there
agree with this, too much individual skills being taught and profited of.
Guest wrote: ↑Tue Mar 11, 2025 10:49 am
All these pylon drills are ok to a certain extent and not even appropriate at the older age groups. Some parents spending too much money putting their kids through these ridiculous types of drills and then wondering why their kid is struggling in games. First is the burn out factor and second is that it does not translate into games. Once kids get to AAA these pylon drills will not benefit.
It’s mostly parents who have not played hockey doing this crazy running around rink to rink. The people I know who have played hockey are not running rink to rink and their kids are great hockey players. You see so many kids that you put through drill sessions and they look like absolute studs. You put them in a game and are completely lost. They can’t even play their positions. This is exactly why coaches want to see kids in game situations. Spend your money on the correct development. Skating is great, teaching to play positions, shooting can be done at home. Play other team sports to develop drive, team concepts and thinking in games. This translates well from other team sports which require positional team play where you gotta move the ball such as soccer, lacrosse, basketball.
How about buying all the top of the line expensive equipment? Does that make any difference or give a player an advantage? Sticks that are $400 and up? Will this help get my son to play AAA?
I see what you did there
agree with this, too much individual skills being taught and profited of.
Pilon drills are just a waste. You see a lot of rich kids that look great around pilons, do well for the u10-u13, then drop off because they can’t read the play or have no compete for 50/50 pucks. Pilons are good for the first year or two of learning to skate, then it has to be game specific skills, with a mix of a skating or edgework coach.
If you want feedback and correction you need to do some privates or Semi privates
Pretty much all of the skills programs are only good for repetition and ice time
If your kid spends as much time on the ice as he can with outdoor rinks , stick and puck or if you can get 4 or 5 kids together and do semi privates is the best way.
Guest wrote: ↑Tue Mar 11, 2025 10:49 am
All these pylon drills are ok to a certain extent and not even appropriate at the older age groups. Some parents spending too much money putting their kids through these ridiculous types of drills and then wondering why their kid is struggling in games. First is the burn out factor and second is that it does not translate into games. Once kids get to AAA these pylon drills will not benefit.
It’s mostly parents who have not played hockey doing this crazy running around rink to rink. The people I know who have played hockey are not running rink to rink and their kids are great hockey players. You see so many kids that you put through drill sessions and they look like absolute studs. You put them in a game and are completely lost. They can’t even play their positions. This is exactly why coaches want to see kids in game situations. Spend your money on the correct development. Skating is great, teaching to play positions, shooting can be done at home. Play other team sports to develop drive, team concepts and thinking in games. This translates well from other team sports which require positional team play where you gotta move the ball such as soccer, lacrosse, basketball.
How about buying all the top of the line expensive equipment? Does that make any difference or give a player an advantage? Sticks that are $400 and up? Will this help get my son to play AAA?
I see what you did there
agree with this, too much individual skills being taught and profited of.
Pilon drills are just a waste. You see a lot of rich kids that look great around pilons, do well for the u10-u13, then drop off because they can’t read the play or have no compete for 50/50 pucks. Pilons are good for the first year or two of learning to skate, then it has to be game specific skills, with a mix of a skating or edgework coach.
Guest wrote: ↑Tue Mar 11, 2025 10:49 am
All these pylon drills are ok to a certain extent and not even appropriate at the older age groups. Some parents spending too much money putting their kids through these ridiculous types of drills and then wondering why their kid is struggling in games. First is the burn out factor and second is that it does not translate into games. Once kids get to AAA these pylon drills will not benefit.
It’s mostly parents who have not played hockey doing this crazy running around rink to rink. The people I know who have played hockey are not running rink to rink and their kids are great hockey players. You see so many kids that you put through drill sessions and they look like absolute studs. You put them in a game and are completely lost. They can’t even play their positions. This is exactly why coaches want to see kids in game situations. Spend your money on the correct development. Skating is great, teaching to play positions, shooting can be done at home. Play other team sports to develop drive, team concepts and thinking in games. This translates well from other team sports which require positional team play where you gotta move the ball such as soccer, lacrosse, basketball.
How about buying all the top of the line expensive equipment? Does that make any difference or give a player an advantage? Sticks that are $400 and up? Will this help get my son to play AAA?
It makes a huge difference. if you spend 10+ hours on the ice you need to have comfortable skates. $400 sticks will improve his shot and most of all having the top of the line equipment will improve the most important thing in hockey their confidence
Most of the people complaining about spending on their kids sports and the same ones spending the same on their own hobbies
