Character and Compete: Practice Habits

Character & Compete: Practice Habits

By Mike Fazio

Objective:

• Understand what work habits and mindset drive successful practice

• Understand how skill is acquired

• focus on finding a routine that allows you to maximize each session

2nd effort, 1v1's, wall and net, ​back check and intangibles

Character and Compete Level​

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Decisions with and without the puck, ​situational awareness, engagement

Hockey Sense

Puck Handling, Puck Protection, Shooting, Passing​

Puck Skills

4 Way Speed, Transition, Quickness, Stop/Start

Skating​

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What we are trying to improve through practice...

What did your best practice performance THIS YEAR feel like?

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How can you tell that another person is working hard​?

Discussion​

Practice​: To perform an activity, exercise or a skill repeatedly in order to improve one's proficiency.

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• Practice with Pace

• Be aware

• Pass Like a Pro - Hard and Accurate

• Communicate

• Drill Details

• Shoot with Feet Moving

• Having Fun or Good Body Language​

Controllable?

Choice?

Must Have Practice Habits

• ​Every rep done well

• comfort zone pushed

• ​Purpose and intent

• Focused on self

• Fun​

• ​Incomplete or choppy reps

• comfortable​ - do what you always do

• Out there for a skate

• Joking around too often

• on your own page

• burnt out​

Quality of Practice

Quantity of Practices

would rather see players train hard and with a purpose for 3 days a week than go every day and not but at 100%. you can make yourself a better athlete when you arent training

​What good habits do you see in the Avalanche practice? How do you think this helps them on a day to day basis?

​Inconsistent results and rely on COACHES cues

Cognitive

​ Improved results through practice - Basic fundamentals established but still being refined

​Associative

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​Consistent with little thought needed to perform task and can detect own errors

Autonomous​

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Open Ended

Name one skill you still have to focus on to execute.

What is it that prevents you from accomplishing this skill with automaticity (feeling like its easy and automatic)

• ​What do you need to do and how much time do you have?

• ​Can you do anything the day before?

• is your equipment set?

• Did you Warm Up?

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Exercise:

Build a routine that you think would maximize your consistency and performance during the season, Think about the following:

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What can you add to your routine while at home to get better?​

Open Ended

What things can you control on a day to day basis that will benefit your development?

Open Ended

What things add up to a good quality practice?

Open Ended

Why is developing a routine important as an athlete?

Questions, review and Discussion