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Program Outline - Atom

St. Matthew's Atom Hockey program concentrates on teaching our players several aspects of the game of hockey including having fun and good sportsmanship. The coaches will teach and reiterate the following skills:

Skating

• 4 Edges

• Forward Stride

• Forward Crossover Start

• Forward Lateral Cross Overs

• Forward Two Foot Parallel Stop/ One Foot Stop Both Edges

• Backward Start (C-Cut)/ Backward Crossover Start

• Backward Stride

• Backward One Foot Stop/ Parallel Stop

• Backward Lateral Crossover

• Backward Skating

• Change Of Direction (Forward/Backward)

• Pivot (Forward/Backward)

• Forward and Backward Tight Turns

• Forward and Backward Cross Unders

• Eagle Turns

Puck Control

• Stance

• Stationary Puck Handling (Puck Sweep)

• Skating Forward and Backward With Puck

• Weaving With Puck

• Turning With Puck

• Stopping With Puck

• Lateral Movement With Puck

• Open Ice Carry/ Accelerating With Puck

Foot Control

• Attacking the Triangle

• Forehand and Backhand Shift

• Change of Pace

• Slip Through

• Slip Across

• Puck off Boards

• Puck Protection

• Skating Fakes

Passing

• Forehand Sweep Pass

• Backhand Sweep Pass

• Bank Pass

• One Touch Pass

• Forehand Flip Pass

• Backward Flip Pass

• Receiving Pass With Stick

• Receiving Pass With Foot

Moving Into Space

• Triangulation

• Headman

• Give and Go

• Cycling

Shooting

• Wrist Shot

• Shooting Angles

• Backhand

• Shooting On The Move

• Flip Shot

• Rebounding

• Screening and Deflections

• Slap Shot

Checking

• Poke Check

• Hook Check

• Stick Press

• Lift The Stick Check

• Body Positioning/ Angling

• Gap Control

• Coverage

• Back Checking

Goaltending

• Stance

• Angles

• Parallel Shuffle

• Lateral "T" Glide

• Forward and Backward Movement

• Glove Save

• Blocker Save

• Leg Save

• Skate Save

• Stacking Save

• Body Save

• Butterfly

• Rebounds

• Basic Situations

Team Play

• Face Off Positioning

• Defense in Defensive Zone

• Defense in Defensive Zone

• Defensive Zone Transitions

• Team Forechecking; Continued From One Man Forecheck; Logo Rules

• Offense in Offensive Zone

• Two On One Confrontations

• Attack Triangle

• Penalty Killing; Box in Defensive Zone and "T" in Offensive Zone

• Power Play; Control and Use of Point Man

Rules

• Off Sides

• Icing

• Playing Puck Ahead With Hand in Defensive Zone

Penalties

• Body Checking

• Checking From Behind

• Tripping

• Cross Checking

• Elbowing

• Kneeing

• Falling on Puck

• High Sticking

• Hooking

• Holding

• Interference