At the Bantam level, players should focus on the skill progressions listed below:
Knowledge
Players should know:
· Rules
- face-offs
- checking
- checking from behind
- player conduct
· Common Infractions
- kneeing
- high sticking
- charging
- boarding
- checking from behind
- slashing
· Penalties
Goal Setting
Players should:
· Set written goals that encompass a variety of areas in their development including skills, tactics, fitness and team play.
· Demonstrate external motivation.
Examples:
show intensity during practices and games
be attentive and dedicated to training
· Have written goals and a plan of action demonstrating a detailed approach to training.
· Practice good habits in nutrition,overall health and practice performance.
· Participate in a fitness program which includes training for both aerobic and anaerobic energy systems as well as strength training.
· Consider keeping a daily training log book which includes:
- practice goals
- note your pre- and post-practice attitude
- note your pre- and post-game attitude
- record your positive self talk for the day
- nutrition record
Individual Hockey Skills
Players should continue to master all the previous skills listed as well as the following:
· Skating
- quickness
- speed
- agility
- power
· Puck Control
- change of pace
- slip through
- slip across
- slip around
- fake shot
- spin around
- stop and go
- grand stand
- puck protection
· Passing and Receiving
- surround the puck
- receiving (skate)
- receiving (hand)
- one-touch pass
- indirect (board) pass
- flip - saucer pass (forehand and backhand)
- alley-oop
- breakout
- wrap around
· Shooting
- wrist
- backhand
- snap
- flip
- slap
- one-timer
- tipping
- rebounding
- approach to net
- close in shots (yo-yo pull, roof)
· Checking
- covering
- gap control
- angling
- shoulder check
- taking a check
- hip check
- body check
- block check
- roll check
- backchecking
- angling - steering - deflecting
· Goalkeeping
- skate save
- stacking the pads
- "V" drop
- playing angles
- rebounds
- situations
- moving behind the net
- stopping the puck along the boards
- poke checking
Team Play
Players should understand and learn:
· Offense
- offense in defensive zone
- offense in neutral zone
- offense in offensive zone
- power play systems
- face-offs
- principles: pressure, transition, support, control
- triangulation
- cycling
· Defense
- one-man forecheck
- two-man forecheck
- backchecking (neutral zone)
- center-on-point defensive coverage
- wings-on-point defensive coverage
- man-short situations
- principles: pressure, transition, support, control
- defense in defensive zone
- defense in neutral zone
- boxing out
Nutrition
Players should:
· Be able to identify the appropriate amount and type of food from the four basic food groups.
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FOUR BASIC FOOD GROUPS
Eat A Variety Of Foods From Each Group Every Day
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Food Group
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Servings
per Day
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Food Sources
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Meats & Alternative
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2-4
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Lean meat, fish, liver, poultry (skin removed), low-fat cheeses, eggs, peas, beans, nuts
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Milk Products
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2-6
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Low-fat or fat-free milk and cheeses, cottage cheese, yogurt, sherbet, ice milk, fruit shakes
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Grain Products
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8-15
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Whole grain and enriched cereals and breads, pasta, pancakes, steamed or boiled rice, crackers, bagels, muffins
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Fruits & Vegetables
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8-15
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Fruits and vegetables - fresh, dried, frozen, canned and in juices
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· Be able to make wise decisions about what to eat before, during and after games and practices.
· Be able to devise and follow a daily eating plan that consists of sound nutritional choices to enhance athletic performance.
· Players must know to drink fluids before, during and after games and practices. Additionally, they need to know which fluids work best:
- Before games/practices: water
- During games/practices: water, sports drink, diluted juice
- After games/practices: water, sports drink, juice
Fitness and Training
· Players should learn:
- overloading principles
- flexibility exercises
- speed workouts
- strength workouts
- aerobic workouts
- anaerobic workouts
- off-ice skill development
- slide board
- puckhandling with whiffle ball
- shooting range
- set realistic goals to improve weaknesses
- understand the importance of improving athleticism
Injury Prevention
Players should know:
· Heads Up Hockey program
- safety precautions for practice
- the importance of warm-up, stretching and cooldown
- the concept of RICE for treating injuries:
- R rest
- I ice
- C compression
- E elevation
Sports Psychology
· Players should:
· Understand basic visualization skills (i.e., picture scoring a goal or making a big save).
· Develop a pre-game routine.
· Learn relaxation exercises.
· Develop an air of confidence, good body posture and appear in emotional control at all times.
· Focus on things you can control and give 100% effort at all times.
· Understand the benefits of and use of positive self-talk at the rink. Realize that positive comments help reduce stress, enhance self-image and can increase "fun" at practices and games.
· Be able to control your breathing patterns in difficult and tense situations during games and practices.
Character Development and Life Skills
Players must learn:
· to realize the importance of honesty and integrity in and away from the arena.
- to accept responsibility for your actions and athletic performance.
- coping strategies to deal with peer pressures.
- the ability to balance school, social activities, sports and family.
- to develop a sense of team commitment.
- the meaning of adversity.
- to cope with adversity.
