Hockey - Defense in General

A couple notes on defense in general.

Questions and comments welcome.

Topic requests welcome.

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- Ed

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[coachsuds]

Ed;

At about 3:17 of your video some overlap shadowing (audio and video) appears...can you adjust?

[ed5k]

Hi Coach,

I went back to look at my original file from 11 months ago and sure enough I must have made a boo boo with my video editing software and not caught it. Hopefully the material is still understandable though.

I'll have to see if I can fix it...

Thanks for the comment,

Ed

[vannesto]

Hi Ed! 'good to see you're still using this channel.

I love your vids. ..I usually end up playing a wing position. I know you're a defensemen but I'd be willing to bet you have a lot of helpful input for forwards as well.

A defenseperson on my team recently congradulated me after a game on my good back-checking.. maybe you could do a segment on back-checking so I can better understand what I'm doing right and not have to rely so much on instinct.

-Van

[ed5k]

Hi Van. Thanks!

Yes, I should make back-checking one of my topics for a future video. Having the offenders playing as hard without the puck as with is something that's really nice for a defender to see.

I'll put it on my list!

Thanks for posting a comment,

Ed

[genuinedm]

Hey I really like these videos! They translate very well to broomball too!

Question: our broomball league is 8's, so 3 forwards, 2 "mids", 2 defenders, and a goalie... My players are confused as to where they should generally be. Any suggestions?

None of us played hockey and have not had formal coaching - so anything you can suggest would help. (there aren't many instructional materials on broomball, just hockey with 6 players)

[ed5k]

Hmmm. Here's a handful of items that ought to be applicable (from defense to offense):

- On defense deny the other team time and space.

- Move with the other team's attacker instead of making an all-or-nothing swipe at the puck/ball.

- Do not make passes across the middle in our own end.

- A pass and a shot is more likely to beat a goalie than just a shot. But do take the shot if you have one.

- The forward on the side away from the puck should be at the far post.

Hope this helps,

Ed

[mtallicuhh]

hey man,

can you make more of these?

I have spent good time "studying them" & it's actually helped a lot, I went to games using your advice.

if you have more advice i'd appreciate it,

cover the basics, than do more intermediate stuff,

i think it would be dope.thanks!

[elhefe4]

fake

[coachsuds]

I am not sure how to edit this out Ed!

[ed5k]

I'm not sure why it does that sometimes. I've seen it do that too. I didn't record it that way.

Maybe we'll have to ask the YouTube support team what's going on there. Or maybe try with a different browser like FireFox or something.

Anyway, sorry it did that to you,

Ed

[bvllets]

Good video, but why does it double layer audio and video at around 3 minutes?

It's pretty confusing