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Kukla's Korner Hockey

Studying The Video

09/21/2014 at 8:00am EDT

from Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe,

Consider a simple dump-in. For a video coach, it’s far from simple.

A defenseman retrieves the puck while an opposing forward forechecks. The defenseman turns it over. The opponent gets a chance.

In this scenario, which takes seconds to unfold, there are multiple events to log: retrieval, pressure situation, turnover, defensive-zone coverage, scoring chance against.

A good video coach logs all those events and identifies the players involved. He grades the quality of the chance. He notes the locations where mistakes happened.

During intermission, an assistant can call up the play, identify what went wrong, and make the corrections. A bad video coach misses those events. What might have been a teaching clip between periods is lost.

The work continues after games and during offdays. Coaches can view clips and write comments on plays and players. They can rate players’ shift quality.

The point of all this is that when a staff can’t figure out why a 30-point player only has five after 20 games, they fire up their laptops. If the quality of the data is good, coaches can run a filter and compile, for example, every even-strength shift the player has taken that’s resulted in a chance.

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