OMHA DEVELOPMENT SERIES Coach Seminar Series Player Selection & Evaluation CSS SESSION #9 ROB KITAMURA DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL SCOUTING & PLAYER DEVELOPMENT—OHL DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS—TEAM ONTARIO UNDER 17 2008-2009 OMHA DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS HANDBOOK • 1 2008-2009 OMHA DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS HANDBOOK • 2 Discussion Points • OHL Central Scouting • Factors to Consider for Player Evaluation • Hockey Canada Player Evaluation Ranking System (Sample System) • Evaluating the “Short Term Event” • Team Ontario U17 Selection process • Team Try‐out Planning • Moving Forward‐ Skill Development OMHA 2009 Coach Seminar Series 1 OHL Central Scouting • 9 Area Scouts‐ Covering all of Ontario, 24 USA States • “Identify and Evaluate” • Director‐ 900‐ 1300 Games Scouted in a Year • 1‐Skating • 2‐Individual Skill • 3‐Hockey IQ‐ Reading the play‐ DEFENSIVE PLAY • 4‐ Competitiveness OMHA 2009 Coach Seminar Series 2 Factors to Consider • Reason for Evaluation‐ U17, Team Selection, Level of Play • Evaluation Time Period‐ How Long?? U17 Weekend‐ Spring Tryout • Number of Evaluators • Age of Players • Bias OMHA 2009 Coach Seminar Series 3 Hockey Canada Player Evaluation Ranking System • 5 – Top Line Forward/ #1 D‐man/ Starting Goalie. An Elite player who will be a key component to the team. • 4 – Solid 2nd Line Forward/ Top 4 D/ Back Up Goaltender who is contending for the Starting Job. Regular player and sound contributor • 3 –Role Player/ 3rd‐4th Line/ 5th ‐6th D who fills the role as a checker or a stay at home D • 2 – Fringe, on the edge on being in the line‐up, under consideration in case of injury, coaches decision • 1 – Evaluated and identified, but not considered an invite to camp for various reasons OMHA 2009 Coach Seminar Series 4 Evaluating a Short Term Event • Let the players come to you, the 5’s and the 1’s will be apparent. • Focus on one Team at a time • Create your own “System” be prepared and organized • Avoid the “Good Player” “Can’t play” quotes. • Accountability OMHA 2009 Coach Seminar Series 5 Team Ontario U17 Selection Process • 10 Regional Member Partner Selection Camps • 70 Players From Regional Camps. 14 Wild Cards • 1 Final Camp‐ Toronto • 35 Players Short Listed from the Final Camp • Players Evaluated until Mid‐November • Team Selected by Team Ontario U17 Staff OMHA 2009 Coach Seminar Series 6 Try‐out Planning • How Many Sessions? Time of Year? • What to Evaluate? Drills/Tests/Games • Number of Evaluators • Coaches Son/Daughter • Importance of having a Plan in place!!!!! OMHA 2009 Coach Seminar Series 7 Moving Forward: Skill Development • What do players lack?? • Systems vs Skills • Importance of Practice OMHA 2009 Coach Seminar Series 8 THANK YOU • “You will find all the answers you are looking for, in one place, THE RINK” • The only way you can be confident in your decisions and opinions is by being willing to put in hard work, and time…in the arenas. OMHA 2009 Coach Seminar Series 9 Hockey Canada Player Development Questionnaire CHL 2006 In order of importance, please list the top three skills that minor hockey coaches and their players should put emphasis on in order for players to advance into "higher" hockey categories. Most Common Answers: Skating……………………………………………...... 14 Puck Handling………………………………………. 8 Passing………………………………………………. 6 Skill…………………………………………………… 5 Hockey Sense/Think Game/Game Knowledge... 4 1 on 1…………………………………………………. 2 Shooting……………………………………………… 2 Full Responses: 1 2 3 Skill Skating Hockey Sense Skill Team and Compete ideals Systems High Passing Standards Puck Possession Skills Skating Puck Skills (passing, shooting, 1-1 Battles (done proper in the Playing w/o the puck. In puck protection) position by the rules) position to get it - anticipation Passing Puck Handling Shooting Skating Puck Handling Overall knowledge of game Ability to think the game - react Individual skills - skating, puck to different situations (being Enjoy the game handling creative) Offensive Instinct (let them 1 on 1 Play, especially Competitiveness (it's ok to win, play, let them experience, take defensively it's ok to dominate) chances, etc) Hockey Canada Player Development Questionnaire WHL 2006 1 2 3 Puck Handling Passing Skating Shooting - having all the shots Skating Passing for specific occasions Giving and taking a pass Skating ability Puck skills Creativity: right now there are Stick Skills: speed, agility and too many "cookie cutters" Skating agility and quickness shot variation with better restricting the potential of release and accuracy players. Skating Puck Skills Work Ethic Skating Skills Character Checking/ Angling/ Small Area Plays Conditioning Containment Work ethic/ competitive level Skill development/ Skating Fitness/ nutrition Skating Thinking/ creativity Quickness Being able to play at both ends Skating Skill Development of the ice. Skating Puck Handling Angling Skating Competitiveness Puck Skills Hockey Canada Player Development Questionnaire CHL 2006 Following are the responses given by CHL team personnel when asked the questions below as part of a questionnaire. Given your experiences in watching and assessing developing hockey players which specific skill related deficiencies do bantam and midget players most exhibit? Passing skills, Puck skills, Skating and Hockey Sense – 17 TEAMS STATED THESE 4 AREAS Hockey Sense - They're too structured. Play too much like robots. Too much emphasis put on systems and winning and not enough on skills and creativity and learning about details that happen through out the game. I know everybody wants to win, but minor hockey needs to put more into developing players’ skill level and creativity. The variance in minor hockey associations has created deficiencies. With all the hoops and parental nonsense minor hockey coaches face, a lot of the stronger ones have quit. Soft/poor passing; handling puck in traffic or under pressure; defensive awareness. Puck skills - 1-1, receiving pucks, protection, passing, shooting while skating. Puck skills: 1. passing, 2. shooting, 3. stick handling, 4. think at full speed. Passing - giving and receiving, positional play. Some deficiencies Bantam and Midget age players most exhibit is the ability to bring their top level on a nightly basis. Also, the understanding of exactly how hard it is to move from Bantam to Midget to Junior in regards to how hard they have to work. There is an evident lack of creativity and offensive instincts. Kids don't seem to have natural offensive instincts and it is getting more difficult to find a kid that stands out of the crowd with creativity and instincts. They lack "flair". A lot of players don't defend real well, especially without the puck. Overall skating (agility, quickness), puck handling, passing. Hockey Canada Player Development Questionnaire CHL 2006 Passing - both making and recovering a pass, driving to the net, building a wall, quick release while shooting the puck. As I have eluded to in my earlier responses one-on-one attack skills, change of pace skating, and creativity are the areas of concern. As well prior to the rule changes it seemed to be an uneven playing field in terms of bigger, physical players with a poor skill set having an advantage against smaller, quicker and more skilled players. More emphasis should be placed on skating and puck skills. These need to be taught at a much younger group than Midgets or Bantams. 1. Defensive tactics - positioning, use of stick and body; 2. Checking - proper use of body, when to hit, hot to take hits, avoiding CFB; 3. Off ice training and overall fitness; 4. Hockey sense - reading the play, making decisions quickly. Systems, fitness/strength, commitment/work ethic, focus, time management, goal setting. Creativity, but probably the coaches fault as they grow up trying to play team game. Sometimes the coaching is not that good in both Bantam and Midget. Some players get away with their shortcomings because they might be the biggest player or the best skater - lack of hockey sense eventually catches up with them when playing Major Junior. I always have a concern that players coming out of Bantam and Midget have spent too much time on systems and not enough on skill development. I do feel as the rule changes work their way through the different levels of hockey that creativity will increase. `Being aware away from the puck, playing at a high intensity, passing skills. HOCKEY CANADA CORE SKILLS INITIATION Balance and Agility Edge Control Starting and Stopping Forward Skating and Backward Skating Turning and Striding Crossovers Basic stance Figure 8’s – forward – T-start C-cuts – left foot / right C-cuts – left foot / right Glide turns Getting up from the ice inside & outside edge Front v-start foot / alternating foot Tight turns Balance on one foot Figure 8’s – backward – Crossover start Forward striding Gliding on two skates – C-cuts – around circle – Gliding on two skates inside & outside edge Backward c-cut start backward outside foot – forward & Gliding on one skate – Backward crossover Gliding on one skate – backward forward and backward start backward Crossovers – forward & Lateral Crossovers – One o’clock – eleven backward step and plant o’clock Backward on-foot stop Outside leg stop and t-start Two-foot parallel stop Pivots – bwd to fwd & fwd One-leg backward stop to bwd Two-let backward stop Pivots – open & reverse Stationary Puck Moving Puck Control Stationary Passing Moving Passing and Sweep Shot Wrist Shot Control and Receiving Receiving Stance Narrow Stationary forehand Moving forehand pass Forehand Forehand