Comments for American Development Model http://usahadm.com/wordpress "It's Right for Kids" Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:22:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Q&A: ADM’s Jim Hunt by Brian Perry http://usahadm.com/wordpress/?p=109#comment-1170 Brian Perry Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:22:16 +0000 http://usahadm.com/wordpress/?p=109#comment-1170 Too bad Mass Hockey is forcing kids to drop out of hockey by shifting them from programs 12 minutes from their homes to 40 minutes away. Not a great way to grow the game. Too bad Mass Hockey is forcing kids to drop out of hockey by shifting them from programs 12 minutes from their homes to 40 minutes away. Not a great way to grow the game.

]]> Comment on ADM’s Symposium wrapup by Brian Perry http://usahadm.com/wordpress/?p=116#comment-1169 Brian Perry Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:21:30 +0000 http://usahadm.com/wordpress/?p=116#comment-1169 Too bad Mass Hockey is forcing kids to drop out of hockey by shifting them from programs 12 minutes from their homes to 40 minutes away. Not a great way to grow the game. Too bad Mass Hockey is forcing kids to drop out of hockey by shifting them from programs 12 minutes from their homes to 40 minutes away. Not a great way to grow the game.

]]> Comment on Buccigross article focuses on ADM by Brian Perry http://usahadm.com/wordpress/?p=123#comment-1168 Brian Perry Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:20:46 +0000 http://usahadm.com/wordpress/?p=123#comment-1168 Too bad Mass Hockey is forcing kids to drop out of hockey by shifting them from programs 12 minutes from their homes to 40 minutes away. Not a great way to grow the game. Too bad Mass Hockey is forcing kids to drop out of hockey by shifting them from programs 12 minutes from their homes to 40 minutes away. Not a great way to grow the game.

]]> Comment on AHCA Coaches tout cross-ice hockey by Sheldon Stubbs http://usahadm.com/wordpress/?p=92#comment-1159 Sheldon Stubbs Mon, 10 Jan 2011 03:23:38 +0000 http://usahadm.com/wordpress/?p=92#comment-1159 Our hockey association in Minnesota has been using cross-ice hockey for several years now with great success! The kids get to be on the ice more, as you can have 3-games going on at once. Approximately 3-4 Mite teams are able to share the same sheet of expensive ice and practice as a group with development skills for the first half and separate the ice into thirds for cross-ice mini FUN games! The regulation ice is just too long for the little legs of a Mite player to skate up & down & too much ice is wasted with those few smaller skaters. We don't use official goalies til Mite-4, so those goalie want-to-be's can develop their skating first. Our hockey association in Minnesota has been using cross-ice hockey for several years now with great success! The kids get to be on the ice more, as you can have 3-games going on at once. Approximately 3-4 Mite teams are able to share the same sheet of expensive ice and practice as a group with development skills for the first half and separate the ice into thirds for cross-ice mini FUN games!
The regulation ice is just too long for the little legs of a Mite player to skate up & down
& too much ice is wasted with those few smaller skaters.
We don’t use official goalies til Mite-4, so those goalie want-to-be’s can develop their skating first.

]]> Comment on Team USA World Jr. team plays cross ice by Scott Dublanyk http://usahadm.com/wordpress/?p=129#comment-1144 Scott Dublanyk Tue, 04 Jan 2011 03:11:38 +0000 http://usahadm.com/wordpress/?p=129#comment-1144 I guess the half-ice didn't help...maybe if they started this 13 years ago, they would have won(I think not)... x-ice does nothing for kids that know how to play hockey, I have witnessed this, this season I guess the half-ice didn’t help…maybe if they started this 13 years ago, they would have won(I think not)… x-ice does nothing for kids that know how to play hockey, I have witnessed this, this season

]]> Comment on Team USA helps with ADM Girls’ clinic by Coach Trip http://usahadm.com/wordpress/?p=114#comment-1007 Coach Trip Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:38:37 +0000 http://usahadm.com/wordpress/?p=114#comment-1007 The best way to nail this point home for parents and kids is to get buy in from the coaches and send that message home to the parents via targeted communication channels. I teach a couple of ADM style classes, one in and intro to hockey and one for my mite team and there is definitely a learning curve on both fronts. From a personal point of view I have found that communication is the best way to promote the philosophy. As coaches though we need tools to help in that effort. As a video and software engineer I find it easy to take the resources available to me and add it to my websites. But that assumes that the resources are available. The best thing USA Hockey can do is create a video companion for each and every one of their ADM practice plans. There are over 20 plans for the mites alone yet only one video showing many of these drills. This is terrible. I can easily read the drills and figure out what is going on but I also need to educate my assistants and explain to the parents. Video examples are the best way to make that happen. Here is a perfect example of what USA Hockey should be doing: http://arcticiceheat.jrfuryhockey.com/video-newsletter-full-ice-vs-cross-ice-scrimmage/ Note that the video embedded here was produced by USA Hockey. I challenge other coaches without web skills to find out how to post this video to their sites. Thus opportunity lost. Make this stuff easy. Second, USA Hockey needs to streamline all their sites. Ever try to find something out there? There is no cohesion, too much information and too many broken links. Even the social networking sites are kind of mismanaged. Too much dead space between posts, etc. This site however takes does an OK job of setting up the RSS feeds although you are not using permalinks correctly, not at all. Who wants to be directed to page 114? You need to have titles with permanent links, not page numbers. This helps search engines, builds page ranking and puts some semblance of organization around the effort. I can't fault anyone for this as there is a gap between managing web 2.0 initiatives and teaching hockey but the communication infrastructure needs a top down redesign. Push this stuff out through channels, ie, coaches, cep classes, leagues, .... USA Hockey needs to do a better job here. Once the communication infrastructure is in place we can help lead the effort, pushing it out to everyone as opposed to making them come look for it! Mr. Terry Trippany Coach Trip http://arcticiceheat.jrfuryhockey.com/ The best way to nail this point home for parents and kids is to get buy in from the coaches and send that message home to the parents via targeted communication channels. I teach a couple of ADM style classes, one in and intro to hockey and one for my mite team and there is definitely a learning curve on both fronts.

From a personal point of view I have found that communication is the best way to promote the philosophy. As coaches though we need tools to help in that effort. As a video and software engineer I find it easy to take the resources available to me and add it to my websites. But that assumes that the resources are available. The best thing USA Hockey can do is create a video companion for each and every one of their ADM practice plans. There are over 20 plans for the mites alone yet only one video showing many of these drills. This is terrible.

I can easily read the drills and figure out what is going on but I also need to educate my assistants and explain to the parents. Video examples are the best way to make that happen.

Here is a perfect example of what USA Hockey should be doing:
http://arcticiceheat.jrfuryhockey.com/video-newsletter-full-ice-vs-cross-ice-scrimmage/

Note that the video embedded here was produced by USA Hockey. I challenge other coaches without web skills to find out how to post this video to their sites. Thus opportunity lost. Make this stuff easy.

Second, USA Hockey needs to streamline all their sites. Ever try to find something out there? There is no cohesion, too much information and too many broken links. Even the social networking sites are kind of mismanaged. Too much dead space between posts, etc.

This site however takes does an OK job of setting up the RSS feeds although you are not using permalinks correctly, not at all. Who wants to be directed to page 114? You need to have titles with permanent links, not page numbers. This helps search engines, builds page ranking and puts some semblance of organization around the effort.

I can’t fault anyone for this as there is a gap between managing web 2.0 initiatives and teaching hockey but the communication infrastructure needs a top down redesign. Push this stuff out through channels, ie, coaches, cep classes, leagues, …. USA Hockey needs to do a better job here.

Once the communication infrastructure is in place we can help lead the effort, pushing it out to everyone as opposed to making them come look for it!

Mr. Terry Trippany
Coach Trip
http://arcticiceheat.jrfuryhockey.com/

]]> Comment on Team USA helps with ADM Girls’ clinic by James http://usahadm.com/wordpress/?p=114#comment-985 James Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:27:21 +0000 http://usahadm.com/wordpress/?p=114#comment-985 One thing that might really nail the point home to parents and kids is if there were examples of NHL, AHL, Major Junior, and NCAA teams doing ADM-ish skills drills. A lot of parents and kids think that you need to do fancy, full ice drills to get to "The Next Level". If there were videos showing that the teams at the highest level work on skill stuff using small area games and the like, that could be very powerful to help dispel those myths. One thing that might really nail the point home to parents and kids is if there were examples of NHL, AHL, Major Junior, and NCAA teams doing ADM-ish skills drills.

A lot of parents and kids think that you need to do fancy, full ice drills to get to “The Next Level”.

If there were videos showing that the teams at the highest level work on skill stuff using small area games and the like, that could be very powerful to help dispel those myths.

]]> Comment on Q&A: ADM’s Jim Hunt by Robert Rockwell http://usahadm.com/wordpress/?p=109#comment-968 Robert Rockwell Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:54:55 +0000 http://usahadm.com/wordpress/?p=109#comment-968 I am running into some "aggressive questioning" about the ADM at the mite level. I am all for the ADM, don't get me wrong. But on the USA Hockey website we have two different things being presented. ADM at the mite level is not concerned with teaching Offsides, as it can be taught later. But the skill progression information directly conflicts that. (http://wwa.usahockey.com/Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=ET&id=182216) It is my hope that it was just an oversite that will be corrected. If not, what is the answer? On one hand we are not to be concerned, but on the other... Thank you, RR I am running into some “aggressive questioning” about the ADM at the mite level. I am all for the ADM, don’t get me wrong. But on the USA Hockey website we have two different things being presented. ADM at the mite level is not concerned with teaching Offsides, as it can be taught later. But the skill progression information directly conflicts that. (http://wwa.usahockey.com/Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=ET&id=182216)
It is my hope that it was just an oversite that will be corrected. If not, what is the answer? On one hand we are not to be concerned, but on the other…
Thank you,
RR

]]> Comment on Q&A: ADM’s Jim Hunt by Youth Hockey Admin http://usahadm.com/wordpress/?p=109#comment-963 Youth Hockey Admin Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:29:06 +0000 http://usahadm.com/wordpress/?p=109#comment-963 Excellent interview. I was one of those hockey dads that wasn't too hip on the <a href="http://www.youthhockeyinfo.com/blog/archives/24" rel="nofollow">American Development Model - ADM</a>, but as I've seen it in action I've actually become a fan. I've included a link to my blog related to my experience with this. Excellent interview. I was one of those hockey dads that wasn’t too hip on the American Development Model – ADM, but as I’ve seen it in action I’ve actually become a fan. I’ve included a link to my blog related to my experience with this.

]]> Comment on About this blog by Dave http://usahadm.com/wordpress/?page_id=4#comment-951 Dave Mon, 18 Oct 2010 01:19:16 +0000 http://usahadm.com/wordpress/?page_id=2#comment-951 Greetings Everyone, Although I am a first-year hockey coach, I have played the game most of my life. This point alone doesn't qualify me to speak to the value of the ADM, but since I just started my 15th year as an elementary school physical education teacher, I can state without question that USA Hockey's ADM is certainly what is best for all of the kids. I am proud & excited to be a member/coach of my local association as we move in a forward direction in helping all kids become better athletes & hockey players. Greetings Everyone,

Although I am a first-year hockey coach, I have played the game most of my life. This point alone doesn’t qualify me to speak to the value of the ADM, but since I just started my 15th year as an elementary school physical education teacher, I can state without question that USA Hockey’s ADM is certainly what is best for all of the kids.

I am proud & excited to be a member/coach of my local association as we move in a forward direction in helping all kids become better athletes & hockey players.

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