In the third and final part of my 2024 Montreal Canadiens Development Camp breakdown (part 1, part 2), I explain why MTL’s small-area games are more than meets the eye.
Watch the video workshop above to understand:
How MTL Director of Hockey Development Adam Nicholas bakes affordances into all of his small area games (SAGs)
How to manipulate SAGs for maximum teaching efficacy
Use of timing to create mismatches
Use of starting position to influence decisions
Use of individual attention to ensure the teacher is the teacher
Related: From last fall’s MTL training camp
A Small Area Game worth stealing
As I promised my Twitter followers, I’ve gone to the first two days of the Montreal Canadiens’ training camp to steal all of their drills (full thread here). The most interesting one I’ve seen was a 4v3 small area game that neatly challenged MTL players’ abilities to play on both sides of the puck.
