Team help?

Question

My hockey team has won one game out of thirteen. I am the alternate captain, and my captain, my altanate captain calige, and I have tried everything we know of to get our team to try. Same with caoches. Any ideas to get my team to try?

Answer 1

If the reason your team was 1 win in 13 games is due to lack of motivation, I would be finding another team for yourself.

Based on what you wrote, "getting your team to try" sounds like this is an issue with more than one player (in other words, several players). When the lack of motivation extends to enough players that the team has one win in thirteen games, there really is no hope. At that point, it is really beyond anything the coaches or captains can do.

If it is one lazy player, you bench them, cut them , whatever

If it is several lazy players, it becomes too taxing on the rest of the players if you bench them all, yet still unproductive if you don't do so.

So, my suggestion to you would be to find a different team with more motivated and competitive players. The team you are on now isn't going to help you get any better.

Answer 2

Lack of intensity is an issue for the coaches to address and can be done in a number of ways. As captains you role is to support what the coaches are saying and lead by example - by never taking a shift off in practice or in a game, and by encouraging your teamamtes when they work hard. Do not start ragging on guys if they are lazy - leave that to the coaches.

As for the coaches, the best way to fix intensity in games is to elevate intensity in practice. I would start by letting all the players know that ice time in games will be directly related to work ethic in practice. No one will sit out a certain length of time (like a period), but the hardest workers will get the most shifts. Basically make a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th line - based on work ethic, not skill. The next thing the coaches should do is make sure to keep score in every drill in practice. When players compete, they work harder without even knowing it. Have each player count goals in a drill, good passes, shots on net, ect. Make everything competitive. You might also want to try some small area games (not scrimmage) to work on skills in practice - this will also keep intensity high.

The change won't happen over night, but as practice become more competitive and intense, so will your games.

Answer 3

Practice all the time. Like every day. Work on fundamentals

Figure out your problem. Is is lack of defense? Lack of Offense or Bad Goal-tending?

If it is lack of defense. Focus on a new defensive style keep 3 back sometimes or play 2 defensive defensemen and 1 offensive defenseman on a line.

Lack of Offense Play a 4th offensive player, try new schemes, if your a crash the net try cycling or breaking out from behind the goal. Change up you scheme and get you lines playing different schemes though out the game.

If it bad Goal tending...ah you need a new goalie.


Or find some ringers -- Very good players to add to your team.

Answer 4

Ever thought that maybe it is not an effort thing? Maybe your teams skill is just bad.

Easy motivation, if they don't try, get Michael Jackson to come and spend an hour with each of them individually locked in a room at Neverland.

Answer 5

Figure out what your problems are. Is it weak skating, bad puck handling, inaccurate shots etc. Then run drills to strengthen the weaknesses. Allow nothing short of a perfect execution. Also check to see if its your equipment. Old crappy equipment can't benefit, only weaken.

Answer 6

Have you tried contacting Emilio Estevez?

Answer 7

Just go out and have fun. You'll probably still lose, but it might not suck as bad.