I've been playing for 30 years. No disrespect but none of this is talking about actual hockey IQ. Hockey IQ is positioning yourself and your teammates from our mental effort to open up the ice to accomplish something, which includes scoring or a high IQ defensive play. Good hockey IQ helps dismantle another teams offence or defence by orienting ourselves using high IQ strategies. An example of a high IQ offensive strategy as a puck carrier is to cross zones to carry our defender towards a teammate's defender to then set our teammate free. There are other well known ones like give-and-gos. Anyone that picks up a stick automatically finds out what they can or can not do in hockey based on their talent what their archetype is. We cannot be a defensive defensemen and then suddenly flip the archetype mentally to be an offensive defensemen. Our abilities lead everything. I think that's what's been left out of this video. Maybe it's in another video. Good effort nonetheless.
Thanks for sharing you're thoughts! Fundamentally I define hockey IQ is the ability to make decisions that lead to desired outcomes on the ice. The key here is to start with definitions so we can communicate clearly. What you are describing is 100% a major component of hockey IQ. We would define what you are describing as positioning and movement (and maybe deception which I see as a component of movement). Yes I have left these out intentionally because these are the most common ways hockey IQ is broken down. The point of this video is to go deeper into how positioning and movement are influenced by you're role and archetype but most players are never taught to consider it. What your coach expects of you (role) and what style of player you see yourself as (archetype/Identity) do influence how we position ourselves and how we move. This becomes very real at higher and higher levels. We all know what I am saying is generally true because the right decision for a defensemen in many situations will not be the right decisions for a forward, this is why positions exist to create context to frame a players decisions within a teams system. Yes players can go off script form the system, but generally they are expected to frame their decisions around the teams systems to some extent. Hockey is not a free for all sport unless your coach just removes positions and lets everyone do whatever they want. What might be considered a good decision for one player might not be as good for another based on a variety of factors. To answer the second statement: Yes abilities in hockey are not just what lead us, they are everything, but their are many different abilities in hockey: Physical Abilities - strength and conditioning. Mechanical Abilties - Abiltity to move the body effectively. Hockey IQ Ability - ability to take in information and make decisions that lead to desired outcomes. Mental Abilities - Ability to focus deeply and act without hesitation on the ice. Through changing these 4 abilities it is very possible to change archetypes the only real limit I see is height (or possible weight to some extent) and of course we likely all have some genetic limit with all 4 of the abilities listed above, but who knows! And players can 100% learn to change the way they make decisions and over time this can help them change their game. Thanks for the comment, forced me to really break this down and will help me make better continue moving forward!
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I've been playing for 30 years. No disrespect but none of this is talking about actual hockey IQ. Hockey IQ is positioning yourself and your teammates from our mental effort to open up the ice to accomplish something, which includes scoring or a high IQ defensive play. Good hockey IQ helps dismantle another teams offence or defence by orienting ourselves using high IQ strategies. An example of a high IQ offensive strategy as a puck carrier is to cross zones to carry our defender towards a teammate's defender to then set our teammate free. There are other well known ones like give-and-gos.
Anyone that picks up a stick automatically finds out what they can or can not do in hockey based on their talent what their archetype is. We cannot be a defensive defensemen and then suddenly flip the archetype mentally to be an offensive defensemen. Our abilities lead everything.
I think that's what's been left out of this video. Maybe it's in another video. Good effort nonetheless.
Thanks for sharing you're thoughts!
Fundamentally I define hockey IQ is the ability to make decisions that lead to desired outcomes on the ice.
The key here is to start with definitions so we can communicate clearly.
What you are describing is 100% a major component of hockey IQ.
We would define what you are describing as positioning and movement (and maybe deception which I see as a component of movement).
Yes I have left these out intentionally because these are the most common ways hockey IQ is broken down.
The point of this video is to go deeper into how positioning and movement are influenced by you're role and archetype but most players are never taught to consider it.
What your coach expects of you (role) and what style of player you see yourself as (archetype/Identity) do influence how we position ourselves and how we move. This becomes very real at higher and higher levels.
We all know what I am saying is generally true because the right decision for a defensemen in many situations will not be the right decisions for a forward, this is why positions exist to create context to frame a players decisions within a teams system.
Yes players can go off script form the system, but generally they are expected to frame their decisions around the teams systems to some extent.
Hockey is not a free for all sport unless your coach just removes positions and lets everyone do whatever they want.
What might be considered a good decision for one player might not be as good for another based on a variety of factors.
To answer the second statement:
Yes abilities in hockey are not just what lead us, they are everything, but their are many different abilities in hockey:
Physical Abilities - strength and conditioning.
Mechanical Abilties - Abiltity to move the body effectively.
Hockey IQ Ability - ability to take in information and make decisions that lead to desired outcomes.
Mental Abilities - Ability to focus deeply and act without hesitation on the ice.
Through changing these 4 abilities it is very possible to change archetypes the only real limit I see is height (or possible weight to some extent) and of course we likely all have some genetic limit with all 4 of the abilities listed above, but who knows!
And players can 100% learn to change the way they make decisions and over time this can help them change their game. Thanks for the comment, forced me to really break this down and will help me make better continue moving forward!
Love the Dan Koe style videos
Glad to hear it!