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Coaching Talent –
Principles of the game
The central premise of hockey is
an invasion, team and
skill-based sport. You either
have the ball or don’t have the
ball. The objective of hockey is
simple, to score goals and stop
the opposition from scoring.
Principles of the Game have
been identified to provide a
common language in how
coaches and players talk about
and understand hockey, and as
a natural by-product, produce
scholars of the game.
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The Principles of the Game
are hockey’s truest objectives.
For example, if ever the game
changed to 9v9; as an invasion
game, these principles would
remain the same.
They have been developed
to simplify the complex by
embedding an understanding
of skill development and the
game itself.