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Coaching Tip # 2 Linear vs Diagonal Hockey
#391 - 0--passthepuck--Coaching Tip # 2 Linear vs Diagonal Hockey--2007-11-20 13:35:04
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When we talk about skating up ice with the puck. We talk about it in two terms....Linear and Diagonal.
Linear Hockey: is when you take the puck straight up the ice.
Diagonal Hockey: is when you move across skating lanes.
See diagram below. 
Now, if your skating straight up the ice, it will be easy for the defenseman to cover you. In fact, if you skate straight up ice with a team mate, it would be easy to cover both of you.
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When we talk about skating up ice with the puck. We talk about it in two terms....Linear and Diagonal.
Linear Hockey: is when you take the puck straight up the ice.
Diagonal Hockey: is when you move across skating lanes.
See diagram below.
Now, if your skating straight up the ice, it will be easy for the defenseman to cover you. In fact, if you skate straight up ice with a team mate, it would be easy to cover both of you.
However, if you change skating lanes going up ice, you put another diamension into the game. Thus, it would be harder to cover you because the defenseman will wonder if he should cover you or should his defensive partner cover you.
A good defenseman will know how to read and react to the situation. But why make it easy for him! It's better to move across skating lanes.
When you cross skating lanes with the puck, the player in that lane need to move to your skating lane or the lane that you are leaving.
That player need to cross behind you. Just follow this simple rule....
"The player without the puck goes behind!" Make sure everyone on the team knows. This way they are all on the same page.
Now you might think this is basic stuff. But I have seen college players mess this one up.
Head coach
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