Hockey IQ Sessions

Video Review: The Underutalized Tool for Hockey IQ

Video review is the most underutilized resource in the modern world of hockey.  Until just the past few years, video review was a luxury development tool that only high budget organizations in juniors, college, and professional hockey had the ability to provide their players.  This is because the old way of film review was a time consuming and laborious process.  It required substantial resources to capture video, a designated video coach or video team to manually cut shifts for players, and then provide the film to the coach to communicate with the player.  It was a long, drawn out process that for the average youth hockey player, just wasn't possible.  Nor was it a tool for players in junior, college, or pro where they could provide their personal development coach (outside of the team) with their game film to get reviewed.

However, artificial intelligence and video learning technology has broken the barrier and changed film review forever, making it affordable for youth players, youth coaches, private coaches, advisors, agents, and scouts to review game film and shifts at any level, from squirt hockey to the NHL.  With Livebarn in rinks across the world and everyone having the ability to film a game on an ipad, phone, or personal recording device, you now have access to the powerful video review resources with JCHD powered by Hudl Instat.  All you have to do is upload the game with JCHD and our software partner at Hudl Instat will have all of your shifts broken down and ready for review.

The benefits Coach JC has had with players at 12u to College Hockey has been immense.  It gives the players a chance to think about the structure their team coach is asking them to play under, whether they are implementing the structure properly, how to identify patterns within the structure quicker to improve decision making, and identify weakness in a players game to improve on within the 4 aspects of the game that transcend any structure;

1) Offensive play with the puck

2)  Offensive play away from the puck

3) Defensive play on the puck

4) Defensive play away from the puck

Those 4 concepts are the foundational pillars of the game of hockey and becoming an elite player.

The game of hockey has traditionally been a game of learning by ear, trial and error, and team coach feedback.  Now, you can have visual learning of your own game.  An unmeasurable benefit that was inaccessible to most players until now. 

The 60 minute 1:1 Individual film review sessions are designed to increase on-ice awareness, playmaking ability, and decision making with and without the puck.  Understand the flow of the game; the harmonious relationship between time and space.  Then learn how to dictate and shape time and space to your advantage.  Uncover and identify common themes holding you back and receive a write-up from Coach JC after the session with 2-3 focus points and how to implement them in your next stretch of games.

The compounded development of weekly video review is a fantastic asset to develop hockey sense at any level.  Consistent awareness, visual learning, and reinforcement provides the greatest results. 

In-Person Hockey IQ Lessons run weekly in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metro.  An online option is also available for any player around the world.