(Heavy metal music)
- Hey guys, it's Jeremy.
- And Dan.
- And in this video we're showing you
how to play one-on-one
defense when you're playing
against a guy in the corner.
First thing we'll talk about is containing
a player versus pressuring a player.
Typically, when you
can see a player's eyes
that's when you want to contain them.
So you don't go right at them,
just keep them in that
zone, try to stop them
from making a good play,
so take away their passes
and keep them in this area.
You want to try to send them
typically up the boards.
The reason is because if you
really pressure them here,
they can make a good play.
They're reading the whole ice.
So Dan can see the whole ice here.
If I start skating towards
him, all he has to do
is side-step me, and he is gone.
So now I'm just gonna contain him.
Dan's gonna move around a lot,
but I'm gonna stay out here in a good area
between him and the net so
I can try to stop plays,
wait for him to make a move,
and then take him here.
Now Dan has his back turned.
This is a really good time
to pressure the player.
Because he can't see me
coming, he doesn't know where
he can make a pass, he doesn't
know where he has support.
So now I'm going to be really aggressive,
come in, and try to go
after the player's stick.
I'm gonna send him up the
boards, take away his stick,
take the body, and try
to get that puck off him.
Next step, when you're
playing a guy in the corner,
is have body on body, stick on puck.
I'm trying to line my body
always up with Dan's body
because that keeps him
from stepping around me
and going towards the net.
So once again, I'm keeping
my body between the player
with the puck and the net.
Now my stick, coming down the ice,
we said to have it in front.
But now here, I want to
be a bit more aggressive
and always have my stick on the puck.
That's gonna stop him from
making easy passes out,
and I can usually go for a good poke check
if we get in close enough.
So I'm gonna go body
on body, stick on puck,
he's gonna make lots of moves.
I'm always trying to
go for the poke check.
Once we get in here close to the boards
and I have some heavy pressure on him,
don't try to go right for the puck
because if you miss, then he
still has it, and he's gone.
A good way to play the player
when you got him against
the boards is you lift up
the stick, you play the body,
and then you play the puck.
The last tip for playing
a guy against the boards
is how you're gonna pressure him
and where you want to send him.
So if I come straight at this player,
he can go to the left, or to the right.
He has two options, and
that keeps me guessing.
So if I'm coming here, he can deke one way
and go the other way or just
clear on go the other way.
So usually, you wanna
send a guy up the boards.
That keeps him away from behind your net
making those easy passes in front that
the goalie has trouble stopping.
So here I'm gonna
pressure Dan on an angle.
I'm coming around from
this side, taking away
the spot behind the net and
sending him up the boards
where it's harder for him to make a play.
Also, if I send him up
far enough, the winger
can come down and
pressure him, and we have
two guys getting the puck off him.
So I'm coming in here,
taking away this ice,
then stick on puck,
play him up,
go for that check.
Alright guys, those tips
should help you play
a little bit better defense.
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