Subscribe to Wagon Hockey here: Thanks for watching the video! Been on Instagram for so many years, so decided to compile the dumbest comments we see on a regular basis in the comment sections and coach kids using those tactics.
This was a fun project to do because there are so many people wanting to have the answers and state them with the utmost simplicity in comment sections and have them pass it off as "helpful." It is in no way, shape or form helpful to tell a kid he should have just hit him or poke checked him. It is not accurate to say if a kid looks down, they'll get bodied. I post the vast majority of my videos from NHL footage and it is stunning how little people are paying attention to what is going on at the pro level when discussing development at the minor level. The answers are not simple. Every situation is different. To create a framework for these kids to develop in, we must be more thoughtful in our approach to development. Poke check and hitting works. It is not easy, it doesn't work 100% of the time, and often times can unnecessarily take you out of a play or make you overcommit. Looking up all the way down the ice in small area battles is not beneficial, hence why NHL players don't do it. It's a mix of looking up and down. The situation determines it. The game is not played 100% up or 100% down.
If I can give any advice to anyone developing or in a coaching position, it would be to not approach development as an "all or nothing" topic. The game is not black and white. There is a lot of grey area in the game, and they are worth exploring.
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