Miscellaneous
Transitioning Incoming Coaches To Your Staff
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Attending your first NHL Dev Camp: What to do and what to expect
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Breaking Down The Pre Scout - Part 2: Faceoffs
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Breaking Down The Pre Scout - Part 1: Systems
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Breaking Down A NHL Video Room
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2025 Hudl Hockey Elite User Workshop
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Making the jump to the NHL, what changes?
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2025 Catapult Users Conference
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Misc: 2025 NHLCA Global Coaches' Clinic
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Misc: Video Coach Clothing: What To Wear At The Rink?
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Podcast Review: Steve Peters "A Day In The Life Of A NHL Video Coach"
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Learn Catapult Thunder With Sport Management Worldwide
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Introduction To Pre Scouting: "Event By Event" or "One Button"
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Video Coaching: How To Get Job Satisfaction
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Behind The Keyboard: Advantages Of Being A Paid Subscriber
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NHL Bench iPads: What can the players & staff see?
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Kelly Forbes NHLCA - Video Coach: Roles & Responsibilities
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Walkie Talkie Messages: What is Communicated On The Radio?
Video coaches are in communication with the bench during the game. The equipment might differ from team to team but for the most part this is the set up you’re looking at. The bench coach will have a walkie talkie on them with a wire that splits into two halves. One half will be an ear piece and the other will be a microphone. Some coaches might have th…
Qualities Of A Great Video Coach
If you’re looking to become a video coach, you’re probably wondering what makes a great video coach? What can I do to elevate myself and add value? There are six categories to break down in no particular order: Technical skills Coaching knowledge Visuals
The Benefits Of Having Live Video On The Bench
The NHL allows teams to have 3-4 iPads on the bench during games and teams can also have a couple in the locker room for players to look at during intermissions. If you don’t have the budget of an NHL team, there is an affordable option called GameStrat. You can view our introduction post to them
Daily Road Schedule - Game Day
In our last post, we discussed what a daily schedule would look like for a practice day on the road. If you missed that post, you can view it by clicking here. TBD Your day will start later on the road so you can catch up on some sleep. You might want to workout in the morning, get breakfast, finish any reports/projects, download a pre scout game and go t…
Daily Road Schedule - Practice Day
A practice day on the road is a different than a home practice day because your day will start later. You will have more time in the morning at the hotel. If you missed our post about a home practice day schedule, you can view it here. Let us take a look at what goes on during the day on the road.
How the Hawkeye Replay System works for NHL Coaches Challenges
Have you ever wondered what the NHL coaches challenge review system looks like? The system is called Hawkeye and is similar technology to what is used in tennis. The majority of NHL teams have two video coaches and are able to have one person mark the game and one person work the Hawkeye.
Introduction To GameStrat: Live to Bench Replay and Coding
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How To Combine Video & Analytics Into Pre scouting
In early June, we asked what our readers what they want to see and this topic came up numerous times. In the year 2023, video coaches are expected to be the link between the analytics department and the rest of the coaching staff. Today we are going to dive into how to combine video and analytics together.
Creating 5 v 5 Pre Scout Sheets
Video coaches are responsible for creating and posting pre scout sheets on game days. You might have sheets for 5 on 5 play, powerplay, penalty kill and face-offs. It is important to keep these sheets concise, organized and have great visuals to engage the players. There are a variety of programs to make these templates in such as excel, powerpoint, pho…
NHL Video Coach Set Up - Dissecting The Photo
On July 24 2023, The Athletic published a behind the scenes article on the workflows of NHL video coaches. If you missed the post, you can view it here. One of the images seen in the article is of 15 year NHL veteran Jamie Pringle or “Chips” as he is known around the league. A funny play on words to the Pringles chip brand.
Off Season Planning For Video Coaches
Your hockey season has come to an end. Hopefully it was filled with great moments, development and new challenges for you. So now what do you do in the off season? Here are a few points you can work on in preparation for the next season and/or the next step in your career.
AHL Video Coaches With Dual Roles
In the video coach world, we often talk about taking on more than one job title unless you work in the NHL. Did you know that roughy 1/3rd of AHL video coaches have two primary roles? Here is the chart for the 2022-2023 season:
What does a Video Coach Do? - A Deep Dive Into The Modern Video Coach of 2023
What does a video coach actually do? This is the question I often get in person and on the Pro Hockey Video Coaches pages (see links at bottom to follow). As the position continues to evolve and as people become increasingly aware that this position exists, the answer to this question changes. If you follow 200 foot coaching on twitter (click
Checklist of Non Hockey Ops Items For A Newly Hired Video Coach
Congratulations, you’ve been hired to a new team! Aside from the actual roles and responsibilities of being a video coach, who are some people you need to meet and what are some items you need to look into? Lets take a look: Video Cables You need to check and see if the game feed wires are installed in your office and what the visiting team set up looks l…
How to Add Detail & Value To Your In Game Markings
The most successful video coaches I have met and spoken to are the ones who always find ways to add value and provide more information to their coaching staffs. These extra details go by a number of names such as subevents (Steva) tagger templates (Catapult Thunder) or labels (Hudl Sportscode).
Daily Schedule - Home Game Day
In our last post, we discussed what a home practice day looks like for a pro hockey video coach. If you missed it, you can check it out here. Here is a rough template of what a home game day looks like. This may be different than a junior or college schedule because the players aren’t in school. Let us take a look at what goes on during the day.
Daily Schedule - Practice Day
If you’re reading this, you’re interested in what a daily schedule for a pro hockey coach looks like. Here is a rough template of what a home practice day looks like. This may be different than a junior or college schedule because the players aren’t in school. Let us take a look at what goes on during the day.
Sharing video in the AHL
We are far from the days when video coaches would leave VHS tapes or usb keys in the light ceilings of arenas. In pro hockey, we pre-scout our opponents three previous games. But where do we acquire the video from? We are fortunate in the AHL to have an exchange service called Thunder Cloud Exchange or TCX for short. This platform allows all of the vide…
AHL Road Gear
The AHL season kicks off this week and as I pack my road gear, I thought it would be a good idea to show what I use to transport my gear and how we do it in Abbotsford. Here is everything that we take on the road: We freight forward our gear because we travel so much and every trip is a flight. The blue projector case, trunk 2 and the table will stay on t…
Video Coach Softwares
There are many softwares video coaches can use to breakdown games, distribute video to their coaches and help prepare their teams for the practice and game. Picking the right solution for you and your needs has a number of factors to consider. Here are a few to think about: