Brief Summary
This video explains the concept of cycling in hockey, which is a strategy used to maintain puck possession and create scoring opportunities in the offensive zone. It emphasizes the importance of reading pressure, providing support, and maintaining dynamic positioning based on the puck's location. The video covers cycling both up and down the ice, highlighting how players should react and adjust their positions to keep the cycle going and exploit defensive weaknesses.
- Cycling involves continuous puck movement and player rotation to maintain possession.
- Key elements include front side and backside support, reading pressure, and dynamic positioning.
- The goal is to pull the opposing team out of position and create scoring chances.
The video introduces the concept of cycling in hockey as an effective strategy to maintain puck possession and create scoring opportunities. Cycling often occurs after an initial attack or when the puck is dumped into the corner. The success of a cycle depends on the first forward (F1) reading the pressure and deciding whether to cycle up the ice, turn down low, or move towards the boards.
When F1 turns up the ice, the other forwards (F2 and F3) must react to provide support. F3 opens up across the top of the seam for a front side passing option, while F2 drops behind the net for a backside option. F2 typically calls for the cycle, prompting F1 to cycle back towards the boards. F3 then drives to the far post, and F1 becomes the front side option for F2, potentially leading to a give-and-go play. This process can repeat, with players rotating positions to maintain the cycle and exploit defensive gaps.
If F1 turns down the ice, F3 slides in and can call for the cycle. F2 drops out into the high slot to provide a passing option. When F3 calls for the cycle, the puck is passed back towards the boards. F1 continues to the far side post after cycling. F3 can then pick up the puck and continue the cycle, with F2 providing backside support and F1 popping out front for front side support.
The video emphasizes that concepts, timing, and support should govern offensive zone play. Player positions are dynamic and fluid, based on the puck's location, pressure, and the availability of front side and backside support. Maintaining these elements leads to strong scoring opportunities and success in offensive attacks.
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0:01 what's up everybody Jeremy Weiss here with Weiss Tech hockey and in this video I wanted to talk a little bit about cycling um cycling is a really effective concept and if done correctly can really drive the other team crazy because um it can be really difficult to get the puck back if the other team is cycling well so let's go ahead we'll pull up the rink and um you can see we've still got our basic formation of the you know the triangle setup and um what happens is cycling cycling can be done off the initial attack but most of often it happens after you've already attacked you've got maybe got a shot or two on net and then the puck squirts loose into the corner maybe you've dumped the puck into the corner and uh now you're going to chase it so um this is basically where cycling happens most often um so you can see everything that that happens
0:47 in the cycle hinges off what F1 initially decides to do so F1 is going to need to read the pressure then he's going to decide if he's going to cycle if he's going to turn down low or if he's going to start towards uh up towards the boards so for this particular example let's just say that the F1 read the pressure and uh he's going to turn up ice okay so I'm going to get rid of both of these arrows actually draw a puck carrying arrow and uh so F1 goes in picks it up in fact let's have him start from here goes in picks it up and now he's going to turn in this example he's going to turn up the ice okay so now that he has kind of staked his claim decided which way he's going to go um F2 and F3 need to react off that Now cycling is that completely
1:32 based off support so there's always going to be a front side support and backside support front side support is a passing option in front of the player backside support is a passing option behind the player so what's going to happen F3 and F2 need to move into support positions F3 um is going to open up cut across top of the seam for what for a front side option right and F2 is going to drop in behind the net for a backside option okay so he's going to need to come up and uh and be in position to support for that cycle now um I usually like to designate that the backside support player is the one that calls for the cycle so um F2 in this case would be the one yelling cycle cycle um and then that's when F1 will uh
2:20 cycle back always cycle back towards the boards because the whole purpose of a cycle is there's a player on your uh inside shoulder which means that if you cycle back towards the inside it's going to be giving it right to the opposing team so cycle back then what happens F3 reads that the cycle has taken place okay so at first he's a passing option then he realizes he doesn't get the pass and that F2 has left his post so what's F3 going to do F3 is going to drive to the far post okay this is after the cycle happens um F1 seeing is how he just cycled it now he becomes the front side option for F2 so he's going to come up cut across the top of the circle basically exploiting the seam for a possible give and go there and this is
3:06 going to get really uh really ugly with all our arrows here but F2 is going to come in pick it up and now uh from here usually it only ends up needing to have you know maybe one or two cycles before you've gotten the other team pulled far enough out of position that something opens up and you can attack so from here the F2 may go for a uh you know possibly a little give and go there so cyc do a give and go out to the slot and then you've already got the uh I guess it's F3 now on the strong side post or sorry far side post ready for a rebound or ready for a possible pass there um or if it needs to happen again then the process can just repeat itself F3 who was on the post can drop in behind the net to provide backside support as F2 who picks up the cycle is coming up the boards and ready to cycle it down and
3:53 then F1 is driving to the net to fill that strong side post so that's how the cycling works that's cycling up the ice um let's go ahead and just get rid of all this and we can show you what it looks like really quickly if it goes the other way all the concepts still hold the same it's just a question of which direction the cycle is going so let's say F1 turns down the ice starts heading towards the back of the net okay now F3 can slide in you know what I'm not going to draw arrows I'm just going to have the players physically moving here okay so F3 can slide slide in and he can call for the cycle as he sees this happening F2 is going to drop out into the high slot so that there is still a passing option
4:38 here or that then that would be in front of the player or back behind um to F3 so let's say that F3 calls for the cycle puck gets dropped back again towards the boards not towards the middle and I'm going to get all these extra arrows out of here what does F1 do after he's cycled he continues on to the far side post so now F3 can pick up the puck and he can repeat the process so he can begin skating it oops don't need two pucks I'm just going to highlight them both he can begin skating it behind the net okay and then uh if no if no option presents itself then F2 will come in and pres provide backside support while F1 is popping out front for front side
5:24 support so you can see we still maintain the triangle um the concepts are still the same and this is where I'm saying let Concepts timing and support govern your uh offensive zone play because the positions are very Dynamic they're very fluid um players aren't locked into certain positions it's all based on where the puck is where the pressure is and whether or not we have front side and backside support and uh if you have that then you're always going to have a strong scoring uh scoring position scoring opportunities and uh you'll do very well in your offensive attack
