Comparison of modern and traditional coaching styles in ice hockey

Authors

  • Lukáš Opáth
  • Adriána Štofanková

Keywords:

ice hockey, youth category, traditional coaching style, modern coaching style

Abstract

Our study focuses on comparing the modern coaching style with the traditional style by examining the efficiency of training sessions designed by us. Additionally, we compared the results of our monitored club, HK Brezno, with two other clubs: HK Sportrend Žiar nad Hronom and HK Iskra Partizánske. For the comparison of training sessions, we selected four attributes: players' active time, decision-making element, number of shots, and number of passes. The observed players participated in five training sessions reflecting modern coaching methods and five sessions based on traditional coaching methods. The measured results indicate that modern coaching is significantly more effective in HK Brezno than the traditional style. Similarly, in the other two clubs, we concluded that the traditional approach is not effective for the needs of contemporary hockey, whereas the modern coaching style meets all the requirements of modern hockey. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24040/sjss.2024.9.suppl.35-40

Published

2024-12-30