Belfry Hockey Podcast
Darryl Belfry
Darryl Belfry has worked with the NHL’s brightest stars including Sidney Crosby, Auston Matthews, Nathan MacKinnon, and Hayley Wickenheiser. Belfry is recognized as the leading expert in uncovering new pathways of performance excellence on the ice. This is an NHL player development podcast featuring 20 different NHL players. In each episode, we analyze the different attributes and skillsets that make each player effective. Belfry relates these skillsets and attributes to his off-season tactical methodology, helping to gain an understanding of the processes and hard work behind the art of the NHL.
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Feb 1, 2024 • 50min
Season 3 Episode 5 Practice and Training Habits
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Jan 25, 2024 • 43min
Season 3 Episode 4 Personal Structure
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Jan 18, 2024 • 40min
Season 3 Episode 3 Parallel Structures
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Jan 11, 2024 • 38min
Season 3 Episode 2 Single Structure
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Jan 4, 2024 • 43min
Season 3 Episode 1 4 Team or Group Teaching Structures
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Nov 14, 2023 • 26min
Season 2 Episode 14 Developing Ice Geography
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Nov 8, 2023 • 33min
Season 2 Episode 13 Small Area Games
Exploring conflicting ideas about using small area games in player development, innovative practice structures that prioritize player engagement and skill development, teaching skill progression and drill formats, gamifying drills for skill improvement through games and constraints, and the importance of teachers and progressions in skill development.
Oct 29, 2023 • 33min
Season 2 Episode 12 Insight into My Teaching Approach
Learn about the importance of video research in understanding player behavior. Explore the impact of studying player movement on skill execution in the NHL. Discover the speaker's teaching approach in player development. Focus on improving shooting accuracy and power in hockey players. Discuss different methods of learning and skill development. Emphasize the importance of combining teaching and playing games to develop skills.
Oct 21, 2023 • 30min
Season 2 Episode 11 Movement Off Puck in the OZ
Discussion on misconceptions of movement off the puck in the offensive zone. Surfing in hockey and controlling the breakout. The significance of sprinting off the puck and utilizing soft ice in game control. Importance of movement off the puck and using rotational speed. Moving with purpose in the offensive zone for creating opportunities.
Oct 14, 2023 • 35min
Season 2 Episode 10 Team Scoring Creativity
Exploring strategies to expand the net and create shooting opportunities. Importance of finding the right routes to unsettle the goalie and increase scoring chances. Recognizing geographical lines on the ice to strategically impact the goalie. Using warm-up drills and shooting in the gaps to exploit vulnerabilities. Making quick passes to create difficulty for goalies and enhance team scoring creativity.
