EDMONTON, AB - The Information Age is making its presence felt on National Hockey League ice.
Video monitors are already embedded in NHL benches, IPads appear in the palms of a coach's hands every game and puck tracking is a work in progress, so it wasn't exactly novel when Condors Head Coach Jay Woodcroft decided to wheel out a large television monitor on the bench to help explain some new concepts at Oilers Rookie Camp.
"It's a screen generation, right? We're just trying to get creative with how we get our point across," said Woodcroft at Day 5 of Camp.
The bench boss knows that to resonate with players, there can't be too much information to process at a time. Visual teaching methods can assist in packaging information and Woodcroft felt his players got the grasp of his new theme immediately.
"I believe you have to really be careful as a coach not to dump too much information on people," Woodcroft continued.
ROOKIE CAMP: Woodcroft's teaching innovation on display
"It's a screen generation, right? We're just trying to get creative with how we get our point across," said Condors Head Coach Jay Woodcroft of his decision to use a television monitor on the bench at Rookie Camp
