Red Wings beat writer Sam Stockton got into the details of the Red Wings’ Summer Development Camp’s learning model, as evidenced by breaking down several videos of skill development drills:
The person who does the work does the learning. This sentiment is a fundamental truth of any form of education, and athletic training is no exception. From that sentiment, a question begs for the world’s teachers and coaches: How do we make sure the right work is happening to maximize our efficiency in the limited time we have with which to impart a lesson?
Take 2024 Red Wings Development Camp as an example. As Detroit brass likes to say, the camp is meant to be educational and not evaluative. Camp is also only five days, which is reduced to three days of on-ice education by a preliminary day of testing and capstone day reserved for scrimmaging. The camp represents an extremely limited window of direct, face-to-face, collective opportunity to work with a group of 50 drafted and invited prospects for the organization, building in an imperative to make that time count.
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