Screaming Garbage and The Youth Coach!

[Panthers]

Unfortunately, there are many youth coaches who lack the necessary hockey knowledge to coach in practices, much less competitive hockey games. Young players learn from instruction, not from the barking guy in jeans and a sweatshirt posing as a coach. The best coaches in hockey understand that yelling is necessary a very small percentage of the time and teaching is where it's at. It's pathetic to watch the "coaching" techniques employed by many of our youth hockey coaches. Watch the best at work (Trebil, Saterdalen (retired), Guentzel, Blais, Bianchi, Parker at BU) and you'll find they are cool, calm, and collect. Their teams will most likely emulate this behavior in their approach to the game. Pass it on, it works!!

[Pucknutz69]

Unfortunately, there are many youth coaches who lack the necessary hockey knowledge to coach in practices, much less competitive hockey games. Young players learn from instruction, not from the barking guy in jeans and a sweatshirt posing as a coach. The best coaches in hockey understand that yelling is necessary a very small percentage of the time and teaching is where it's at. It's pathetic to watch the "coaching" techniques employed by many of our youth hockey coaches. Watch the best at work (Trebil, Saterdalen (retired), Guentzel, Blais, Bianchi, Parker at BU) and you'll find they are cool, calm, and collect. Their teams will most likely emulate this behavior in their approach to the game. Pass it on, it works!!

All the coaches you mentioned are dealing with high school and older. Where does the youth part come in??? If a coach is yelling because they made a mistake I agree with you you can't help them by yelling. If he is yelling hustle, line change or other small reminders I don't think that is bad at all. And one of your examples was a pretty vocal coach from what I remember, Dean Blais, had quite the mouth on him. He had to tone it down for TV.

[Stars]

I believe Guentzel also coaches Peewees. And you are right, from the little I have seen, he is quietly leading. THose his choppers sure take a beating!!!

[BoogeyMan]

Panthers- You mention youth coaches then compare youth coaches to D1 coaches and top high school coaches. Remember these are volunteer coaches. At the youth level. You cannot expect all the coaches to know how to coach. But when it comes to yelling at the players. I have mixed emotions. If the coach knows what he's doing and getting results. I have no problem. If you have a coach yelling and screaming with little to no results. Bad!
The kids need to learn respect for the coach. I've said it many times. I've seen both worlds.
I've seen coaches spending a large amount of their ice time trying to get the kids to listen, chasing kids around the ice and breaking up shoving matches. After that they have to teach the kids how to do the drills. This all equals too much wasted time. For how much ice time costs. This should be an issue.
This winter my son is skating at Minnesota made in the Choice Mite league. Coming into the program. Both the parents and kids both know what to expect. The expectations are the kids need to listen to the coaches. I'm not trying to endorse MM. I'd say for the 90 minutes they're scheduled to skate. They easily skate for 85 minutes. Last week coach yells out. "Five lines, puck" Within 20 seconds you had five lines and all the players had a puck. It's really that easy. Because the kids listen.
Kids are not stupid. If they can get away with something. They will!

I realize that all associations are different. by no means am I singling out any specific association.

[RushnCircles]

yelling at youth hockey players does not make them better hockey players, it makes them better yellers