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Evan Brooks Development Report

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 · Coach Blake

Overall developmentTransition Stage

Evan's strongest signal: Backward Skating & Pivots

Skating and Defense are already showing up as meaningful strengths through live shifts, and those strengths are beginning to raise the quality of every rep. The next jump is Shooting.

Strength Signal

Backward Skating & Pivots

Milestone

Competitive

Movement

Approaching Standout

Standout

Evan is doing well with backward skating & pivots, and that strength is starting to show up in more live reps. The goal is to keep making it reliable when the pace rises.

Development Lever

Shooting

Milestone

Competitive

Movement

Entering Competitive

Standout

Evan has moved Shooting from Consistent into Competitive. Shooting measures shot selection, mechanics, timing, and the ability to create and finish quality attempts.

2 notes of evidence

Skills

skills tracked

Top

Backward Skating & Pivots

Competitive milestone

Growth

Progressing

Skating: Building through Competitive

Plan

Shooting

12 minutes block

Sessions

sessions tracked

Overall Stage

Transition Stage

overall development

Guide

How to Read this Report

Stages show the player’s broader development. Skill milestones show specific skill progression. Read more below…

Skill Milestones

Milestones show progress in a specific skill. Players usually move through milestones with age, practice, and better game understanding.

Overall Development Stage

Stages describe the player’s broader development level. They are based on the average of all skill milestones in the report.

Skills may be at different milestones. The overall stage shows the player’s combined development over time.

Hover or tap any stage or milestone below for the parent-facing meaning.

Early StageOverall stageMilestones 1-2

The player is building the base. Coaches are looking for understanding, effort, and cleaner reps before expecting the skill to show up consistently in games.

Development Progression

Evan's Progress Over Time

How Evan's four skill groups are moving through milestones this season.

Technical

Tactical

Physical

Mental

Standout

Competitive

Consistent

Capable

Nov 3

Dec 1

Jan 5

Feb 2

Mar 2

Mar 31

Technical

Building through Competitive

Tactical

Building through Competitive

Physical

Entering Competitive

Mental

Entering Competitive

Skill Profile

Where Evan Is Strongest

See how Evan's skills compare now with the starting point.

Selected Skill

Skating

Competitive milestone

Building through Competitive

FoundationAdvanced

Skating measures how reliably the athlete performs this part of the game when the pace, pressure, and decision-making...

Next Milestone

Standout

Baseline (dashed)Current

Skill Development

Evan's Skills by Group

Open a group to see its skills. Open a skill to see its milestone, story, supporting evidence, and next unlock.

FoundationAdvanced

Skill Story

Evan has moved Defense from Consistent into Competitive. Defense measures how well the athlete protects space, stays disciplined, and disrupts the opponent without losing shape.

Supporting Evidence

Mar 31

Defense held up more consistently in live play as the pace increased.

Coach Blake, session note

Feb 2

Evan showed clearer control in defense than at the start of the report window.

Coach Blake, session note

Next Unlock

Use defense with the same control as pace and pressure increase.

UpLVL Assessment

3 new notes, 2 earlier notes, and 8 skills interpreted for Evan's development

Evan is progressing through the Transition Stage, with Skating and Defense emerging as the most reliable parts of the profile. Across this report window, Skating made the clearest movement while Skating continued to set the standard. In recent live shifts, Evan showed more control as the pace increased, stayed connected through tighter decisions, and carried the strongest habits into demanding moments. This shows a developing profile becoming more reliable as the demands increase. The primary priority is Shooting. Evan now needs to build control and timing before adding more speed and pressure. In the Stationary Wrist Shot Mechanics, Evan should teach the basic mechanics of a wrist shot by practicing the weight transfer and follow-through from a stationary position, with one standard throughout: weight back, then forward, like a rocking chair. Successful transfer will look like Evan using shooting at full pace without losing control, timing, or awareness of the next option.

Supporting Evidence

Coach Notes Behind This Assessment

New observations and selected earlier context, combined with skill milestones.

5 notes

New in This Report

Coach BlakeMar 31

Evan looked more connected shift to shift. Skating and Defense were the clearest separators in this session and created more control in the game. The next push is Decision-Making and Strength & Power so that level holds when the pace lifts, the decisions get tighter, and the game becomes less forgiving.

Coach BlakeMar 2

Decision-Making and Strength & Power are the clearest next step. The goal is to keep the same quality when space closes quickly.

Coach BlakeFeb 2

Evan showed more control in Skating and Defense and stayed connected as the pace increased.

Earlier Context

Coach BlakeJan 5

Evan began carrying the strongest training habits into more live moments.

Coach BlakeDec 1

Evan established a useful starting point, with Skating and Defense already showing potential.

Train At Home

Evan's Skill Build: Shooting

Your drill this week: Stationary Wrist Shot Mechanics

12 minutes1-2 Players

Stationary Wrist Shot Mechanics

Shooting

Legend

Player

Puck

Player movement

Puck path

How It Works

Teach the basic mechanics of a wrist shot by practicing the weight transfer and follow-through from a stationary position.

More drills

What You Need

hockey stickpucknetice

Mindset Rep

Commitment Cue

Pick the cue that tells you when to go. Say it quietly before the rep starts.

Your Focus

The wrist shot is the foundation of all hockey shooting — it teaches the correct weight transfer, blade cupping, and follow-through that apply to every shooting technique.

Set Up

Stand 15 feet from the net with a puck on their forehand.

Run The Rep

Set up with puck near the back foot, weight on the back foot.

You sweeps the puck forward, transferring weight to the front foot and releasing at the front hip.

Check It

Weight back, then forward, like a rocking chair

Goal

You've got it when the puck lifts off the ice and hits the net, weight through the shot, follow-through high, no weak wrist flips.

Helpful Cues

Weight back, then forward, like a rocking chairCup the puck on your blade before you releaseFollow through toward where you want it to go

UPLVL IT

Add a target in the net corner, shooting for specific spots rather than just the net.

Source: USA Hockey American Development Model (ADM)