Specific is the part of SMART Lisa leans on hardest. Coaches go wrong when they slip into what she calls hockey 101, talking about passing, receiving, tactics and defending all at once until players have heard fifty things and kept none. Instead she names one skill, tied to a tactic where relevant, her example being the centre forward’s closing lines when cutting the pitch, and watches only for that. Watch the full masterclass: Basic skills through Small Sided Games.